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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo really impressed me with his debut feature film Intacto nearly five years ago. He also caught the attention of esteemed filmmaker, Danny Boyle, who had just finished his post-apocalyptic ode to the zombie genre, 28 Days Later. When it came time for Boyle to hire someone to direct the sequel 28 Weeks Later it seems that Fresnadillo was high on his...
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Besides creating some of the most innovative rap music since the genre began, EL-P has revolutionized the industry when he established Definitive Jux Records. Def Jux has been helping establish some of the most eclectic and talented artists we have such as Aesop Rock and RJD2. EL-P has just released, I'll Sleep When You're Dead, his first album in five years with guests musicians as...
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You may not recognize or be able to pronounce the name Cherry Chevapravatdumrong but over the next few years she will become one of your favorite writers. Already a valued member of the Family Guy writing staff Chevapravatdumrong has written some of my favorite recent episodes such as Sibling Rivalry where Lois decides to gain a lot of weight and Prick Up Your Ears which...
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For me Ed Brubaker will always be a complete lowlife. Not because I found him rifling through the trash and eating dirty diapers but rather because of the book that helped kick off his comics career, the semiautobiographical A Complete Lowlife. Since that books publication not much has been heard from Brubaker, nah just kidding again, hes one of the busiest writers in the comic...
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I'm going to have chorizo and eggs tomorrow

At the young age of 29, Ben Templesmith has already become one of the most popular comic book artists working today. He first broke through drawing the Steve Niles written 30 Days of Night and since then has become one of the premiere horror comic book artists. 30 Days of Night is being made into a film starring Josh Hartnett. The story is about a...
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Back in the early 1980s my parents were amongst the first in our neighborhood to get a VCR but we were also in a weird area that didnt get the regular cable channels. So we just had one cable channel WHT. I have no idea what it stood for and we would do our best to tape our favorite movies. Now WHT used to show...
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Diego Luna has long been one of Mexicos favorite actors but it wasnt until Y tu mama tambin became an international hit that he started working in America. Since then hes had some great success with the conman film Criminal and the Steven Spielberg directed The Terminal. But for his own directorial debut Luna has looked back to his native country and created a documentary...
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