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Year: 2012

Game of Thrones S02 E03: “What Is Dead May Never Die”

Wed, May 09, 2012
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I’m really not sure if the men in the audience who are used to their dreams of glory being catered to in fantasy can appreciate how special and thrilling it is for a woman to see this all these kickass women…

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watch it: Lego Game of Thrones opening credits

Wed, May 09, 2012
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Because the night is dark and full of Legos.

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Doctor Who thing of the day: Steven Moffat weirdly limits who can be a companion

Wed, May 09, 2012
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Moffat’s restrictions make sense only from a narrow, white, male, middle-class, Western, heteronormative perspective. Yeah, I know: What a shock.

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The Raid (aka The Raid: Redemption) (trailer)

Wed, May 09, 2012
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Yup, just what I’m looking for: more inventive ways people can be killed onscreen.

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question of the day: Why is 1990s nostalgia being ignored by filmmakers?

Wed, May 09, 2012
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I think it’s especially mysterious when we think back on how optimistic the 90s were in a many ways, certainly compared to the despair of today.

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Game of Thrones S02 E02: “The Night Lands”

Wed, May 09, 2012
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Good gods, is there anyone here who isn’t cruel?

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London photo of the day: listening from on high

Wed, May 09, 2012
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I bet the aural view from up there is fantastic.

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the tyranny of PG13 (and other adventures in social networking)

Tue, May 08, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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African Cats (review)

Tue, May 08, 2012
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A gorgeously photographed, astonishingly intimate look at two big-cat families in the Maasai Mara game preserve in Kenya…

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Game of Thrones S02 E01: “The North Remembers”

Tue, May 08, 2012
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A red comet means dragons, does it?

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