03/28/12

Mad Men Returns

It's been 17 months—God, has it really been that long?—but, like a friend who's stateside again after a year studying abroad, Mad Men has returned. Sure, we're still interested, but so much has happened in the intervening months—The Hunger Games making $155 million over the weekend, for example, giving it the third-biggest opening weekend ever—that it's a little strange to have Mad Men back, and we need to figure out how it fits in with our newer, cooler friends on the DVR. So, the big question: Was the wait worth it?

Well, frankly, I'm a little disappointed...

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03/20/12

What's Left After The Hunger Games?

This weekend sees the release of The Hunger Games, and it looks like it's going to be a big-movie weekend. Box-office watchers have breathlessly reported that advance tickets are selling like hotcakes, outpacing the presales for that other YA-book-series-turned-movie-franchise that shall remain nameless (the one with the sparkly vampires). The Hunger Games movie could well make $90 million its first weekend, which would be huge. That's what the first Harry Potter made in its opening weekend.

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03/13/12

TED Talks About Our Area

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There are two types of workers in the world: those who need total silence to concentrate, and those who work better with a little background noise. I'm the latter, and, when I was looking for something to listen to while I work, I discovered TED Talks. The joke was on me: the talk I put on for noise became so interesting, I stopped what I was working on to give it my full attention.

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03/06/12

Spring Blockbusters: Is March the New May When It Comes to Movies?

Nothing is more dependable than the movie-release calendar. It heralds the changing of the seasons more reliably than tides, bird migrations, or the blossoming of local flora.

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