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Oh, man! It's a quiet week in film for some reason! It's almost like there's a huge film festival halfway across the world that all of the critics and film companies are distracted by, so they forgot to release anything notable this week. After all, Iron Man can take care of itself, right? (If you haven't seen it, it's definitely the kind of summer blockbuster we're happy to recommend, so go for it.)

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist.

Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get to the bottom of it they interview the writer Jonathan Raban.

promises to do for 1970s porncapades what Morgan Spurlock did for McDonalds - reveal the obvious, and make big waves. Still, when the big waves involve highbrow analyses of Ms. Linda Lovelace's particular powers (by the likes of Erica Jong, Dennis Hopper and Jon Waters), how could it but make for an interesting movie? Ebert spices up his review with some cute little factlets about the U.S. Presidential Porn commissions, saying that while most people remember that the Reagan presidential commissions deemed porn harmful, that was only done in response to a 1970 panel that found porn was not linked to any particularly anti-social behaviour.

It could be the result of Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, or Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation. Or it could be the realization that fast food costs the same as good food these days (An $8 meal at McDonalds could also buy you a real sandwich at a real cafe). Or it could just be the fact that McDonald's is gross. And Justin is too. Dis.