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Jun 25, 21 |
Ratings reversal |
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Jun 25, 21 |
Not so foreign |
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Jun 1, 21 |
Project Hail Mary ★★★★☆ |
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May 29, 21 |
Under the Skin ★★★☆☆ |
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May 27, 21 |
Army of the Dead ★★☆☆☆ |
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May 24, 21 |
Working with iPadOS is like wearing oven mitts |
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May 22, 21 |
Too Like the Lightning ★☆☆☆☆ |
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May 8, 21 |
Made for Love ★★★★☆ |
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May 5, 21 |
Another Round ★★★☆☆ |
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Aug 17, 20 |
Keep waiting for Waiting for the Barbarians |
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Jun 25, 20 |
It’s life, Jim, but it looks weird |
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Apr 29, 20 |
AirPods Pro not as good for me as AirPods Amateur |
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Nov 19, 19 |
Apple Arcade games hopelessly buggy |
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Jun 9, 19 |
Go see Booksmart |
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Jun 5, 19 |
Affinity schmaffinity! Still no export preview |
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May 30, 19 |
Game of Thrones: Flawed but still amazing |
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Mar 22, 19 |
Becoming a little bored: review of Michelle Obama’s book tour |
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Mar 8, 19 |
The Favourite: micro review |
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Nov 6, 18 |
First Man: brilliant but surprisingly morose |
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Oct 9, 18 |
A Deepness in the Sky |
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Jun 8, 18 |
Comedic constipation and diarrhea |
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Apr 26, 18 |
Actually “so bad it’s good” |
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Feb 13, 18 |
Five Apple TV bugs that make this gadget hard to recommend |
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Nov 8, 17 |
Who is so feeble-minded or idle? |
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Nov 3, 17 |
Westworld |
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Jul 3, 17 |
Another classic band on tour: Queen this time! |
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Jun 3, 17 |
Midnight Oil again |
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Feb 22, 17 |
That Controversial New MacBook Pro (Touch Bar): A pretty good review |
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Dec 29, 16 |
Apple’s Universal Clipboard feature “just works” only when it’s in the mood |
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Dec 8, 16 |
Louis CK, Comedy Sorceror |
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Nov 14, 16 |
Done with Trek |
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Nov 7, 16 |
Myths about myths |
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Jul 23, 16 |
A memorable evening with Steve Martin |
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Apr 8, 16 |
A better activity tracking app for Apple Watch |
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Feb 18, 16 |
What are the best books about writing style? |
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Oct 9, 15 |
The Martian ★★★★★ |
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Jun 22, 15 |
Golf clap for JayBird Bluebuds |
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May 19, 15 |
Game of Thrones stumbles (for the first time in ages) |
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Apr 17, 15 |
No Apple Watch yet: One deal-breaker to rule them all |
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Apr 6, 15 |
Still stuck with Adobe, because only Adobe exports well |
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Feb 17, 15 |
Tile review: meh |
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Sep 20, 14 |
Godzilla (2014) ★☆☆☆☆ |
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Sep 20, 14 |
Honesty prevails |
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Sep 2, 14 |
Overcast’s Smart Speed: faster podcasts that don’t feel faster |
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Sep 2, 14 |
Hyperlapse |
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Aug 31, 14 |
Outlander: so far, so good |
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Jul 7, 14 |
The Sarantine Mosaic ★★★★☆ |
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May 26, 14 |
No Strings Attached ★★★★☆ |
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Apr 28, 14 |
Is an expensive waterproof jacket worthwhile? How I finally learned what I needed to know about hard shell jackets by accidentally buying a good one |
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Apr 24, 14 |
Like gecko feet! |
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Apr 13, 14 |
Sticker shock |
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Mar 22, 14 |
Blindness ★★★☆☆ |
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Mar 22, 14 |
Riddick-ulous again ★★★☆☆ |
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Mar 21, 14 |
Basis smartwatch review: It may have more sensors, but it doesn’t seem to do much with the extra data |
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Mar 3, 14 |
Now I want a Surface |
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Mar 2, 14 |
Enough Said ★★★☆☆ |
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Mar 1, 14 |
The Abominable Science of the Cryptids |
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Feb 28, 14 |
Bogus Bose |
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Feb 28, 14 |
Fuck Bluetooth |
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Feb 15, 14 |
The Monuments Men ★★★☆☆ |
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Feb 14, 14 |
Ender’s Game ★★☆☆☆ |
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Nov 17, 13 |
A less glowing OS X Mavericks review |
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Nov 7, 13 |
Adobe’s installers have made no progress |
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Oct 16, 13 |
Tomorrow, the world |
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Oct 16, 13 |
After Earth ★★☆☆☆ |
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Oct 1, 13 |
Fiction & Science Fiction in Ancient Rome |
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Sep 28, 13 |
Gamer ★★☆☆☆ Not much fun |
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Sep 28, 13 |
Admission ★★★☆☆ Well, I liked it anyway |
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Sep 25, 13 |
Marsbound etc ★☆☆☆☆ |
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Sep 3, 13 |
Yet another Pebble review (but this one mentions things I didn’t read about anywhere else) |
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Aug 29, 13 |
Elysium ★★☆☆☆ Shallow & noisy |
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Aug 19, 13 |
Agora ★★★★☆ Inspiring then depressing |
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Aug 19, 13 |
Centurion & The Eagle ★★★☆☆ A pair of 2011 films about the 9th Legion |
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Aug 14, 13 |
Spartacus, Andy Whitfield, and when to worry about back pain |
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Jun 24, 13 |
The Impossible ★★★☆☆ |
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Jun 24, 13 |
Oz the Great & Powerful ★☆☆☆☆ |
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Jun 24, 13 |
Chasing Ice ★★★★☆ |
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May 29, 13 |
Room 237 abuses The Shining and Kubrick |
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May 9, 13 |
Gone Girl review |
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Apr 20, 13 |
Life on Earth: Dazzling interactive animations, and not much else |
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Apr 17, 13 |
Under Heaven |
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Feb 13, 13 |
The Sonic Hedgehog Gene |
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Jan 16, 13 |
Keurig Fail |
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Jan 6, 13 |
Your scripts, fast! |
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Dec 24, 12 |
OS X’s LaunchPad: actually kind of great |
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Dec 20, 12 |
Mail search and “smart” mailboxes in Mac OS X Lion: the biggest promise and the biggest letdown |
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Dec 17, 12 |
Snow White and the Huntsman: under-rated high fantasy ★★★★☆ |
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Dec 13, 12 |
Time Machine: still a janky mess |
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Dec 10, 12 |
So you think you want some AirPlay speakers |
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Nov 20, 12 |
I charged my phone with the sun! |
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Sep 30, 12 |
Dragon Dictate ★★☆☆☆ |
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Sep 17, 12 |
Things 2 is amazing |
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Aug 29, 12 |
Wanderlust ★★☆☆☆ Rudd does Rudd |
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Aug 28, 12 |
Wrath of the Titans ★★★☆☆ A self-aware, winking romp |
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Aug 28, 12 |
Total Recall ★★☆☆☆ Guilty-pleasure only! |
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Aug 27, 12 |
Indie Game ★★★☆☆ Brilliantly filmed, surprisingly tense |
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Aug 4, 12 |
Mountain Lion review in (26) bullet points |
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Jul 27, 12 |
More Prometheus mockery, more! |
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Jul 23, 12 |
Attack the Block ★★★☆☆ Maybe a little over-rated, but fresh and fun |
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Jul 14, 12 |
The Descendants ★★★☆☆ Nice, but enough with the ukulele |
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Jul 14, 12 |
Prometheus ★☆☆☆☆ The Alien franchise sinks even lower still |
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Jul 12, 12 |
First Retina Mac |
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Jun 29, 12 |
We Die Alone |
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Jun 16, 12 |
Some people think Prometheus is a great film |
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Jun 11, 12 |
A wonderful Prometheus snark-a-thon |
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Jun 2, 12 |
A pretty darn harsh review of Coda 2 |
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Apr 27, 12 |
The Station Agent ★★★★★ Peter Dinklage (long) before Game of Thrones |
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Apr 25, 12 |
Everything Must Go ★★★★☆ Pleasingly simple, engaging |
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Apr 19, 12 |
SolarWalk ★★★★☆ |
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Apr 19, 12 |
SkySafari ★★★★★ |
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Apr 19, 12 |
Ghost Protocol ★★★☆☆ Over-rated! |
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Mar 31, 12 |
iPad 3 ★★★★☆ |
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Mar 28, 12 |
F.lux ★★★★★ Perfect little thing |
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Mar 22, 12 |
Talhotblond ★★★☆☆ |
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Mar 15, 12 |
A 50-soak read ★★★★☆: Grammar book read exclusively in the hot tub over more than a year |
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Mar 13, 12 |
The Way Back ★★★☆☆ A really long walk makes for sparse drama |
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Mar 13, 12 |
iOS iPhoto ★★☆☆☆ Cryptic, balky, unsynced |
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Mar 12, 12 |
The Sea Inside ★★★★★ Great, but sooo depressing! |
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Mar 12, 12 |
Ponyo ★★★☆☆ Meh |
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Mar 4, 12 |
xScope ★★★★★ |
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Mar 4, 12 |
Game of Thrones ★★★★☆ |
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Feb 17, 12 |
Take Shelter ★★★★★ Easiest film to spoil ever |
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Feb 15, 12 |
Conan the Barbarian ★★☆☆☆Tedious! |
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Feb 14, 12 |
The Ides of March ★★★☆☆ A skillful film, but grim, tense and bitter |
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Feb 14, 12 |
The Guard ★★★★☆ |
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Feb 5, 12 |
“Natural” beauty |
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Jan 30, 12 |
Apple’s Address |
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Jan 10, 12 |
Final OS X Lion review (shotgun) blast: a little bit of everything |
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Jan 10, 12 |
Micro-review of iOS 5: Stability has left the building |
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Jan 10, 12 |
Micro-review of iCloud: Better than its sucky predecessor |
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Jan 1, 12 |
Sherlock Holmes: ★★☆☆☆ |
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Dec 28, 11 |
Some of Mac OS X Lion’s animations really miss the mark |
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Dec 25, 11 |
War Horse ★★☆☆☆ Spielberg at his mediocre worst |
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Dec 12, 11 |
Cargo review ★☆☆☆☆ Where’s the “smart,” exactly? |
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Dec 4, 11 |
Finder & Mail: Core apps that still suck in Mac OS X Lion |
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Nov 22, 11 |
The law of low tech standards |
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Nov 20, 11 |
Mac OS X Lion: An allegedly mature OS? |
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Sep 16, 11 |
The Ghost Brigades Review |
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Sep 4, 11 |
Troll Hunter micro-review |
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Jul 3, 11 |
Micro Review: Old Man’s War is pulpy fun from a fine writer |
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Jun 25, 11 |
Super 8 is about itself |
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Jun 25, 11 |
Now that’s how you make a villain! How X-Men First Class got it right (and Lucas got it wrong) |
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Mar 14, 11 |
Ebert rips Battle: LA a new one |
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Mar 13, 11 |
Monsters Mini-Review ★★★★☆ Moody and intriguing, but a bit boring |
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Mar 11, 11 |
I, Pad: The First Year |
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Dec 28, 10 |
Micro-review of The King’s Speech |
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Dec 15, 10 |
White hot hate for iPhoto 9 |
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Dec 3, 10 |
Rage HD ★★★★☆ How do they get all those mutants in there? |
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Nov 20, 10 |
Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be ★★★★★ |
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Nov 5, 10 |
Predators ★☆☆☆☆ A weak homage |
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Nov 5, 10 |
IMDb app micro-review |
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Oct 25, 10 |
Splice ★☆☆☆☆ Not-in-a-good-way creepy |
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Oct 3, 10 |
Book review (and my first ebook): An Oblique Approach, by David Drake & Eric Flint |
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Sep 25, 10 |
Evernote: all your text are belong to us |