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Everyone without a PhD, outta the pool!
Year: 2011
retro ad: 1980s Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear commercial
This isn’t an old 80s TV ad — though it’s a convincing fake — but a bit of viral marketing for Toy Story 3…
gorgeous painted ‘Avengers’ posters will make you fall in love with movies again
Marvel’s new painted Avengers posters are making me remember that part of what made me fall in love with movies when I was a kid was the posters.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Karen Gillan talks to Craig Ferguson (again)
Looks like the gang is taking full advantage of their trip to the West Coast for San Diego Comic Con…
Battleship (teaser trailer)
In case there was any doubt, there is now a genre of Hollywood film known at “The Michael Bay Movie”…
question of the day: Is talking, snarking, cheering, booing, or otherwise reacting out loud to a movie ever appropriate?
Do you prefer to watch movies in a completely distraction-free environment, or are you open to people vocally enjoying the energy of the film in question?
‘Smurfs on a Plane’: a Smurfs movie I wouldn’t mind seeing
Because I hate the little blue buggers, I could not refrain from indulging in some mad Photoshop science on ’em.
London photo of the day: street musician
A street musician talks to a listener, on Southbank.
GordonandtheWhale.com is shutting down; who’s next?
I’ve been prepping a post for several days about what the current state of film criticism means for the future, and in the meantime, one of the things I was going to predict has already come to pass…
watch it: “Ape With AK-47”
Another viral video, this one for Rise of the Planet of the Apes…
