3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS A tense look at racism and the criminal justice system. Jordan Davis was shot to death in 2012, while sitting in his friend’s car on the day after Thanksgiving. He was 17 and black. His killer, Michael Dunn, was 45 and white. While it was never disputed that Dunn fired […]
Elinor Jones
Elinor Jones writes the gossip column, THE TRASH REPORT, as well as movie reviews, and dinosaur stuff. She likes your lipstick.
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Perceived Threats
You Must Watch 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets
You must watch 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets.
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Fuck Shirts
Magic Mike XXL: The Feminist Male Stripper Movie You’ve Been Waiting For
Magic Mike XXL is the feminist male stripper movie you’ve been waiting for.
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Fuck Shirts! The Mercury‘s Authoritative Review of Magic Mike XXL
MAGIC MIKE XXL Magic Mike, Tarzan, Big Dick Richie, and three other gentlemen with better names than you. There’s a phenomenon in sequels: They need to trade off the success of the first film, so they need a similar story. But they also have to at least pretend to offer something new. In dance, a […]
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Movie Review: Things Get Weird in The Overnight
THE OVERNIGHT “Yeah, you two should totes come over to my place. I’m at Burnside 26, heard of it?” Have you guys ever had those nights where you stick around some probably horrible people because you’re already kinda drunk and there might be fun drugs coming and if nothing else this could make for a […]
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A Lot of Order
A Little Chaos: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
A Little Chaos: Why is Alan Rickman making me write negative things about him?
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Bedtime Stories
The Overnight: When Things Get Weird
Things get weird in The Overnight.
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Of Nostalgic Idiots and Jurassic World
JURASSIC WORLD Pictured: Chris Pratt, Chris Pratt’s raptor buddies. In the original Jurassic Park, John Williams’ booming score reaches its crescendo as characters gaze up to see a live brachiosaurus for the first time. Their eyes widen right out of their faces and their mouths drop open, in complete awe of this gigantic science beast […]
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Bigger. Louder. More Teeth.
Of Nostalgic Idiots and Jurassic World
Of nostalgic idiots and Jurassic World.
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How to Have Super-Cold Beer, Super Fast
Illustration: Alex Despain DON’T YOU HATE IT when you roll up to a BBQ, thirsty as hell and ready to drink, only to find your beer is hot and gross? You need the liquid courage to mingle, but that canned piss won’t cut it. Guess what?! Science and I have got you covered! So you […]
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How to Have Super-Cold Beer, Super Fast
Freezing Cold Drinks for Impatient Drunks
How to insta-freeze those disgustingly warm beers!
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Far from the Madding Crowd > Books
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD Friend-zoned, 1870 style! Hollywood has a nasty habit of ruining classic pieces of literature by adapting them into movies. Less often, it will do us a favor by taking dry 19th century novels we maybe wouldn’t have delved into and convert them into something accessible for our limited modern attention […]