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Month: July 2013

Tom Hiddleston is *such* a geek, turns up as Loki at Comic-Con

Sun, Jul 21, 2013
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Tom Hiddleston wins Comic-Con.

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London photo of the day: where Sherlock and John had their “romantic” dinner

Sun, Jul 21, 2013
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You know, in that very first episode, “A Study in Pink.”

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why is everyone so excited about the Batman/Superman news coming out of Comic-Con?

Sat, Jul 20, 2013
5 comments

I Am Legend foresaw way back in 2007 that this would be happening…

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the screenwriting bible that is to blame for the tedious blandness of blockbusters

Sat, Jul 20, 2013
12 comments

When I look at my watch during a movie, it’s because I’m checking to see if my guess about where in the runtime we are coincides with what just happened onscreen. This book is what makes that possible.

| 12 Comments

fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Jul 13-19 2013

Sat, Jul 20, 2013
4 comments

Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…

| 4 Comments

Grand Unified Pixar: insane… and kind of brilliant, too

Sat, Jul 20, 2013
1 comment

It all begins with the witch from Brave… and then it gets really crazy…

| 1 Comment

do you stargaze?

Sat, Jul 20, 2013
10 comments

Do you have favorite things you like to look at in the night sky?

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London photo of the day: boozy sidewalk

Fri, Jul 19, 2013
4 comments

What the sidewalk outside every London pub looks like after the happy-hour crowd moves on.

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The World’s End review: the very bitter (and lager) end

Fri, Jul 19, 2013
8 comments

Its humor is a little more uncomfortable than that of the other Cornetto flicks, and it’s more far satirical, in a far more cynical way, than I ever would have anticipated.

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I’m not sure that telling men that a movie about women isn’t for them is helping

Fri, Jul 19, 2013
20 comments

You want to reinforce the idea that women are a minority with niche interests that could not possibly be appreciated or understood by default normal human beings (ie, men)? This is the perfect way to do it.

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