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Month: August 2011

Doctor Who thing of the day: Steven Moffat talks about Season 6.5

Wed, Aug 17, 2011
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Needless to say, if you don’t want even the slightest hint of what’s to come, best not to read this…

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Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (trailer)

Wed, Aug 17, 2011
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There should be a disclaimer on this trailer: the little spaceship thingies do not fly out at the screen at you.

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question of the day: Are stories about racism automatically racist if told through the eyes of white characters?

Wed, Aug 17, 2011
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If the Association of Black Women Historians thinks The Help is racist, aren’t I just demonstrating my own white privilege by insisting that it isn’t?

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London photo of the day: Surrey sky

Tue, Aug 16, 2011
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The sky over suburban Surrey this evening at sundown.

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Cowboys & Aliens (review)

Tue, Aug 16, 2011
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Holy shit, Indiana Jones and James Bond are fighting frickin’ aliens. This is a geekgasm. Or it should be. But it isn’t.

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Doctor Who thing of the day: Hitler learns who River Song is

Tue, Aug 16, 2011
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I can’t wait to see how Hitler reacts to “Let’s Kill Hitler”…

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watch it: when Japanese bubble gum girl bands go weird

Tue, Aug 16, 2011
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Watch the video before you read further.

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The Inbetweeners Movie (trailer)

Tue, Aug 16, 2011
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This will not be screening for critics, and I’ve been debating whether I should take myself out to see it anyway. You know, indulge in the local culture: that sort of thing.

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question of the day: Are the Smurfs cryptofascists?

Tue, Aug 16, 2011
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I mean, c’mon: Smurf society is the archetype of a totalitarian utopia marked by Stalinism and Nazism. Isn’t it?

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London photo of the day: popup gallery

Mon, Aug 15, 2011
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A pink-clad guard on duty at the entrance to a popup gallery in Soho.

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