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Pipe Dreams and Pizza Crusts Will Dive into the Wacky World of Organ Grinder Pizza

An upcoming documentary explores the Portland pizzeria that may have once been the largest in the world.

by Katherine Chew Hamilton April 21, 2026 9:15 amApril 22, 2026 9:48 am

Amid the strip malls and used car lots along SE 82nd, one big building, now home to Super King Buffet, looks out of place: glass walls stretching tens of feet tall, ceilings sharply sloping in different directions. Turns out these glass add-ons, designed by none other than Pioneer Square architect Willard K. Martin, were once […]

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Batman v Superman Doesn’t Have Enough Wonder Woman

Behold, the Most Expensive Schoolyard Shoving Match of All Time!

Ned LannamannMarch 23, 2016 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 3:50 pm

Behold, the most expensive schoolyard shoving match of all time!

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Divergent: Allegiant: Accelerant: Reverberant?

Am I Doing This Right? I Don’t Understand Anything.

Elinor JonesMarch 16, 2016 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 3:50 pm

Am I don’t this right? I don’t understand anything

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Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups Certainly Is Very Terrence Malick-y

Proudly Presented in MalickVision™!

Erik HenriksenMarch 9, 2016 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 3:50 pm

Knight of Cups: proudly presented in MalickVision™!

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Italians Do It Better—with a Demons and Rats Double Feature!

Sleaze! Gore! Demons and Rats Galore!

Courtney FergusonMarch 9, 2016 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 3:50 pm

Sleaze, gore, and rats galore with an ’80s grindhouse double feature.

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Zootopia‘s Allegory Strikes at Donald Trump

Disney Sneaks One by on the Sly

Wm. Steven HumphreyMarch 2, 2016 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 3:50 pm

Zootopia‘s Allegory Strikes at the Heart of Donald Trump.

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Gods of Egypt Is So Bad It’s Good Bad

This Film Features Gods! Egypt! And Also a Spaceship!

Morgan TroperFebruary 24, 2016 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 8:05 pm

GODS OF EGYPT is about as historically accurate as Disney’s Aladdin. The Earth is flat, mortals and deities live side-by-side, and everyone is fucking white (save moon god Thoth, played by Chadwick Boseman, an actor best known for his portrayal of James Brown in 2014’s Get On Up). Before it was even released, Gods of […]

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Accio the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Trailer

Bri BreyDecember 15, 2015 10:56 amAugust 22, 2022 6:37 pm

The nerd odds are in our favor this week. In an unsuccessful attempt to distract from the overwhelming anticipation of the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (EEEEEEEEEEE!!!), the internet gods have sent us a few squeal-worthy trailers: Star Trek Beyond, Independence Day: Resurgence, and now THIS! A potential new franchise in the Harry Potter […]