{"id":3425,"date":"2009-02-13T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2009-02-13T05:22:38","modified_gmt":"2009-02-13T10:22:38","slug":"unrequired-reading-feb-13-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-feb-13-2009","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Feb. 13, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s an extra-spooky, hockey-mask-wearing Friday the 13th edition of Unrequired Reading! Boo!<\/p>\n

The A.V. Club offers back-to-back Random Roles interviews with two VM faves: Illeana Douglas<\/a> and Bruce Campbell<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Roger Ebert contemplates the long-term view<\/a>, as in that Flaming Lips lyric, “Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die?” Except longer term. And more depressing.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Ron Rosenbaum could only hate The Reader<\/a> more if it had a soundtrack by Billy Joel.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Chip Kidd, on the other hand, really likes Iron Man<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Creepy<\/span> Happy Valentine’s Day<\/a>! (courtesy of The Agitator<\/a>)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

What designer hasn’t<\/em> shoved a 7-months’-pregnant designer to the ground at a silent auction<\/a>?<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Okay, I bet this one<\/a> hasn’t.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Your end-of-week video:<\/p>\n

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