January 23, 2007
For years I've been talking about the Chamber of Commerce theory of entertainment awards. Basically it says that organizations issue awards based on what they think makes them look good — socially responsible, politically aware, far-ranging — instead of what actually is good. Of course, other factors can also come into play, among them [...]
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October 9, 2006
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I saw "The Departed" recently after watching its Hong Kong predecessor "Infernal Affairs." And, in another step toward writing more about movies, I filed a piece for the Beacon Journal about the two, which you can find here.
That wasn't a review of either movie, since George Thomas reviewed [...]
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