Daily Archives: February 14, 2009

Slumdog Millionaire 2: Religious violence

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Slumdog Millionaire does not directly take on social issues in India, but there are some scenes that include contexts that are politically explosive. One scene that stands out is when a Hindu mob burns the section of the slum where … Continue reading →

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Housekeeping

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Some days, life moves quickly on the Agenda and there a few things that get bumped that don’t deserve to be ignored. Just pulling some of those back up to the top: – Check out Zack’s post on the Nate … Continue reading →

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8 Days to Oscar

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Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup Music (Score), Music (Song) With (slight) apologies to those other eight categories, here’s where the fun stuff starts. One of these is very easy, the other is very hard: … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day

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As is the custom, today we revisit the other St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, February 14, 1951, when Sugar Ray Robinson beat the holy hell out of The Bronx Bull, Jake LaMotta. First, the last ten minutes of the actual fight: … Continue reading →

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President Obama’s Weekly Address

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Economic Recovery bill passed. We’ll try not to screw it up.

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