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For a film so preoccupied with being impressive on every scale - from passionate speeches about freedom to enormous charging rhinos, to battle scenes unmatched in modern cinema - my only reaction to 300 is also the most damning. I was unimpressed. Sure, they had enormous elephants (on par with Lord of the Rings!) and Braveheart-esque speeches about ( Read more... )

Including classical music (whatever such a term may mean) on a list of best albums of the 70s is not merely disingenuous, but feels like a token choice. Squeezing Reich in between CCR and Elvis Costello is a surefire way to outline how many classical albums are missing from the list. That's what happens with all token choices in lists - they make ( Read more... )

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Apparently Pitchforkmedia's list went down. If it's not back up by tomorrow, I'm going to start going through the ILX list. If someone happens to have the PFM list, though, post it? Or email it to me?

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