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The Gorgon

MOTS Ado About Nothing: The Gorgon by Tanith Lee

March 8, 2017 Steve Ormosi Literature 0:33:00 Comments Off on MOTS Ado About Nothing: The Gorgon by Tanith Lee

Recently we read and discussed a short story about the unpredictable nature of adventure. This is our review of The Gorgon by Tanith Lee.

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AFI Top 100 #087: 12 Angry Men

February 9, 2017 Steve Ormosi AFI Top 100 01:13:32 Comments Off on AFI Top 100 #087: 12 Angry Men

This week, TLS decided to review the deliberation room classic, 12 Angry Men, and joining us to lend a whiff of legitimacy was someone with some legal experience himself, Geoff Blackwell. [Aggregate score: 9.5]

Geoff is voice of the news podcast from a legal perspective, All Too Common Law and a lawyer with American Atheists.

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MOTS Ado About Nothing: The Exquisitely Bleeding Heads of Doktur Palmer Vreedeez by John Shirley

February 1, 2017 Steve Ormosi Literature 00:43:04 Comments Off on MOTS Ado About Nothing: The Exquisitely Bleeding Heads of Doktur Palmer Vreedeez by John Shirley

This week MOTS Ado experiences John Shirley’s bizarre and darkly whimsical tale of modern horror. 

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Literature: Mono No Aware by Ken Liu

January 18, 2017 Steve Ormosi Literature 00:28:21 Comments Off on Literature: Mono No Aware by Ken Liu

The crew reviews this Hugo winning short story by Ken Liu about the struggle to hold onto oneself, even at the end of the world.

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AFI Top 100 #004: Raging Bull

January 16, 2017 Chris Morgan AFI Top 100 00:48:36 Comments Off on AFI Top 100 #004: Raging Bull

MOTS steps into the ring to tangle with the classic Scorsese flick, Raging Bull. [Aggregate score: 8]

 

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AFI Top 100 #020: It’s A Wonderful Life

December 5, 2016 Chris Morgan AFI Top 100 00:57:03 Comments Off on AFI Top 100 #020: It’s A Wonderful Life

In the next episode of MOTSterpiece Theater, we review the Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. I wonder what the world would be like if this movie had never been made. [Aggregate score: 4.66]

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MOTS Ado About Nothing: The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick

November 30, 2016 Steve Ormosi Literature 00:31:48 Comments Off on MOTS Ado About Nothing: The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick

MOTS Ado gets taken over by an insidious force during their review of classic sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s The Hanging Stranger.

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AFI Top 100 #066: Network

November 28, 2016 Steve Ormosi AFI Top 100 00:54:17 Comments Off on AFI Top 100 #066: Network

In the latest AFI review, the crew discusses the politics involved in broadcasting news and the dissemination of information in AFI’s #66 film, “Network.” [Aggregate score: 9.6]

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Literature: The Fat Guy by Henry Roth

November 16, 2016 Steve Ormosi Literature 00:23:07 Comments Off on Literature: The Fat Guy by Henry Roth

MOTS Ado About Nothing reviews a short story about what some people will do for a little bit of fame. It’s The Fat Guy by Henry Roth.

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Literature: A&P by John Updike

November 2, 2016 Steve Ormosi Literature 00:40:19 Comments Off on Literature: A&P by John Updike

In this episode, we review the John Updike short story about a kid who watches some girls in bathing suits wander around a store. It’s called A&P.

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