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73 Questions for Anna Wintour

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World Order is the coolest--"Let's Start WW3"

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Hellmouth casting and crew notes

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"The Turning Point" by Steve Cutts

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Substitute City: Jim Carrey in The Truman Show (1998), one of my favorite films

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My 1997 Review of The Fifth Element, one of my favorite science fiction films

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Snowpiercer Series: Official trailer with Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs, and my review of the original Snowpiercer

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Malcolm X--Interview at Berkeley (1963) and Selma

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The Film Doctor's one sentence review of Back to the Future

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