Tarantino's Big Payback

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» "IT'S PART TENSE World War II thriller, part over-the-top gore fest and a 100 percent Jewish revenge fantasy."
Joshua Gardner, Coordinator for the Washington Jewish Film Festival, writes at 16thStreetJ.wordpress.com that Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" is "one for the history books."

» "NO KENNEDY STORY [is] complete without Chappaquiddick, but Mary Jo Kopechne as a trending topic? Some of the comments [are] pretty harsh."
On Twitter.com/HowardKurtz, the Washington Post's media critic comments on the overload of posts about the woman who died in a 1969 car accident involving the late-senator in Martha's Vineyard.

» "ENTER, 'WOOFER' where your entries are held to a MINIMUM of 1,400 characters. Try 'woofing' about what you're having for dinner. I dare you."
JunkSketches.blogspot.com is marginally amused by woofer time.com, which bills itself as a site for "macroblogging."

» "[INSTEAD] OF DRAGGING YOUR CHILD to the store for an expensive cupcake, take the $3 home and spend some time with your kids making cupcakes. You'll have memories to last a lifetime."
A WashingtonPost.com commenter scoffs at a recent article stating that despite the downturn, cupcake sales are still booming in the D.C. area.

» "D.C. WAS NOT REPRESENTED in the [Camilo Jose] Vergara exhibit, but storefront churches in some D.C. neighborhoods are abundant."
Scottahb.wordpress.com found a Columbia Heights church that resembles photos on display at the National Building Museum.

Photo by Akira Suemori/AP