LazyCustomizer: I’d like to read your opinion of how the Penguin would fit in the Nolan Batman films, and whether you believe Nolan’s determination not to use the Penguin is wise or closing himself off from a potentially interesting story. Yes and no. On the one hand, I share Tim O’ Neil’s opinion that the […]

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So here is the thing. I have never owned a smartphone, mostly on the basis that they are fairly expensive, and although the apps and so forth are appealing, I previously could not in good conscience say that I desperately needed one. This is why my cellphone is a cheap little Nokia that looks like […]

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Another Toronto mayoral debate, another liveblog. Non-Torontonians who think I am overselling Rob Ford’s general level of buffoonery: I am really, really not doing that at all.

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As is my wont, occasionally I ask people what they would like me to write up on here in this joint. So what would you all like? “I should write” requests, as always, will be ignored, and no guarantees are extended. (I’d also ask for comment on the idea set forth in comments here, as […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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It’s not bad, not by any stretch. Really, it’s quite entertaining. Michael Cera actually pushes a bit beyond his comfortable familiar box (not a lot, but a bit); all of the performances are clever and fun, the gags all work even if a few are groaners (“bi-furious” still makes me wince), the action is decent, […]

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Chris Hayward wrote a lengthy post on the G20 protests and, in his opinion, why they work and are necessary. It’s well worth reading, even if there are important parts of it where I think he’s completely wrong. (His extensive summary of police abuses is not one of those parts.) Go read it and come […]

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Aw Shucks and All-Star Lauren: Bollywood. Judges’ tonguebath, as usual; this did not earn it. Not a terrible routine, certainly, but Kent’s dancing was not “finalist” quality here: his arms, especially in the second half of it, looked awkward – particularly in comparison to Lauren, who hit her moves precisely. Also, dork-face, as usual. His […]

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Torontoist asked me to write about Rob Ford being Rob Ford, so I did.

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A device that threatens to warp our very fabric of reality! Whatever can we do? Clearly, all that is needed is a right proper canine headbutt from Rex the motherfucking Wonder Dog.

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A bit late, but my weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Neil Reynolds is probably the Globe and Mail’s premier hack columnist: your bog-standard anti-Keynesian upper class white guy with a knack for pretentious phrasing oft combined with folksy imagery. The Globe generally doesn’t have a lot of gratituously pointless writers on its staff, so presumably Reynolds fulfills a quota; either that or he couldn’t get […]

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