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Month: August 2010

on my radar: opening 08.13.10 in U.S. and Canadian theaters

Tue, Aug 10, 2010
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I really want to like *Eat Pray Love,* because I’m desperate for stories about women living their own lives for themselves, the way that stories about men almost always are allowed to be…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: ‘Doctor Who’ tattoos

Tue, Aug 10, 2010
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These fans love Doctor Who so much, they’re willing to self-mutilate to express it…

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The Secret in Their Eyes (review)

Tue, Aug 10, 2010
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This year’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film is a seductive film noir, a lonely love story, a cautionary tale about taking a quest for justice too far, and more…

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yes, Google *is* being evil

Tue, Aug 10, 2010
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Google and Verizon want to kill the ‘public Internet’…

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wtf: ‘The Other Guys’ insults Wall Street, which is nothing but kind and noble and beneficient

Tue, Aug 10, 2010
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About those ‘Other Guys’ closing credits…

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trailer break: ‘Made in Dagenham’

Tue, Aug 10, 2010
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This is already getting Oscar buzz for Sally Hawkins…

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the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Graphic Sexual Horror: Special Edition’

Tue, Aug 10, 2010
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No, see, it’s educational, not exploitive…

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question of the day: Which ‘Superbad’ guy has the best prospects for a long career?

Tue, Aug 10, 2010
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Those guys are, of course, are the stars of the 2007 hit *Superbad* which cost only $20 million to produce and earned $120 million….

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watch it: “Wave Theory”

Mon, Aug 09, 2010
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An ‘oh god it’s Monday again’ sort of animation…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Torchwood news!

Mon, Aug 09, 2010
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Tidbits are coming out about *Torchwood: The New World*…

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