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Category: Movies & Television

  • This page contains an archive of all entries posted to Pronto* in the “Movies & Television” category. They are listed from newest to oldest. For a list of other category archives, see the right sidebar; you may also look through the archives or search by keywords.

April Latin American Studies speakers

Posted March 27, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)
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The spring speaker series I put together at Dickinson is winding down, w/ two final speakers who will focus on the Andes.

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Helvetica

Posted December 14, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Finally saw Helvetica last night on DVD. My friend Jake saw it a few months ago when it was shown in Philadelphia. I have an amateur’s interest in design, so the idea of a documentary on the typeface Helvetica intrigued me. Plus, I value Jake’s opinion on these matters (he has a professional’s interest in design).

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Cristina's “Dolores Argentina”

Posted October 27, 2007 | Permalink
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The Argentine presidential elections are coming up tomorrow (Sunday, 28 October). It’s highly likely that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the wife of current president Néstor Kirchner, will win the presidential race. The latest Angus Reid poll puts her at 47%—w/ her nearest rival (Elisa Carrió) pulling in barely 16%.

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Evo on Daily Show (after)

Posted September 26, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (6)
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I wasn’t entirely impressed w/ Evo’s performance on The Daily Show. From a PR point of view, he did well. He stuck to his talking points, he remained diplomatic, he was calm & eloquent. But it wasn’t funny.

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Evo on Daily Show

Posted September 25, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (12)
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If you haven’t already heard, Jon Stewart announced that Evo Morales will be on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show tonight (11pm EST). This is quite a coup for the show, which is fast becoming more of a “serious” news show than mainstream news (but does anyone think CNN, FOX, etc. are “serious” news networks anymore?). Needless to say, I’ll be tuning in.

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PS. Both The Daily Show & The Colbert Report have recently become the subject of a number of political science conference papers & journal articles.


Transformers

Posted June 3, 2007 | Permalink
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I was already excited about the new, live-action Transformers movie coming out this summer. But I noticed something in the previews: The car dealership where the young boy encounters Bumblebee is called “Bolivia’s Used Cars.” Turns out, Bernie Mac plays a car salesman named Bobby Bolivia. Why does “Bolivia” get referenced so frequently in pop movies?


Children of Men

Posted June 1, 2007 | Permalink
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My friend brianjphilips turned me onto the film Children of Men & highly recommended it. I finally got a chance to check it out last night; it did not disappoint.

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