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Month: January 2014

Labor Day review: Stockholm-syndrome romance

Mon, Jan 27, 2014
5 comments

A gooey nostalgic look back at that time a young boy’s mom fell in love with their kidnapper, presented under a sexy sweltering summer haze.

| 5 Comments

Baptist professor says Frozen’s Elsa is Satanic

Mon, Jan 27, 2014
207 comments

Because, of course, a woman who refuses to follow narrow rules about what makes a “good girl” is instantly transformed into an immoral she-beast.

| 207 Comments

Doctor Who thing: fan-made Daleks

Mon, Jan 27, 2014
13 comments

As seen at the National Media Museum’s exhibit “Doctor Who and Me: 50 Years of Doctor Who Fans”…

| 13 Comments

Visitors trailer: gaze into the void

Mon, Jan 27, 2014
1 comment

Koyaanisqatsi director Godfrey Reggio’s new film is about “humanity’s trancelike relationship with technology”…

| 1 Comment

do you listen to audio (apart from music) online?

Mon, Jan 27, 2014
11 comments

Whether you do or not, why do you think audio doesn’t go viral on the web?

| 11 Comments

Amsterdam photo of the day: chalk horse

Sun, Jan 26, 2014
1 comment

Drawn on the sidewalk outside a toy store, because why not?

| 1 Comment

if watching movies feels like homework, you’re probably not a movie lover

Sat, Jan 25, 2014
11 comments

I can’t believe someone who gets paid to write about movies would say such a thing.

| 11 Comments

you want a deerstalker signed by Benedict Cumberbatch, don’t you?

Sat, Jan 25, 2014
3 comments

It’s for charity, of course.

| 3 Comments

what single thing would improve the quality of your life?

Sat, Jan 25, 2014
19 comments

For me, it would be more time to relax and do anything other than work.

| 19 Comments

Amsterdam photo of the day: smoke weed and drink

Sat, Jan 25, 2014
3 comments

I did not patronize this establishment, in the Red Light District.

| 3 Comments
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