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Total Information Awareness: The Sequel

In the Comment for this week’s magazine, while acknowledging the seeming efficacy of the government’s anti-terrorist program over the past decade, I do some hand-wringing about the…
PUBLISHED: May 17, 2013
LENGTH: 1 minutes (445 words)

What makes The Great Gatsby great?

They called him an "ultra-modernist" and dismissed his books as overrated and forgettable, just "so much unnecessary evanescence travelling first class". When his third novel was published, on 10…
PUBLISHED: May 3, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3548 words)

Case Study: World War Z‘s Rough Road to the Big Screen

It’s no secret that World War Z — the  big-budget adaptation of Max Brooks’ 2006 zombie-horror bestseller — has been a troubled production. Over the past six months,…
PUBLISHED: May 3, 2013
LENGTH: 2 minutes (563 words)

I've Seen Grand Theft Auto V. This One's Radically Different.

The things that stick out to me about Grand Theft Auto V are not the major things I was supposed to focus on when I saw the game in action at Rockstar HQ this week. But I'll tell you those smaller…
SOURCE:Kotaku
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5083 words)

Baz Luhrmann's Despair, Drive and Gamble Behind 'Great Gatsby'

Austin HargraveBaz Luhrmann This story first appeared in the May 3 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. In early 2011, Baz Luhrmann flew from Sydney to L.A., attempting to save The Great…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1394 words)

In Memoriam: The Last Blockbuster In Hollywood

The last Blockbuster in Los Angeles proper closed on Sunday, April 21. Image by Ariane Lange/Buzzfeed The racks in Hollywood's last Blockbuster were empty except for the rack in the front, which had…
SOURCE:BuzzFeed
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (949 words)

The Real Cost of the War

Why is the U.S. ignoring battle-scarred Soldiers? A special report.By Mark Boal Looking back, Adam Koroll was not surprised when he heard the news that Jacob Burgoyne had stabbed a fellow Soldier to…
LENGTH: 33 minutes (8276 words)

Death and Dishonor

Death and Dishonor by Mark Boal www.playboy.com EDITOR'S NOTE In the May 2004 issue, Playboy published Death and Dishonor by Mark Boal, an article that followed a retired Army Staff Sergeant as he…
LENGTH: 37 minutes (9476 words)

What 'Game of Thrones' tells us about human nature: A private investigator’s take

March 31, 2013 at 7:00 PM EDT Inside is an illuminating piece by Philip A. Becnel IV, a Managing Partner at Dinolt, Becnel & Wells Investigative Group LLC. With a keen sense of wit, he will…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1895 words)
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