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This is a beautifully awesome video of No Rest For the Wicked.  More information on Stop the Traffik. I must conquer the school… WITH FLAME. I’m not sure these are great date night ideas.

Cathy continues to Lady Macbeth it up, goading Alec to kill his cat’s paws who firebombed the Chinese restaurant. They might’ve accidentally incited a gang war with the Lee Brothers, who are the biggest and strongest of the Chinese gangs. Meanwhile, Jackie continues pushing Bald Cop to get his life, and crashes the apartment he’s keeping one of his informants in. This is the same [...]

Rogue features that time-honored premise. 1. A good cop-turned-cynic who plays by his own rules accidentally brings his work home. 2. Dead daughter. 3. VENGEANCE!!!! 4. Mayhem, boundary-blurring between good and bad guys, cop earns reluctant admiration of by-the-rules superiors, etc etc. Normally, this formula is deeply tied up into narratives masculinity and statehood. The cop (perhaps played by Bruce Willis!) frequently mourns his daughter, [...]

I really enjoy a good technothriller. They’re rare — it’s a genre that rewards “boys will be boys” cliches, clunky writing replete with poorly handled info-dumps, and really underdeveloped characters. Tag… is not a great entry into the genre. Here’s the description from Amazon: On 15 March 2110, 6.3 billion people will die at the hand of one man. A man with a twisted vision, [...]

Hooray! No more OSC Superman project! The sequester will hurt women. Confused about what the sequester IS? HuffPo has your back. More on the Oscars. Jo Walton’s Farthing is getting re-released. This is YOUR CHANCE to get in on some sweet (compelling, well-written) alt-history WWII action. Reality check on transvag ultrasounds. Really great post on Firefly: Shouldn’t it be a priority, if you’re trying to tell a [...]

Wow, this is oddly sweet. Oh, Katy Perry. BAMF in motion.  She’s so talented!