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Month: October 2013

London photo of the day: carved wooden door

Tue, Oct 29, 2013
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Another architectural detail from the closed-up former restaurant in Chelsea…

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Ender’s Game review: big ideas, small heart

Mon, Oct 28, 2013
179 comments

My soul was never stirred. My spirit did not soar. My intellect did twitch a bit in ways that made my heart ache disagreeably, however.

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Doctor Who thing: the littlest fans at New York Comic-Con

Mon, Oct 28, 2013
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Meet some adorable and imaginative kids…

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47 Ronin trailer: I do loves me some Keanu…

Mon, Oct 28, 2013
6 comments

The dialogue is hopelessly clichéd, but this looks kind of amazing…

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who — if anyone — has emerged as an indisputable movie star since the year 2000?

Mon, Oct 28, 2013
41 comments

We’re nearly 15 years into the century — it shouldn’t be so hard to think of names to fill this roster.

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London photo of the day: impressive doorknob

Sat, Oct 26, 2013
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On a closed-up former restaurant in Chelsea.

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“how Sony made sure everyone would see uncanny CGI nudes resembling Ellen Page”

Sat, Oct 26, 2013
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And why it’s difficult to believe that getting these images out onto the Net isn’t precisely what Sony intended…

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what sets off your OCD?

Sat, Oct 26, 2013
21 comments

Crooked picture frames? Clothes not facing the same way?

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London photo of the day: a disturbing quantity of popcorn

Fri, Oct 25, 2013
6 comments

This is what you witness when you loiter outside West End cinemas at ungodly early hours.

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Closed Circuit review: cheating in the War on Terror

Fri, Oct 25, 2013
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Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall are as engaging as ever, and the film raises intriguing issues concerning the “War on Terror”; pity the plot descends into the ridiculous.

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