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Month: September 2013

Doctor Who thing: your name (or any text) in Gallifreyan

Tue, Sep 03, 2013
41 comments

Gallifreyan isn’t a real language like Klingon is, though some fans are trying to make it so.

| 41 Comments

The Family trailer: you can take the mobster out of Brooklyn…

Tue, Sep 03, 2013
2 comments

Awww. The family that commits crime together goes into witness-protection together.

| 2 Comments

London photo of the day: East End street art 25

Tue, Sep 03, 2013
1 comment

Somebody’s house painter went wild.

| 1 Comment

Doctor Who thing: Gallifreyan-style window shades

Mon, Sep 02, 2013
2 comments

Best thing about them? If you’re not clued in to where the design comes from, they still looks beautiful and graceful.

| 2 Comments

Prisoners trailer: Detective who now?

Mon, Sep 02, 2013
7 comments

I am deeply concerned about the fact that one character is called “Detective Loki.”

| 7 Comments

what are the potential upsides of allowing people to use their smartphones in cinemas?

Mon, Sep 02, 2013
50 comments

This is purely as an exercise in creative contrarianism. I don’t imagine anyone reading this would actually welcome a “second-screen” experience at the multiplex.

| 50 Comments

London photo of the day: East End street art 24

Mon, Sep 02, 2013
no comments yet

One cool dog.

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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones review

Mon, Sep 02, 2013
14 comments

Way to give overwrought fan fiction a bad name. No amount of fairy dust can make this bewitching.

| 14 Comments

The Thick of It review

Sun, Sep 01, 2013
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My ears are bleeding from Malcolm Tucker’s volcano of hilariously creative vulgarity; he is to profanity what Shakespeare is to poetry.

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London photo of the day: East End street art 23

Sun, Sep 01, 2013
1 comment

Running men.

| 1 Comment
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