David Thorpe's quest to answer the title question makes for surprisingly compelling viewing.
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One of the funniest movies of the year.
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Mildly enjoyable Motter "Mister X" book once again fails to live up to the original.
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A lesson in writing: while inditing your villains, don't drag the "heroes" into the same moral quagmire.
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Takashi Miike returns to his cult movie roots with this weird-ass movie about the spread of Yakuza vampires (and possibly the end of the world).
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An oddity in the Austen canon, "Lady Susan" features an exceptionally unpleasant protagonist.
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Mildly entertaining bad movie about California not quite falling into the ocean.
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The final season of (what used to be) one of the better TV police shows available.
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Clarke's follow-up to Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell doesn't have the same depth.
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Movies that ignore the laws of physics are a terrible, terrible thing.
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