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Year: 2015

London photo: pretty St. Paul’s

Mon, Mar 09, 2015
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Yes, that bridge is the one that gets destroyed in one of the later Harry Potter movies…

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October Gale movie review: islands in the scream

Mon, Mar 09, 2015
3 comments

It’s not very suspenseful or romantic, but the always awesome Patricia Clarkson remains calm and kicks some ass, so that’s something.

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Cinderella movie review: fifty shades of ash

Mon, Mar 09, 2015
479 comments

A product of the Disney princess machine. Its highest ambition is to move a new line of toys. Or to evoke despair in the fairy-tale-ization of girls’ lives.

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London photo: warm hugs at the cinema

Fri, Mar 06, 2015
1 comment

Well, who doesn’t like warm hugs?

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Dreamcatcher documentary review: how to get off the streets

Fri, Mar 06, 2015
1 comment

An extraordinarily personal story about prostitution, one with a gentle but undeniable humanist force for hopeful understanding.

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Kill the Messenger movie review: all the news that’s fit to quash

Fri, Mar 06, 2015
3 comments

A passionate and intense drama — fueled by a fierce Jeremy Renner — that furiously underscores the problem of lickspittle corporate “journalism.”

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Unfinished Business movie review: business trip-up

Fri, Mar 06, 2015
10 comments

Apparently made by snickering 12-year-olds who like naked boobies and have heard rumors about the phenomenon known as “the business trip.”

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London photo: beautiful Apple store

Thu, Mar 05, 2015
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The Apple store on Regent Street in Central London found itself a beautiful old building to inhabit.

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Chappie movie review: robot icks

Thu, Mar 05, 2015
45 comments

A morally muddled mess that is convoluted in plot and appallingly simplistic in its themes. I am a sad geek today.

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London photo: yellow door

Wed, Mar 04, 2015
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Near Old Street in East London.

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