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Los Angeles Web 2.0 Startups: InterestMix.com improves recommendation engine

InterestMix.com is building a better recommendation engine. The Santa Monica, CA company uses advanced math algorithms and people you know as the...
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Review of 'Despicable Me'

(+1/2 stars) Despicable Me is adorable, cute, and many other unmanly and emasculating words. If you're an emotional person of the male gender,...
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A review of new Blu-Ray and DVD release 'Zombieland'

(+1/2 star) This movie is nonstop unadulterated entertainment. It makes itself clear: don't take this movie too seriously. When a movie has the...
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Underrated and under the radar: a review of Mike Judge's 'Extract'

Mike Judge has a way of creating a realistic protagonist and then pitting him against his own rut and boredom. In Extract, this protagonist is Joel...
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Recommendation letters may hurt female job seekers more than they help

Job seekers rely on letters of recommendation from their colleagues to support their job applications and demonstrate their abilities to future...
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Movies based on cartoons: a review and a compromise

Trailers for a movie adaptation of the Smurfs, those lovable blue-skinned socialists from our childhood, have been released, and the news is not...
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Movies based on cartoons: Recommendation #13

(Back)#13: Beast Wars (1996)The countdown begins with an iffy inclusion. Since three Transformers movies have been made with a fourth one in the...
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Movies based on cartoons: Recommendation #12

  • Bucky O'Hare
  • June 8, 2011
(Back)#12: Bucky O'Hare (1991)If you've never heard of this show before in your life, don't worry, that's normal.Bucky O'Hare...
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Movies based on cartoons: Recommendation #11

(Back)One of the greatest offenders when it comes to approving big screen adaptations is Hanna-Barbera. Most of the guilt lies with Warner Bros.,...
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Movies based on cartoons: Recommendation #10

  • Pirates of Dark Water
  • June 7, 2011
(Back)#10: Pirates of Dark Water (1991)Alternatively, Warner Bros. may want to consider taking a break from the one-dimensional talking animal...
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