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Month: September 2014

London photos: assembling poppies

Thu, Sep 04, 2014
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Volunteers assembling the stakes for the ceramic poppies at the WWI memorial installation “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” by artist Paul Cummins at the Tower of London.

The poppies sit between two series of rubber washers and bolts. You can see the top assemblage here:

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Joan Rivers has died

Thu, Sep 04, 2014
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I wasn’t a fan, but she broke important ground for women in comedy.

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Sex Tape movie review: for shame

Thu, Sep 04, 2014
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Color me absolutely astonished that this is genuinely sweet and wholly sex-positive. Unfortunately, it’s also completely unfunny.

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movies I can’t wait to see at the 58th BFI London Film Festival

Thu, Sep 04, 2014
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LFF is a veritable orgy of cinema, and I love it. It’s exhausting, but I love it.

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London photos: pallets of poppies

Tue, Sep 02, 2014
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Ceramic poppies — sans stalks — await implantation at the WWI memorial installation “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” by artist Paul Cummins at the Tower of London.

We planted 5,000 poppies during my volunteer shift this past Sunday.

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spoiler alert: about the ending of Snowpiercer

Tue, Sep 02, 2014
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I’m mystified that some people are upset by how Snowpiercer ends. Because anything else than what we get would be a tragedy on every level.

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London photo: planting poppies at the Tower of London

Mon, Sep 01, 2014
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Last month I posted a photo from the WWI memorial installation “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” by artist Paul Cummins taking shape at the Tower of London. Yesterday, I did a shift as one of the volunteers who are “planting” the ceramic flowers in the moat… which is not a place most people ever get to visit. I’ll be sharing up-close photos from the work and the poppies all week.

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Cats Review Movies: If I Stay

Mon, Sep 01, 2014
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Apparently there is much for a cat to see in herself in If I Stay. My review.

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Cats Review Movies: Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Mon, Sep 01, 2014
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For: the cat is unpleased. My review.

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