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Year: 2012

what cities do FlickFilosopher.com readers live in?

Sat, Aug 04, 2012
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Cool! Since the beginning of 2012, the cities most represented among my readership are…

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question of the weekend: Does freedom of speech require anonymity?

Sat, Aug 04, 2012
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From the narrow perspective of freedom of speech as defined by the U.S. Constitution, I think it would be hard to justify the notion that the American Founding Fathers had anonymity in mind…

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Cambridge photo of the day: probably not the most precise way to tell time

Sat, Aug 04, 2012
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Sundials. Accurate to a certain degree, but somewhat anachronistic.

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why Liam Neeson is always so pissed off onscreen (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Aug 04, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (review)

Fri, Aug 03, 2012
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There’s way too much crass and crude for this third outing in the series to do much beyond stoke juvenile disgust with human bodily functions…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: if the Doctors were Time Ladies…

Fri, Aug 03, 2012
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This past season of Doctor Who pretty much admitted that Gallifreyans can change gender when they regenerate. What would the Doctor have looked like in his various regenerations if he’d woken up a woman?

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Side by Side (trailer)

Fri, Aug 03, 2012
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Keanu Reeves talks to big-name directors about the shift to digital cinema. Because there weren’t enough reasons already to love Keanu.

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question of the day: What makes a movie “modern”?

Fri, Aug 03, 2012
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Is it the use of CGI? Is it blockbusterness (or bucking blockbusterness in the age of blockbusters)? Is it just about being produced after a certain date, and if so, when did the “modern” era of film begin?

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Cambridge photo of the day: what is it about an expanse of green lawn…

Fri, Aug 03, 2012
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…that is so relaxing?

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Doctor Who thing of the day: Season 7 trailer

Thu, Aug 02, 2012
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Surprise! There’s Daleks. But also dinosaurs. Finally!

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