Category Archives: Reviews

Telling Stories With The Doctor

Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 by Keith

I downloaded Season 3 of Doctor Who a few weeks ago (yippee for Bittorrent!) and have watched the whole thing, so for any American fans who haven’t seen the last episode (scheduled for Friday Night here on the Sci-Fi Channel) … Continue reading →

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Sounds From Up North

Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 by Keith

Picked up the new They Might Be Giants album, The Else* this week and my faith in the Johns is restored. where The Spine was a little disappointing (felt like Left over B-sides from John Henry) the Else has a … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Order of Procrastination

Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 by Keith

Where did the week go? Seriously, I had grand plans. I was going to rant about the government, pontificate about the Pope and generally chew the scenery. Then Wednesday night we went and saw Harry Potter and the Order of … Continue reading →

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Not Much More Than Meets The Eye

Posted on Saturday, July 7, 2007 by Keith

Just saw Transformers and it was everything I expected: big and loud. Cars turned into robots. Things exploded. A good time was had by all. One question though: What is this? Update: Phil Plait, the best bad astronomer around, reviews … Continue reading →

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An Antidote to the Poison In The Well

Posted on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 by Keith

I don’t often agree with Christopher Hitchens. His midlife flight from Trotskyism has, in many ways, turned him into a cranky reactionary, siding with Neocons when occasion suits him and generally being contrarian for the sake of pissing people off. … Continue reading →

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Yo Ho, Haul Together, Hoist The Colors High…

Posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 by Keith

People just don’t trust pirates. I suppose this is a given, in that they are, after all, pirates. They’ll cut your throat if it gives them the upper hand and rifle through your pockets before you’ve even hit the ground … Continue reading →

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The Trilogy Curse

Posted on Sunday, May 13, 2007 by Keith

I was almost certain that Spider-Man 3 would be suck-proof. I was a chump. Too many characters, all of them crying and some of the most unmotivated emotional turnarounds I’ve ever seen in a movie. It was Spider Man and … Continue reading →

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A Wildly Improbable Apocalypse

Posted on Sunday, December 10, 2006 by Keith

This review is full of spoilers. Just so you know. Mel Gibson heard tell their were people called Mayans who lived in South America once, before the Spanish arrived and saved them all from idolatry and their own barbarism. So, … Continue reading →

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Dawkins Vs. God II

Posted on Wednesday, November 1, 2006 by Keith

Most of the reviews for Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion go to great lengths to mention how intolerant the good doctor is towards religious intolerance. The assumption is that we shouldn’t take serious a forceful argument about such a delicate … Continue reading →

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Dawkins vs. God

Posted on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 by Keith

There I was, hip deep in Richard Dawkins’ new book, The God Delusion, making a mental checklist of all the great points I wanted to put into a review and then I found this review, which condenses all other reviews … Continue reading →

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