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Month: December 2014

this is the mindset my Kickstarter is up against

Thu, Dec 11, 2014
17 comments

This might sound like something out of the Victorian era, but it was written this morning…

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London photo: centuries’ worth of transport

Wed, Dec 10, 2014
1 comment

Together on Piccadilly.

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies movie review: there and back again… at last

Wed, Dec 10, 2014
75 comments

I fear that Peter Jackson has been suffering from a similar affliction to the dwarf king’s “dragon sickness”: a compulsive lust for epicness.

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London photo: Tim Burton and Christoph Waltz at a Big Eyes Q&A

Mon, Dec 08, 2014
1 comment

Tim Burton has a new flick this holiday season…

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Where Are the Women? suggested scoring criteria [updated]

Mon, Dec 08, 2014
75 comments

Some significant additions. Please keep your suggestions coming! (This post is not behind the paywall.)

| 75 Comments

London photo: towers of London (part 2)

Fri, Dec 05, 2014
2 comments

The medieval Tower of London with the postmillenial Shard in the background.

| 2 Comments

Penguins of Madagascar movie review: it’s cheezey-dibble-icious

Fri, Dec 05, 2014
9 comments

Gloriously bonkers. Like, Looney Tunes levels of cartoon madness. You will laugh your homo sapiens head off.

| 9 Comments

Black Sea movie review: pirates of the Crimea

Fri, Dec 05, 2014
2 comments

An underwater heist of Nazi loot? Awesome. Submarine movies don’t get much better than this intensely suspenseful popcorn adventure.

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Eastern Boys movie review: pretty boy

Fri, Dec 05, 2014
21 comments

Repugnant drama about the tender relationship between a man who pays for sex and the boy he hires. At least Pretty Woman pretended to be a fairy tale.

| 21 Comments

London photo: towers of London

Thu, Dec 04, 2014
5 comments

The medieval Tower of London framing one of the city’s newest towers, the Gherkin.

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