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The Invisible Woman trailer: Ralph Fiennes *is* Charles Dickens!

Wed, Nov 27, 2013
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If I’d seen this trailer before I saw the film (at this year’s London Film Festival), I’m not sure I’d be all that impressed with it.

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Paris photo of the day: harness the power of the British Empire

Wed, Nov 27, 2013
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“Learn business English from the Wall Street Institute…”

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evening clickbait: another reason Hunger Games is awesome; animals *were* harmed

Wed, Nov 27, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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An Adventure in Space and Time review: making history

Wed, Nov 27, 2013
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Mark Gatiss treats the legends of Doctor Who’s creation as only a longtime fan can, in a lovely tribute full of the exasperated acceptance that rose-tinted hindsight brings.

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Dom Hemingway review

Tue, Nov 26, 2013
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Jude Law is wonderfully deranged and utterly plausible as a rage-filled moron, but the movie leaves him adrift amongst unrealized satire…

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Carrie review: women who hate women

Tue, Nov 26, 2013
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I’m struck by the perversity of a story four decades old about religious misogyny and basic feminism and the perniciousness of bullying that still feels fresh and relevant…

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Doctor Who thing: Ron Burgundy cannot handle the Doctor

Tue, Nov 26, 2013
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Who is Peter Capaldi’s Doctor? He must have a name… (Ron Burgundy is confused.)

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Homefront trailer: Jason Statham edges toward human characters

Tue, Nov 26, 2013
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So, even though this opens in the U.S. and Canada tomorrow, I am embargoed from posting my review till next Monday…

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Paris photo of the day: Notre Dame at night

Tue, Nov 26, 2013
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It’s like the luminescence of angels illuminating it or something.

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evening clickbait: who will play JRR Tolkien in the biopic?; Katniss and her movie girlfriend

Tue, Nov 26, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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