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Month: February 2014

film criticism is a sausage fest

Wed, Feb 26, 2014
4 comments

I wonder if anyone has ever said to any of all those male film critics that they made their readers understand feminism better!

| 4 Comments

The Book Thief review: don’t mention the war…

Tue, Feb 25, 2014
9 comments

Thoughtful tweens and teens interested in adventurous stories of kids their own age should love this, but adults may find the light tone off-putting.

| 9 Comments

what is there to say about Harold Ramis? he was very fascinating

Tue, Feb 25, 2014
8 comments

Ramis’s Groundhog Day, which he wrote and directed, might be the finest film comedy ever made…

| 8 Comments

Doctor Who thing: new sort-of companion(?) announced

Tue, Feb 25, 2014
4 comments

Will he get away from 21st-century Earth for some real adventures in space and time? Or will he be a companion booty call for when the Doctor gets lonely?

| 4 Comments

Veronica Mars trailer: will this have anything for non-fans?

Tue, Feb 25, 2014
16 comments

This trailer looks pretty generic-20something-comedy. It looks — perhaps unsurprisingly — like an for a TV show.

| 16 Comments

Amsterdam photo of the day: ghostly graffiti?

Tue, Feb 25, 2014
3 comments

Is this an old ad? Graffiti created to look mysterious?

| 3 Comments

Dirty Wars review: the self-perpetuating “War on Terror”

Mon, Feb 24, 2014
1 comment

An infuriating and depressing look at how American foreign policy and warfare have been transformed in highly undemocratic ways, and a reminder of what real journalism looks like.

| 1 Comment

Doctor Who thing: magnificent concept art that we never saw in action

Mon, Feb 24, 2014
3 comments

Matthew Savage is a conceptual designer who worked up some ideas for the Matt Smith era of the show.

| 3 Comments

Unforgiven (Yurusarezaru mono) trailer: Clint Eastwood goes to Japan

Mon, Feb 24, 2014
4 comments

A Japanese-language remake of Unforgiven? Why not? Hollywood does the same in reverse all the time.

| 4 Comments

say goodbye to the Question of the Week

Mon, Feb 24, 2014
3 comments

I wish this weren’t the way it has to be. But there simply doesn’t seem to be enough people willing to pay for what I’m doing here.

| 3 Comments
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