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CIPC #178: XTC, The mayor of Simpleton

Posted on July 8, 2020July 13, 2020

It is remarkable how little commercial success correlates longevity. Nowadays, XTC is considered one of the quintessential British rock bands from the eighties, but back…

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CIPC #177: Alvin and the chipmunks: The squeakquel

Posted on June 30, 2020

My God. What have I come to? You know, I hope you all really appreciate what I do for this blog, because you have no…

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CIPC #176: Shera ceiling tiles ad

Posted on June 23, 2020

I have bad news for the regular CIPC readers: today we’re going to tackle a philosophical question. Yes, one of those deep mysteries that bother…

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CIPC #175: A matter of life and death

Posted on June 17, 2020

After a short detour to the land of advertising, we return to our usual playground of movies. This time, we go all the way back…

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CIPC#174: State Farm commerical

Posted on June 10, 2020

State Farm is one of those things, like red sups and school shootings, which most of the world is only familiar with through American media.…

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CIPC #173: Death note 2: The last name

Posted on June 3, 2020

I have already written a blog post about a manga and one about an anime, but I have yet to talk about Japanese cinema. That’s…

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CIPC #172: Blazing saddles

Posted on May 26, 2020

After the horrors I had to endure last week, I think I deserve a bit of break. Something light-hearted, something fun. Something good, even. Which…

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CIPC #171: Casper the friendly ghost, Vol.2

Posted on May 20, 2020

Who is the most famous ghost in all of fiction? The obvious answer would be the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future from Dickens’…

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CIPC #170: Camel advertisement

Posted on May 12, 2020

If you were to ask me for my favourite sites, I would probably go on a tangent about how one should not assume that such…

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CIPC #169: The wire S1 E3, The buys

Posted on May 5, 2020

The wire is one of the most critically acclaimed television series in history, charting at number six in IMDB’s top list at the time of…

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