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Sonny Liston: The Life and Mysterious Death of a Champion

By Colin Ellis Feb 22, 2012 11:21 am

Boxing has such a wide range of personality types. There are showboats like Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather, Jr., classy gentlemen like Sugar Ray Robinson and Floyd Patterson, but the boxers that ...

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Thoughts on the Chris Brown-Grammy Awards controversy

By Colin Ellis Feb 15, 2012 5:40 am

This week’s Grammy Awards were overshadowed by the death of Whitney Houston, but even the shock of her death didn’t stop people from talking about Chris Brown. His performance and ...

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Why I'm ho-hum about Community, part 2

By Colin Ellis Feb 08, 2012 4:53 pm

The verdict is in: Community isn’t funny. I completed the first season this week, and I hate to disappoint all you hardcore fans out there, but this show isn’t the comedic gem you claim ...

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Caged Wisdom: Valley Girl

By Colin Ellis Feb 01, 2012 1:41 am

One of the things we haven't really talked about in these Cage reviews is the Cage-doo. His hair has a personality of its own. Sometimes it’s long and unkempt; sometimes short and neat. Over ...

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The 2012 Oscar Nominees: Surprise Surprise

By Colin Ellis Jan 25, 2012 12:11 am

The Oscar nominations were announced yesterday, and the repulsive, feel-good movie of the year about racism, The Help, scored a mere four nods for Best Picture, Best Actress (Viola Davis), and two ...

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Why I'm ho-hum about Community

By Colin Ellis Jan 18, 2012 12:36 am

It pains me when a good friend gives a strong endorsement to a book, movie, band, or TV show that turns out to be total shite. It lessons my opinion of that person to some extent. I can recall ...

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Is Caged Wisdom catching on?

By Colin Ellis Jan 11, 2012 11:11 pm

Shit just got real! It was almost a year ago when this small collective started its Caged Wisdom series, and the reception was supportive, but relatively small. That's about to change. It appears ...

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Relationship tips from MoNique

By Colin Ellis Jan 09, 2012 12:00 am

I gained a bit of respect for Mo’Nique after her performance in Precious, a movie I had a lot of problems with, but nevertheless gave a pass to largely due to how good she was in it. I would ...

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Life's Too Short's little problem

By Colin Ellis Jan 04, 2012 8:21 am

To be a dwarf, you probably need to have an ingrained sense of self-deprecation. How else can you go through life, asking strangers to ring buzzer doors, or trying to reach a kitchen counter even?& ...

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

By Colin Ellis Dec 28, 2011 6:52 am

There was a little bit of nervousness on my part when my mom suggested that we all go watch The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo together as a family. Knowing of course the film involved copious amounts ...

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