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Baby Doll and the steampunk zombie Nazis: 9 notes on Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch

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Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)

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Sven Birkerts' "The Mother of Possibility" and other links

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A Long Hard Look at Psycho and other links

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"No man can walk out on his own story": 8 notes on Gore Verbinski's Rango

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Legend of the Fist and other links

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Say Something: notes on making a romantic comedy

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