Posted on June 11, 2008 by willminusintellect
Battle Royale
A Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasake that was released in Japan in 2000. It never received a theatrical release in the U.S. as far as I know, but it had gained a bit of a cult following here even before it finally got a U.S. DVD release. You can think of it as [...]
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Posted on June 11, 2008 by willminusintellect
Brobdingnagian
adj.
Gigantic; immense; enormous
What can I say, finally a word that lives up to its meaning.
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Posted on June 11, 2008 by willminusintellect
From what I understand, the famed Barack Obama slogan “Yes, we can!” was derived from the motto of “Si, se puede!” that Cesar Chavez created for the United Farm Workers sometime in the 1970s. Not that I’m accusing Obama’s campaign team of plagiarism or anything; they did translate into English.
A few months ago, Michael Moore’s [...]
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