Dissecting the mainstream.

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• Christopher Guest A mighty whimper.
  Bryan Curtis Nov. 27, 2006
  
• For Your Eyes Only The secret life of James Bond.
  Bryan Curtis Nov. 16, 2006
  
• Dane Cook Insert punchline.
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 6, 2006
  
• Heaven Is His Playground The passions of Mitch Albom.
  Bryan Curtis Sept. 28, 2006
  
• Pirates' Gold Our strange fascination with box-office numbers.
  Bryan Curtis Aug. 25, 2006
  
• Among the Brainiacs The intellectual classes descend on soccer.
  Bryan Curtis June 9, 2006
  
• The Dan Brown Code In a court filing, the best-selling author of The Da Vinci Code reveals all the secrets of a pulp novelist.
  Bryan Curtis March 22, 2006
  
• Helicopter Tours Hansom cabs of the Space Age.
  Bryan Curtis March 9, 2006
  
• VH1 The surreal network.
  Bryan Curtis Feb. 23, 2006
  
• Peter Benchley The man who loved sharks.
  Bryan Curtis Feb. 16, 2006
  
• Can You Fear Me Now? The cell phone goes from annoying to evil.
  Bryan Curtis Feb. 8, 2006
  
• Penn Jillette The magician-comedian-writer's secrets revealed!
  Bryan Curtis Feb. 3, 2006
  
• Cinema Purgatorio The horrors of art houses.
  Bryan Curtis Jan. 27, 2006
  
• Louis Sachar Hot novelist of the sandbox set.
  Bryan Curtis Jan. 20, 2006
  
• Snowmobiles Slumming on the slopes.
  Bryan Curtis Jan. 13, 2006