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Being a doctor in rural Africa
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Read more: Being a doctor in rural AfricaRural Kenya in winter is colder than one would expect, even when you are from Wisconsin. The hospital where I am working is effectively isolated from the rest of the world. The phone works rarely, and the internet connection exists only in theory.
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The Wages of Fear (1953)
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Read more: The Wages of Fear (1953)Humanity is no match for the power of hunger.
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Used Cars (1980)
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Read more: Used Cars (1980)This magnum opus from Kurt Russell’s heyday reminds one of a time when movies existed seemingly for their own sake; rather than a line in a ledger, they were works of art instead of an appeal for relevance, a “statement” of some sort, or a way to polish one’s ego with a useless Academy Award…
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Army of Shadows (1969)
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Read more: Army of Shadows (1969)On its surface, this is a precise examination of the French Resistance, shot in a documentary style on location.
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District 9 (2009)
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Read more: District 9 (2009)As action flicks go, District 9 excels beyond measure, but leave it to a genre film with B-movie splatter gore sensibility to create an immersive experience that generates more human pathos than a hundred overcooked dramas about the holocaust or racism.
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Death Without Dignity
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Read more: Death Without DignityMy profession is to witness and resist the inexorable pull of death. With an armamentarium of medications, I reverse death when it is possible, provide comfort when it is not, and occasionally facilitate its imposition of will on mortal flesh.
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Colonoscopy: It’s About the Prep
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Read more: Colonoscopy: It’s About the PrepIf you survive the prep, you will probably be just fine
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The Misunderstood: Iceman
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Read more: The Misunderstood: IcemanWe are all gay for Iceman over here.
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Doctor on Faith Healing Retards
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Read more: Doctor on Faith Healing RetardsMineral water, green veg, and prayer. Over 500 years since the printing press was invented, and we still do this shit?
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This Means War
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Read more: This Means WarExuberant gay sex.