Archive for May, 2010
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
When the University of Chicago decided to turn a theology school into a "temple of neoliberal economics", it only underlines what the Chicago monetarists or Friedmanites are about - privatization of public enterprise, "freeing" markets from usury laws and promoting deregulation - as opposed to the idea of moral justice ...
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
The point-of-view shots might cause a headache but they put the viewer right in the middle of a splatterfest as The Butcher in Kim Jin-Won's film gets down to his bloody business. Not exactly 3D but definitely in your face. Stephen Tan reviews.
True to life or true life? One of ...
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Neil Young's on the road again and Karen Barry catches the man on Opening Night in Albany, NY. The excitement is palpable as the solo show is both revealing and touching as Neil Young performs seven new songs and pulls out a rare oldie - Hitchhiker.
To be at Opening Night ...
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
While U.S. men and women put their lives at risk in Iraq, the MPAA has queried the military about the pirating habits of the soldiers stationed there. A declassified document from the United States Central Command confirms that the MPAA is fighting a war of its own in the Middle ...
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
If Iron Man 2 is preferred over the first movie, it's because it's soapier. But, as Critic After Dark Noel Vera says, when it comes to comic-book action movies, it is Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass that has the two Iron Man movies totally beat.
Prefer this sequel over the original and here's ...
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Sunday, May 16th, 2010
Join Charles M. Young who says "It's not time to debate, or write well-reasoned moral appeals to politicians. It's time to sneer. It's time to get cynical and vomit and excrete and hock a loogie and whack off and wipe your ass with your money." It's time to let the ...
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
When Arizona passes an unjust immigration law, Chuck D is on hand to criticise it. After all, the Man from Public Enemy once rapped "By The Time I Get To Arizona" when state officials refused to recognise Martin Luther King's birthday. By Dave Zirin.
Chuck D. The Hard Rhymer. The man ...
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
The MPAA, RIAA and other entertainment industry groups want people to believe that piracy is the result of people's greed and refusal to pay. A recent experiment by Wolfire Games sheds another light on this argument. Maybe fans have no access or means to pay. By Ernesto of TorrentFreak.
Over the ...
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
In Kevin Ko's Invitation Only, Taiwan's first slasher movie, rub society's wealthy elites the wrong way and you become nothing more than than fodder for their blood-thirsty nature. Stephen Tan reviews.
The opening scene in Kevin Ko's Invitation Only (2009) is what horror fans expect. At a dance, two attractive young ...
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Goldman Sachs under criminal investigation. Is this a serious and honest move or is it a carefully choreographed political theater? As commentator Mike Whitney points out, crossing swords with Goldman's CEO Lloyd Blankfein is the easy part. Dealing with Goldman's supporters in Washington is another matter.
Just two days after a ...
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