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From Apocalyptic Tapestries to Apocalyptic Conferences: Watching and Waiting for the End of the World

Susan J. Napier | Posted 01.13.2013 | Arts
Read More: Wired Magazine, Eschatology, The Seventh Seal, Apocalypse, Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki, Melancholia, Climate Change, Ponyo, Arts News
Susan J. Napier

Eschatology, the study of the end of the world, can seem a little heavy duty but these days it seems to me that discussions of apocalypse can be pretty significant, if not actually sexy.

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Sixteen New DVDs You Must Check Out

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Where the Wild Things Are, Katharine Hepburn, Leo McCarey, Doctor Who, Dvds, Ponyo, Joe Berlinger, Reviews, Make Way for Tomorrow, James Mason, Criterion, Crude, T.a.M.I. Show, Maurice Sendak, James Brown, Miyazaki, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Here are 16 DVD releases that are the best of the best from the first four months of 2010. Rent them, buy them, stream them; do whatever you want. Just don't miss them.

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Few Oscar Nomination Surprises -- Thankfully

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: National Board of Review, Kathryn Bigelow, Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Mo'Nique, Coen Brothers, Alec Baldwin, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Star Trek, Jeff Bridges, Ponyo, Secret of Kells, Inglourious Basterds, Oscars, Marshall Fine Commentary, Avatar, The Blind Side, The Hurt Locker, An Education, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Sandra Bullock, Nbc, The Hangover, Tobey Maguire, Precious, District 9, Up in the Air, The Dark Knight, 9, Meryl Streep, Up, A Serious Man, Christoph Waltz, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

For the first time in recent memory, none of the best-director nominees directed movies that weren't also nominated for best picture.

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Ponyo Is On A Boat (NSFW VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Lonely Island, Video, I'm on a Boat Parody, I'm on a Boat, Ponyo, Funny Videos, Ponyo on a Boat, Comedy News

An inventive YouTuber has taken the Lonely Island hit "I'm on a Boat" and mashed it up with video from the new anime movie "Ponyo." It fits disturbing...

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The Final Destination 3D Defeats Halloween II in the Year's Dumbest Showdown: Huff Post Weekend Box Office in Review

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Final Destination, Scott Mendelson, Sandra Bullock, Hayao Miyazaki, All About Steve, Julie and Julia, Movies, Rob Zombie, Box Office, Brad Pitt, Ponyo, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, Meryl Streep, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, 3d, Halloween II, News, Gamer, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Yup, summer is officially over. Now we can get to what's really important -- trying to keep up with the dozen or so new Oscar-bait releases and overestimating James Cameron's Avatar.

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Hayao Miyazaki's "Ponyo on the Cliff:" A Huffington Post Review

Eric Lurio | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Hayao Miyazaki, Children's Cinema, Disney, Anime, Animation, Cult of Cute, Ponyo, Entertainment News
Eric Lurio

Much has been written about the Japanese "cult of the cute". The great animation director Hayao Miyazaki has used this cult to create one of the more disturbing monsters in cinematic history.

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