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Month: January 2011

the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘The Narnia Code’

Tue, Jan 11, 2011
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It doesn’t explain why the books appeal to readers beyond those with a scholarly interest in medieval symbolism. But hey! If ordinary moviegoers and readers can be fooled into thinking this is gonna be like The DaVinci Code but more Jesus-y, who are we to quibble?

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: ‘Torchwood’ season 4 details

Tue, Jan 11, 2011
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The ten-part arc is now called “Miracle Day”… but the miracle is of a dark sort…

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question of the day: Will heated political rhetoric cool down in the wake of the Tucson shootings?

Tue, Jan 11, 2011
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We have turned what should be serious discourse about the state of the nation and our culture into a sort of circus sideshow more concerned with entertaining audiences than with addressing the many problems we face. Can this ever change?

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deep thought (re connectivity)

Tue, Jan 11, 2011
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A woman dependent upon the Internet access of others cannot truly be free.

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trailer break: ‘Limitless’

Tue, Jan 11, 2011
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I knew it! Bradley Cooper is not a normal human being: he’s super-duper posthuman awesome. No mere frail mortal human could possibly look like that.

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what am I keeping? my LCD flatscreen and my desk…

Mon, Jan 10, 2011
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One was much too expensive to bear investing in again, and the other was such a crazy bargain that it has hopelessly endeared it to me…

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Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 EDA Award winners

Mon, Jan 10, 2011
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Lots of love for The Social Network, Black Swan, and The Kids Are All Right…

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question of the day: Is Patton Oswalt right? Does geek culture have to die?

Mon, Jan 10, 2011
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Oswalt is being tongue in cheek, but he’s also being serious: Pop culture has become all self-references, snake-eating-its-tail meta commentary on our own dorkiness. Could the only way to refresh pop culture — as well as the nerd love that worships it — be to destroy it all and start fresh?

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watch: “Lego Black Ops”

Mon, Jan 10, 2011
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I can’t tell if this is a parody or an homage. A little of both, perhaps…

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trailer break: ‘Dirk Gently’

Mon, Jan 10, 2011
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Anyone catch this? Any good? Not sure I’d have gone with Stephen Mangan for Gently, but they don’t ask me these things.

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