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Month: May 2011

trailer break: ‘Bad Teacher’

Mon, May 09, 2011
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This is awesome. The world desperately needs a movie about a horrible, shallow, mean, angry, bitter, stupid person.

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watch it: “Existential Star Wars”

Mon, May 09, 2011
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Life is pain. So is Star Wars, if you look at it in a certain way…

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question of the day: What are some of your most powerful cinematic experiences?

Mon, May 09, 2011
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I made the mistake the other night of getting distracted by my iTunes library, and ended up wasting hours jumping around listening to music when I should have been working. One of the pieces I stumbled across was “Circle of Life” from The Lion King, and I got caught up in remembering the first time I heard that…

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‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Curse of the Black Spot”

Sun, May 08, 2011
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Someone’s been watching Pirates of the Caribbean… No, wait, someone’s been watching The Abyss…

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most beautiful fan mail ever (re ‘Fast Five’)

Sat, May 07, 2011
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So astonishing it leaves me speechless…

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Osama bin Laden and Groucho Marx: separated at birth?

Sat, May 07, 2011
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The newly released video of Osama bin Laden apparently rehearsing one of his jihad messages makes me think of a bit from Duck Soup…

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Osama bin Laden on Twitter; no black people at the royal wedding, duh; DVD sales are plummeting; more: leftover links

Sat, May 07, 2011
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Plus: Where are the women of summer? Is ‘Doctor Who’ violating a new BBC ban on product placement? Is ‘Glee’ turning kids gay?

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retro trailer: ‘Carrie’

Sat, May 07, 2011
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I’m seeing Disney’s Prom tomorrow morning. I hope it’s as good as this.

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Saturday cute: Victorian ‘Star Trek’

Sat, May 07, 2011
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First star on the left, and straight on till morning…

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question of the weekend: Is it okay to celebrate the death of an enemy?

Sat, May 07, 2011
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In a way, I’m glad I wasn’t in New York for the news of the death of Osama bin Laden last weekend. The chanting and the flag waving and the celebrating was so distasteful just watching it on TV from across th Atlantic…

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