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Hex Crimes
Not content to make another terrible romantic comedy or another terrible based-on-TV-show movie, the Ephrons create the ro-meta-ntic comedy; disaster ensues.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-23-2005 |
Reviews
Return to 'Neverwhere' -- again
British fantasist Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere gets its second adaptation, this time to comics.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-23-2005 |
Fiction
Once More, From the Beginning...
Batman Begins sails over the exceptionally low bar of not sucking as bad as Batman and Robin.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Defining Dissembling
Bush explains to the media the meaning of "disassemble," while his spokesman provides a good example when asked about contraception.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-09-2005 |
Commentary
So You Want To Be Batman...
Batman may have written the book on crime-fighting, but you get to read it.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Party Invites
Republican Senator George Voinovich refuses to toe the party line on the Bolton nomination, prompting an invitation from the Libertarians to join them -- a guide to Voinovich's options.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-02-2005 |
Commentary
Is the Emperor in Star Wars Supposed to Be Bush?
Critics and fans see Bush-bashing in Lucas's latest, but is the dark side strong with "Darth Dubyous"?
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
05-26-2005 |
Commentary
Just What the Crazy Victorian Doctor Ordered
This guide lists 65 of the funniest, fictional diseases the best and brightest of the Sci-Fi/fantasy set could come up with.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
05-05-2005 |
Fiction
XXX Cubed
A new star and director turn an action franchise into a heavily veiled look at the state of the United States.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
04-28-2005 |
Reviews
Chinese Take-Out and Take-Downs
Monster-fighting busboy Sharknife delivers hyperbolic non-stop, over-the-top, hip-hop chop-socky action.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
04-28-2005 |
Fiction
An Art Movement by Any Other Name...
Matt Dukes Jordan offers a field guide to the world of lowbrow art, and the many objections to that term.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
04-14-2005 |
Nonfiction
Unconventional First Lady of the Ragtime Era
A leading matriarch of Ohio's political family dynasty gets a new biography that answers such as questions as why our current governor is named "Bob" Taft instead of "Alphonso."
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
04-14-2005 |
Nonfiction
Playing Deadnew
Illustrator Mark Bodnar's paintings are haunted by toys and toons.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
04-14-2005 |
Art
Tags: Mark Bodnar, Sheetghosts
Conscientious Objection... to Paying Your Taxes
There's only one real way to completely oppose war, and that's by refusing to pay for it on April 15.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
04-07-2005 |
Commentary
Libertarian Sci-Fi
L. Neil Smith's sci-fi noir thriller about a police detective from the far-flung future of 1987 visiting the Libertarian America next door gets the easy-to-read graphic novel treatment.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
03-24-2005 |
Fiction
