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Month: July 2011

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Wed, Jul 06, 2011
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Let the complaining and the ripping it to shreds begin.

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Conan the Barbarian (redband trailer)

Wed, Jul 06, 2011
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“When a barbarian feels thirst, it is a thirst for blood.” So does that mean that anyone thirsting to see this movie with all the blood splattering out in 3D is a barbarian, too?

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question of the day: What is the appeal of steampunk?

Wed, Jul 06, 2011
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This is my theory: Steampunk is about looking ahead and seeing magnificent airships plying blue skies, not global warming or nuclear war…

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Brighton photo of the day: Royal Pavilion at sunset

Tue, Jul 05, 2011
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The early-19th-century Prince Regent, who would become King George IV, built this insane getaway palace by the beach.

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Hire a TARDIS.com

Tue, Jul 05, 2011
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Tardis Hire is indeed exactly what it says: They will rent you a life-size replica TARDIS… exterior only, of course…

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The Tree of Life (trailer)

Tue, Jul 05, 2011
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Having now seen the film, I can say that this trailer is more moving and more coherent than the film itself.

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question of the day: Which will come first: a non-British James Bond or a non-British Doctor?

Tue, Jul 05, 2011
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And what non-British actors can you imagine or would you like to see in either or both roles?

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Brighton photo of the day: street market in the North Laine

Mon, Jul 04, 2011
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I spent the day in Brighton this past Saturday. Nice town. This is a bit of what I saw…

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watch it: Michael Bay reuses footage from ‘The Island’ in ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’

Mon, Jul 04, 2011
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Aren’t all Michael Bay movies the same movie anyway?

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on the origin of species (of Cars and Autobots)

Mon, Jul 04, 2011
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It’s perfectly obvious that the Transformers are a more evolutionarily advanced species that has its genetic roots in Pixar’s Cars.

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