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Cinema du Sanity: the holiday despair issue

Wed, Dec 18, 2013
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A holiday movie season filled with naught but loneliness and despair. Desperate attempts to be uplifting feel like clutching at shattered dreams.

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Doctor Who thing: behind the scenes of An Adventure in Space and Time

Wed, Dec 18, 2013
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Gotta love Mark Gatiss’s geeky enthusiasm for the show.

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300: Rise of an Empire trailer: not directed by Zack Snyder…

Wed, Dec 18, 2013
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…though the trailer is hoping you won’t notice that.

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London photo of the day: truth in advertising

Wed, Dec 18, 2013
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The not-at-all fabulous but down-to-earth unadorned and unpretentious Southampton Arms in Kentish Town.

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evening clickbait: how to summon Benedict Cumberbatch; 60 Minutes makes it clear they’re no longer in the journalism business; Shia LaBeouf, filmmaker, plagiarist

Tue, Dec 17, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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the Online Film Critics Society 2013 film awards winners

Tue, Dec 17, 2013
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12 Years a Slave is our big winner…

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues review: how news got broken

Tue, Dec 17, 2013
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Far from perfect, but its humor is nearly Monty Python-esque, much more deliciously absurd and creatively bizarre than its predecessor.

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Doctor Who thing: life-size flying TARDIS

Tue, Dec 17, 2013
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Its maiden voyage was a short one, alas…

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More Than Honey trailer: why are the bees dying?

Tue, Dec 17, 2013
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This is Switzerland’s official submission to the 2014 Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

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London photo of the day: Amy Winehouse tribute in graffiti

Mon, Dec 16, 2013
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In Camden.

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