“So far, Obamacare is treating me pretty well.”

Film Review

The Sessions

Sex-positive dramedy gets between the sheets with two remarkable actors

By Devin D. O’Leary

John Hawkes and Helen Hunt are front-and-center in this based-on-a-true story tale of a severely handicapped man and the professional sex surrogate who kinda loves him.

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Reel World

By Devin D. O’Leary

Described as a “live fictitious documentary,” The History of Asking the Wrong Question will have its world premiere on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16 and 17, at 8 p.m. in the N4th Theater (4904 Fourth Street NW).

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Idiot Box

The Other Idiot Box

“BSG: Blood and Chrome” on YouTube

By Devin D. O’Leary

Americans are spending more time staring at iPads, iPhones, Android tablets and other computerized devices and less time watching actual televisions. Networks are well aware of this fact. They’ve been trying to exploit it for years, investing heavily in websites like Hulu.com and producing the occasional web-based mini-series. Now, Syfy is making the unusual move of “premiering” the prequel to its much-loved space opera “Battlestar Galactica” on the Internet.

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Week in Sloth

The Week in Sloth

Highlights from around the dial. Except no one has dials anymore.

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