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Year: 2012

Contraband (review)

Thu, Mar 15, 2012
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It’s a good thing Mark Wahlberg is so effortlessly charming: he keeps this rather generic heist thriller rolling along as smoothly as it does.

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retro ad: 1960s Bonnie and Clyde-themed Pontiac GTO commercial

Thu, Mar 15, 2012
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Pontiac! The choice of time-travelling bank robbers everywhere.

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Doctor Who thing of the day: this is how juicy a drama about the creation of the show could be

Thu, Mar 15, 2012
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A peek at just how much drama was going on at the BBC in 1963…

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4:44 Last Day on Earth (trailer)

Thu, Mar 15, 2012
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I’m gonna go out on a limb and predict that this one will be less fun than Seeking a Friend for the End of the World…

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question of the day: What’s the worst movie theme song ever?

Thu, Mar 15, 2012
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I must go with “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” by Aerosmith, not just because it’s so terrible because also because it’s so ubiquitous.

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London photo of the day: how to get around

Thu, Mar 15, 2012
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Lovely old signage — and useful new signage — at the South Kensington tube station.

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new Battleship trailer is the stupidest one yet (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu, Mar 15, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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watch it: “Darth Vader in a kilt on a unicycle playing the bagpipes”

Wed, Mar 14, 2012
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The Internet is done now. We can all go back to watching TV.

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Doctor Who thing of the day: spectacular TARDIS fine-jewelry ring

Wed, Mar 14, 2012
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Oh my goodness, want…

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Wild Bill (trailer)

Wed, Mar 14, 2012
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I’m hearing lots of my fellow critics here in London raving about this one. Maybe it’s got some more panache than the trailer suggests?

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