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Year: 2014

The Signal trailer: can’t stop it, apparently

Fri, Mar 21, 2014
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“Are you from Earth?” Ha. I am sufficiently teased. Thanks, trailer.

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London photo: pizza for critics

Thu, Mar 20, 2014
7 comments

What is the collective noun for a large quantity of pizzas?

| 7 Comments

Nymphomaniac Vol 1 & 2 movie review: behold the alien Woman

Thu, Mar 20, 2014
117 comments

A salacious yet also tedious portrayal of a woman who would appear to confirm all the nastiest stereotypes about women.

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Doctor Who thing: another TARDIS little free library

Thu, Mar 20, 2014
3 comments

Additional evidence that Doctor Who is more than just a TV show.

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Dark Dungeons trailer: based on the insane Jack Chick gospel tract

Thu, Mar 20, 2014
14 comments

Because role-playing games are Satanic and involve real magic spells, and people need to know!

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London photo: old-school fruit-and-veg market

Wed, Mar 19, 2014
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In Wood Green.

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thing I’m pissed off about today: token-girl movie posters (and movies)

Wed, Mar 19, 2014
41 comments

For an excellent illustration of how The Smurfette Principle guides filmmaking, one need only look at the posters used to sell movies.

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Muppets Most Wanted review: that’ll do, frog

Wed, Mar 19, 2014
21 comments

Kermit the Frog takes on his biggest challenge yet: dual roles. And truly puts the villain in vaudevillian.

| 21 Comments

The Muppets review: are we not men? we are weirdoes

Wed, Mar 19, 2014
3 comments

What is a Muppet? Is it something one is born? Is it something one chooses? Is it a state of mind? Is it a lifestyle?

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starting to pare down…

Wed, Mar 19, 2014
6 comments

There simply hasn’t been anywhere near enough support from readers that would allow me to continue doing all the work required…

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