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Dec 19, 2013

Since losing the 2008 presidential election and almost completing a full term as governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin has remained on the edge of the national consciousness. She's like America's racist aunt; not evil, just painfully ignorant and around the holidays she usually opens her mouth and says...


Dec 12, 2013

You remember that time you were in high school and you were miserable? Want to hear an adult try to remember that but end up sounding more like a puppy than a human child? Want to hear a long list of songs somebody in 1991 might have listened to? Then you need to read Perks of Being a Wallflower by...


Dec 5, 2013

Life is a delicate thing. Even if you're bar-hopping around Russia, feeling great, invisible aliens could show up for no reason and explode you into glitter.

At least that's the way the world is in the 2011 movie Darkest Hour. The aliens are invisible, except sometimes, and explode you, unless you're wearing a bunch of...


Nov 27, 2013

In the first Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is a badass. She shoots things, saves people, and manipulates the system. For the second installment, Suzanne Collins opted to have her be oblivious to the plot, constantly need saving, and spend the climax passed out. And they filmed her nostrils for the close of...


Nov 21, 2013

After the success of The Hunger Games, author Suzanne Collins knew exactly what to do. Put out the exact same book with a slightly different prologue. And that idea caught fire.

Katniss Everdeen is a formerly bad ass woman from District 12, the lazily numbered region of Panam, the lazily named country controlled by The...