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Year: 2014

let’s shoehorn some women into Star Wars?

Tue, Jun 03, 2014
47 comments

More than a month after J.J. Abrams announced “the” cast for his upcoming Star Wars flick, suddenly we’ve got two new cast members!

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man I am officially tired of being asked to sympathize with: Liam Neeson in A Walk Among the Tombstones

Mon, Jun 02, 2014
32 comments

“Formerly a detective with the NYPD, now a recovering alcoholic haunted by regrets…” Oh, FFS, Hollywood, change the goddamn record already.

| 32 Comments

London photo: it doesn’t mean “no pooping”

Sat, May 31, 2014
1 comment

Whoever has been altering the No Entry signs around London is at it again.

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Heaven Is for Real movie review: extraordinary claims, no evidence

Fri, May 30, 2014
104 comments

You’d think any movie that an all-powerful deity had a hand in would be awesome, right? Turns out, not so much. There’s barely even a story here.

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two things about Edge of Tomorrow

Fri, May 30, 2014
8 comments

I am unsatisfied with my review, I am mean to Tom Cruise in my head, and the secret reason the film is opening in the UK a week before the US. So three things.

| 8 Comments

Edge of Tomorrow movie review: all his yesterdays

Fri, May 30, 2014
90 comments

A witty, clever, character-driven bit of science fiction wonderfulness, full of suspense, surprise, tension, and an unexpected poignancy.

| 90 Comments

London photo: chocolate boot

Thu, May 29, 2014
3 comments

I stumbled across this weird popup gallery in Covent Garden today, in which Cadbury is showing off shoes made entirely from chocolate.

| 3 Comments

A Million Ways to Die in the West movie review: “nice guys” need to shut up

Thu, May 29, 2014
109 comments

Director, producer, writer, and star Seth MacFarlane laments the epic romantic tragedy of Seth MacFarlane, who deserves a beautiful girlfriend because he’s “nice.”

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London photo: Tower Bridge

Wed, May 28, 2014
2 comments

In the late afternoon sun. I have no snark; this is too pretty.

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Maleficent movie review: fatal enchantment… you know, for kids!

Wed, May 28, 2014
140 comments

Please leave your desire for a well-rounded story in the lockers provided, and keep your arms and legs inside the ride while it is in motion.

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