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Month: May 2011

‘Thor’ joke demonstrates how entrenched the male gaze is

Thu, May 19, 2011
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Is Thor the gayest movie ever? Of course not… but it’s clearly making some dudes uncomfortable…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: “Analysis Lessons,” anyone?

Thu, May 19, 2011
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There’s a weird little video called “Analysis Lessons” that pops up if you follow clues on the BBC’s episode guides…

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trailer break: ‘Midnight in Paris’

Thu, May 19, 2011
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Michael Sheen being funny? I did not know that I was waiting for such a thing till right now.

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question of the day: How can ‘NCIS,’ the most-watched, most-loved TV show in America, be so absent from online fandom?

Thu, May 19, 2011
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Apparently NCIS, the military cop procedural, is the most watched scripted show in the United States. I would not have guessed this if given a million guesses.

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Just who the hell is River Song, anyway?

Wed, May 18, 2011
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Simon Brew Den of Geek has given us a wonderfully silly, wonderfully exasperated rundown of the possibilities we’re grappling with when we contemplate the mystery of River Song…

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watch it: “The Rapture”

Wed, May 18, 2011
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Some really good, really practical advice for dealing with this weekend’s Rapture.

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trailer break: ‘Third Star’

Wed, May 18, 2011
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Here’s a treat for Benedict Cumberbatch fans: He’s dying of cancer here, and you know that means “sensitive tour de force performance to make you fall in love with him all over again.” Enjoy!

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question of the day: What movie would you like to see made into a videogame?

Wed, May 18, 2011
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What movie milieu would you like to interact with on a gaming level? What movies feature settings and action that would be appropriate to a game? Are there movies that don’t seem obviously like videogames that would work anyway?

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Ror-E

Tue, May 17, 2011
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Aww *sniff* Poor Rory…

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (review)

Tue, May 17, 2011
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I’ve listened to my fellow critics snarking on the film’s many many faults and I’ve laughed, but only at myself, because they’re not wrong and yet still it doesn’t change the fact that I really had a lot of fun with this movie.

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