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The Escape List

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Reviews of Literature, music and Films: This is how we escape. Please feel free to agree or disagree with our assessments and write your own in the comments if you wish.

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  • Wise Blood

    Posted on Saturday June 27th, 2009 at 23:01 in films, drama, 2f, f 1970s

    This horrifying movie about small town America's obsession and saturation with religion is based on Flannery O'Connor's novel of the same name. With a ridiculous original score it seems perhaps a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...

  • Velvet Goldmine

    Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 23:07 in films, drama, 2f, f 1990s

    This is a glittery, sequined, spandex-filled tale of glam rock, its idols, followers, and the scene in which they thrive. Christian Bale (Batman) plays a reporter who, given an assignment to cover... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...

  • Smart People

    Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 22:21 in films, drama, 1f, f 2000s

    This movie is awful. Having watched it recently, the plot is already almost forgotten - something about a curmudgeonly (but not very old) widower and professor; his prudish, pedantic, annoying... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...

  • Blocked in China

    Posted on Tuesday May 19th, 2009 at 13:50 in blogger, archives, page, blocked in china

    BLOGGER IS BLOCKED IN CHINA AGAIN.  THIS TIME WE CAN'T GET TO THE ADMIN PAGE EITHER.  FOR NOW PLEASE EXPLORE OUR ARCHIVES AND FEEL FREE TO BUY THROUGH OUR LINKS. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, an...

  • King of California

    Posted on Friday May 15th, 2009 at 23:02 in Adventure, films, drama, 2f, f 2000s

    What a horrible little slice of Americana! A teenager, abandoned by her mother and with a father on a funny farm, works full time at McDonald's instead of going to school. The daughter's routine is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...

  • Bluebeard - Kurt Vonnegut

    Posted on Thursday May 14th, 2009 at 20:39 in books, fiction, vonnegut, 2b, b 1980s

    "Read this, it's garbage!" the back cover may as well state of this fictional autobiography. "I am old and sick of this crap but you greedy readers keep pulling for more, so here it is. Here is my... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...

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