Christmas Music

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December 11, 2009

“Brian Cox” and “nearly lethal levels of cuteness” are not things I would ever have expected to find together. Cox, an amazingly prolific actor probably most famous state-side for playing Ward Abbott (in the Bourne series) or William Stryker (in X2), appears to be quite a competent drama teacher, as well:

(This clip reminds me of something very important I’ve been meaning to tell Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro for a couple of weeks now: if you cast Brian Cox as Thorin Oakenshield, all will be forgiven.)

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  • Joseph Susanka has been doing development work for institutions of Catholic higher education since his graduation from Thomas Aquinas College in 1999. Currently residing in Lander, Wyoming -- "where Stetsons meet Birkenstocks" -- he is a columnist for Crisis Magazine and the Patheos Catholic portal.

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