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    Jan 09 2008
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    Review: The Golden Compass, Enchanted, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Water Horse, National Treasure- Book of Secrets, I Am Legend, Sweet Land, The Kite Runner, Priceless and The Darjeeling Limited

    By Dan Cinema, Reviews
    Keen-eyed readers will remember that a year ago I nominated The Golden Compass as my most-eagerly-awaited title of 2007. So, how did it pan out? I’m one of those who…
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    Jan 08 2008
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    2008: A Star Trek Odyssey

    By Dan Cinema, TV
    In anticipation of the release at Christmas this year of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek XI (back to before the beginning with a new cast including Karl Urban and Simon Pegg)…
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    Jan 04 2008
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    Patton Oswalt on alcohol and flying

    By Dan Asides, Food & Drink
    And while we are on the subject of drinking, here’s Patton Oswalt: Southwest Airlines. No more. I'm done. That's it. "Ladies and gentlemen, there's a passanger with a young child…
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    Jan 04 2008
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    Drink makes inhibitions fly out the window (Stuff)

    By Dan Asides, Personal
    From the “No Shit, Sherlock” Department (via Stuff): Researchers in the United States have confirmed what many of us already know, that alcohol makes males more amorous and less sexually…
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    Jan 02 2008
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    Remembering 1968

    By Dan History, Music
    Bob Herbert in the New York Times on the tumult that was 1968: On April 3, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis. Violence…
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    Jan 01 2008
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    Cinema: Best of 2007

    By Dan Cinema
    And so, after 191 films viewed and reviewed here I get to sum up the 2007 cinema year. As I said back in September it’s been a great year for…
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