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Derek W.

Published Letters: 7

Friday, January 18, 2008 07:14 AM
Original article: "Cloverfield"

"Emotionally sadistic"? Oh, brother

I liked this piece better the first time I read it, when it was Zacharek's review of War of the Worlds.

Oh, wait, I didn't like it any better then either.

Monday, January 21, 2008 01:33 PM
Original article: Hot off "The Wire"

Rawls

> (And BTW, is anyone else on tenterhooks for a big revelation about Rawls' homosexuality, hinted at, masterfully, at the end of Season 3?)

I could be wrong, but I suspect that "When are you going to follow up on Rawls being gay?" is to David Simon what "When are you going to show what happened to the Russian?" was for David Chase.

Monday, February 4, 2008 08:19 PM
Original article: Remember freshman year?

Freaks and Geeks

> "Undeclared" nestles in most obviously behind "Freaks & Geeks," another much-lamented one-season wonder that cast a nostalgic, autobiographical eye on the horrors of Apatow's high school life in the 1980s.

I think you're selling short Paul Feig there. Feig was the creator of Freaks and Geeks and it was based on HIS high-school experiences.

Monday, August 11, 2008 09:11 PM

The Dark Knight

> Maybe -- but I suspect "The Dark Knight" will inspire more budding video-game designers than it will filmmakers.

Not so sure about that -- don't videogames have to be at least visually coherent? Movies obviously don't any more.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 09:34 AM

The headline...

... is brilliant.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 08:41 PM

Capgras syndrome

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/213298

Monday, September 22, 2008 09:43 AM
Original article: Lamest Emmys ever?

Who?

> After Zeljko Ivanek (who?)

Um, you are a TV columnist, right?

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