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As I attempt to figure out just what I can do to keep all of you already here coming back for more while, at the same time, bringing in lots and lots of new readers — this is a necessity, I’m afraid — I thought it might be instructive to hear from you what else … more…
Users at Facebook who try to click through to posts at FlickFilosopher.com are suddenly encountering this message: Of course there is absolutely nothing here that constitutes abuse by Facebook’s standards, or by any other. Looks like the problem may be with bit.ly, the URL shortener, which is used by Twiterfeed, which automatically posts links to … more…
“Invention is 93 percent perspiration, 6 percent electricity, 4 percent evaporation, and 2 percent butterscotch ripple.”
Oh, I hope this isn’t true (via Digital Spy): Matt Smith reportedly plans to quit Doctor Who next year. The actor, who is currently filming the show’s Christmas special, hopes to crack Hollywood by landing more movie roles, reports The Sun. “Matt plans to quit after the next series,” a friend told the paper. “He … more…
Warning: Do not attempt.
U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE Inception: Leonardo DiCaprio will blow your mind… much as other thieves blow vaults. If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • Memento (2000): Christopher Nolan plays with the depths of the human mind and the limits to which narrative time can be stretched in both films. • Catch Me … more…
Screenrush.co.uk is screaming: EXCLUSIVE: Sylvester McCoy Rumoured For The Hobbit (Sylvester McCoy was, of course the last actor to play the Doctor in Doctor Who in the classic iteration of the series.) But it gets a tad confusing once you get into the piece: Loathe as we usually are to report on casting news before … more…
…on dissenting reviews of critically acclaimed movies (and in particular, Inception) Aggregations of reviews (and the resulting “scores” at a place like Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic) are useful as rough approximations of critical reception, but not only is there no reason to prize perfect scores, there is every reason to be suspicious of them. There … more…
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a DVD… and just to make things harder for 2010, this one is from a TV show which may or may not be in my collection (it’s sooo much easier to do screengrabs now that Netflix is streaming to my computer). Guess the TV show — you don’t … more…
I worried, a while back, about Best Buy’s Movie Mode phone app, which translates for you the chatter of Gru’s Minions over the end credits of Despicable Me. I wondered if it would simply encourage more people to use their phones during movies, and as we all know, phone use during movies is one of … more…
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