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Month: September 2013

The Call review: the call is coming from inside the movie!

Wed, Sep 18, 2013
1 comment

The familiar serial-killer flick gets a welcome shakeup, smashing to smithereens the tired trope of woman-as-victim and offering a bracing new perspective on an oft-told tale.

| 1 Comment

Doctor Who thing: beautiful fan-made Gallifreyan quilt

Wed, Sep 18, 2013
2 comments

British artist Akiyo Kano crafted this for her Doctor Who-mad partner, James, for his birthday. Lucky guy!

| 2 Comments

Metro Manila trailer: this is how you sell a film

Wed, Sep 18, 2013
6 comments

This is a fair representation of what the movie feels like that hints at what it’s about without actually revealing anything at all.

| 6 Comments

London photo of the day: waiting for Woody Allen

Tue, Sep 17, 2013
2 comments

Fans gather early for the premiere of Woody Allen’s latest film, Blue Jasmine, in Leicester Square this afternoon.

| 2 Comments

Doctor Who thing: themed versions of Risk and Trivial Pursuit coming soon

Tue, Sep 17, 2013
4 comments

You could get your Christmas shopping for some people all wrapped up right here.

| 4 Comments

CBGB trailer: punk us

Tue, Sep 17, 2013
13 comments

How is this film not huge? Why are fans having to demand they be allowed to see it This is too depressing.

| 13 Comments

London photo of the day: white bunnies all in a row

Mon, Sep 16, 2013
3 comments

Shop window in Shoreditch. No idea what they’re actually selling.

| 3 Comments

Prisoners review: the unbearable darkness of being

Mon, Sep 16, 2013
15 comments

Please see this movie. We need to let Hollywood know that there is, in fact, an audience for sophisticated drama for adults.

| 15 Comments

Rush review: man + machine vs man + machine

Mon, Sep 16, 2013
4 comments

A thoroughly magnificent film on every level, with astonishing performances by Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl; one of the very best films of 2013.

| 4 Comments

Insidious: Chapter 2 review: ghost of a chance

Mon, Sep 16, 2013
3 comments

The simple elegance of the first film has been lost in a jumbled mess that sometimes hits on fresh angles on ghost stories but most often is shoddy, sloppy, and lazy.

| 3 Comments
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