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Month: August 2013

London photo of the day: East End street art 15

Sat, Aug 24, 2013
1 comment

Still life: rat with… purple chilis?

| 1 Comment

Elysium review: third world rock from the sun

Fri, Aug 23, 2013
33 comments

Neill Blomkamp cements his science-fiction credentials as a filmmaker with a genre vision the likes of which we haven’t seen since the socially conscious SF of the 1970s.

| 33 Comments

Doctor Who thing: if Doctor Who were a Japanese anime

Fri, Aug 23, 2013
6 comments

I don’t know about this. Somewhat disturbing in ways that aren’t really amusing…

| 6 Comments

One Direction: This Is Us trailer: girls do so look

Fri, Aug 23, 2013
9 comments

I am moved to smack down the many, many people who dismiss this movie and the band on the sole basis of their appeal to young girls.

| 9 Comments

London photo of the day: East End street art 14

Fri, Aug 23, 2013
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I feel the power of the symbolism here, I just don’t know what any of it means.

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The Dyatlov Pass Incident (aka Devil’s Pass) review: mountain high

Fri, Aug 23, 2013
5 comments

A deliciously ooky, X-Files-esque chiller that’s a scary-fun hoot and a half; a lean, smart example of the found-footage flick.

| 5 Comments

You’re Next review: the lack of suspense is killing me

Thu, Aug 22, 2013
13 comments

Oh, it’s horrific, all right: wooden performances and stilted exposition, punctuated by bouts of random bloody sadism.

| 13 Comments

this is Hollywood’s sexism, right here

Thu, Aug 22, 2013
3 comments

The failure of male-led action movies is NEVER a reason to stop making male-led action movies. Never ever ever.

| 3 Comments

We’re the Millers review: broken bad

Thu, Aug 22, 2013
11 comments

Reason No. 34,075 to legalize drugs: it would eliminate painfully unfunny comedies like this one. Comedy shouldn’t make you pity the comedians.

| 11 Comments

Doctor Who thing: lost 1967 William Hartnell interview discovered

Thu, Aug 22, 2013
1 comment

More bits of the show’s history is uncovered for the 50th anniversary.

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