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Year: 2012

London photo of the day: Leicester Square really is movie central

Wed, Nov 21, 2012
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You can’t escape the area without tripping over a secret agent or a winter wonderland promoting a new kiddie flick.

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Rise of the Guardians (review)

Tue, Nov 20, 2012
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There’s genuine magic here. Dark magic, even. That’s a good thing.

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Doctor Who thing of the day: When’s the Doctor?

Tue, Nov 20, 2012
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It’s a Gallifreyan Where’s Waldo?!

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Hitler’s Children (trailer)

Tue, Nov 20, 2012
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I confess I have never thought about relatives of the people surrounding Hitler, those with names almost as equally ruined forever, and what became of their families…

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question of the day: Is the *idea* of movies now more important than the movies themselves in entertainment media?

Tue, Nov 20, 2012
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Huge chunks of the media, for instance, seem more concerned with guessing box office results and checking themselves for accuracy than whether the movies themselves are any good…

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London photo of the day: the real London underground

Tue, Nov 20, 2012
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A peek into a bit of dug-up street corner in Soho…

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (review)

Mon, Nov 19, 2012
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The world’s most insipid vampires are back in inaction! Twilight has never been more about people standing around waiting for stuff to happen to them…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: “The Great Detective,” Christmas prequel minisode (plus a trailer)

Mon, Nov 19, 2012
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Apparently the Doctor has retired to become a Dickens villain…

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Oz: The Great and Powerful (trailer)

Mon, Nov 19, 2012
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Uh-oh. This is looking a little too much like Tim Burton’s hideous Alice in Wonderland…

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question of the day: Which classic film would make for the most unlikely Hollywood blockbuster remake?

Mon, Nov 19, 2012
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And who would make it? Tyler Perry’s Madea’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? Disney Presents Tim Burton’s Freaks?

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