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Month: October 2021

CIPC #245: Sporza article

Posted on October 27, 2021

Usually, I talk about classy, old movies, or vintage advertisements, or perhaps an episode for some widely popular detective series. But this is an emergency.…

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CIPC #244: Le château de verre

Posted on October 19, 2021January 3, 2022

Today’s subject, a French film from 1950, is a good example of how getting a bunch of talent together does not necessarily yield a great…

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CIPC #243: Luther S1E1

Posted on October 12, 2021

Luther sounds like it should be a documentary series about the eponymic theologist and his ninety-five theses, or perhaps about his royal namesake. But no.…

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CIPC #242: Lego chess sets box covers

Posted on October 6, 2021

I can imagine Nintendo disappearing. I can imagine Hot Wheels disappearing. But I can not image Lego disappearing. The ingenious connecting system, the sturdy material,…

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Chess in popular culture

With this blog, I will critique chess as it appears in all sorts of popular media. I will honour the good and, probably much more frequently, castigate the bad.

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