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Month: May 2014

Larry Wilmore taking Colbert’s timeslot with The Minority Report

Sat, May 10, 2014
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This is very cool. Late night will still be a sausage fest, but at least it won’t be all white.

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London photo: little Victoria

Fri, May 09, 2014
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Compared to the Prince Albert Memorial nearby, the statue of Queen Victoria outside Kensington Palace is downright modest.

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Devil’s Knot movie review: well-worn tracks

Fri, May 09, 2014
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Atom Egoyan is all over the real-life case of American injustice surrounding the West Memphis Three. But sadly, I’m not sure why.

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Frank movie review: the heart of artness

Fri, May 09, 2014
7 comments

A bitter dramedy of creative desperation that has something sneakily marvelous to say about what it takes — and what it doesn’t — to be an artist.

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London photo: Albert’s view

Fri, May 09, 2014
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One nice thing about the Prince Albert Memorial is his view…

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spoiler alert: what’s really going on in Inside Llewyn Davis

Thu, May 08, 2014
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We need to talk about Llewyn Davis. Cuz there’s a thing that no one else has been talking about when trying to interpret this film…

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London photo: the hideousness that is the Albert Memorial

Wed, May 07, 2014
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Queen Victoria loved her husband so much she had this built in his honor. To be fair, we are still talking about it today.

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Next Goal Wins movie review: nothing but net

Wed, May 07, 2014
1 comment

I could not possibly care less about football, and I fell hopelessly in love with this movie, and with the can-do amateur team it introduces us to.

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Sabotage movie review: DEAd end gang

Wed, May 07, 2014
2 comments

Feels like a cheap action flick and plays like an unintentional call to end drugs prohibition and the idiotic war between cartels and law enforcement.

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London photo: waiting for dinosaurs

Tue, May 06, 2014
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Mobs of humans waiting for up to an hour to see some dinosaur bones, at the Natural History Museum.

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