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Crooked Table Podcast: Episode 5 – A Very Crooked Table Christmas

In Episode 5 of the Crooked Table Podcast, Rob and Kai break down the tremendous controversy surrounding the Sony hack that has dominated the news over the last week, as well as the studio’s handling of the Seth Rogen/James Franco comedy The Interview. In addition, they greet the holiday season with a candid discussion about what the season means to them and, along the way, name their favorite holiday films. Continue reading Crooked Table Podcast: Episode 5 – A Very Crooked Table Christmas

Review: ‘Birdman’

There are few actors more perfect to play the role of an aging actor staging a comeback in one last-ditch effort to shed the image he cultivated years ago as a big-screen superhero than Michael Keaton. Yes, the actor doesn’t quite have the high profile he did back in the 1980s and 1990s, and those of viewers may already have correctly guessed that Birdman makes good use of the fact that Keaton is still perhaps best known for his role as the Caped Crusader in Tim Burton’s Batman and Batman Returns.

However, whereas the current crop of costumed heroes focus on taking down baddies and saving the human race (or alien worlds, in the case of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy), Birdman has more contemplative things on its mind. Of course, this isn’t too surprising, considering that the film is the latest offering from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel, 21 Grams). Continue reading Review: ‘Birdman’