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Touch Your Self Help: On Polling

Chad Fifer — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:51:00 PST

Just how reliable is political polling? Our resident self-help expert gets the truth.

The Clinton Campaign Goes to the Movies

Kevin Field — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:37:00 PST

Our political correspondent has been away reporting on the Democratic campaign for the 2008 Presidential Election since January. On the eve of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, he uncovered a series of heretofore-unforeseen internal strategy memos from the Hillary campaign detailing Senator Clinton's efforts to woo voters in those states using our shared language of film...

"Iron Man": Robert Downey Jr. Tests His Metal

Tim Grierson — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:33:00 PST

The iconic actor proves to be a very different (but very satisfying) comic-book hero. Elsewhere, Coldplay's new single intrigues and a movie about a red balloon beguiles.

Punch Drunk Lugs

Adam Gropman — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:30:00 PST

"In the blink of an eye, the two bigger men pound the smaller guy in the chest and face, throwing punches with the full force of their malice..."

Hollandaise in Hell

Dave Stinton — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:12:00 PST

How would I do as a contestant on Hell's Kitchen?

Moses is Dead: How We Gonna Get to the Promiseland Now?

Jabulani Leffall — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:13:00 PST

The leading man, as many in America knew it, is gone and so, seemingly, is that frontiersman ideal that his characters espoused and America at its best seemed to live up to around the world.

Touch Your Self Help: On Your Own

Chad Fifer — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:55:00 PST

Our resident self-help guru sounds off on the false promises of the "empowerment" industry.

Help Us Write Our Short Story!

Kevin Field — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:06:00 PST

Come and see the latest chapters in our exciting contest to write the greatest piece of fiction ever.

"Leatherheads": George Clooney Has a Ball

Tim Grierson — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:33:00 PST

People's sexiest man gets himself all dirty for his enjoyable football comedy. Elsewhere, our writer grooves to Paranoid Park's existential drift and gets creeped out by Death Cab for Cutie's new single.

The Joyless Luck Club

Dave Stinton — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:52:00 PST

Americanized pan-Asian fast food, cubicle dwelling, and frigid, soul-crushing pessimism.

"Stop-Loss": The Tear Hunter

Lucia Bozzola — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:56:00 PST

Boys do cry (especially if they're being screwed by the Iraq War).

Our Readers Respond: Different Tastes

Our Readers — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:11:00 PST

On Ron Paul, Leopold and Loeb, Debt and Chinese Food.