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London photo of the day: East End street art 9

Fri, Aug 16, 2013
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Hello, kitties?

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Inch’Allah movie review: it’s not all about us

Fri, Aug 16, 2013
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The striking story of a Western doctor in Palestine and her long, hard path to the realization that all of her good intentions can barely begin to counter the tidal wave of history she has chosen to surf.

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Doctor Who thing: that’s *Doctor* Potato Head, I suppose

Fri, Aug 16, 2013
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Mr. Potato Head does Doctor Who, as played by “Mash” Smith. *groan*

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty trailer: photo realistic

Fri, Aug 16, 2013
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I like the looks of this. So elegant and evocative.

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London photo of the day: East End street art 8

Fri, Aug 16, 2013
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“Art is trash”? Well, I guess if you leave it in the street for everyone to just walk right over, it is.

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Cinema du Sanity: the Harry Potter-ization of Hollywood issue

Thu, Aug 15, 2013
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Mortal Instruments: City of Bones — we still have no idea what it’s about either, except some more damn teenagers who can do magic, apparently.

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Doctor Who thing: see Peter Capaldi in “The Fires of Pompeii” free on iTunes

Thu, Aug 15, 2013
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Of course you’ve already seen the David Tennant episode in which soon-to-be-Twelfth-Doctor Peter Capaldi appears as a Roman gentleman…

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Austenland trailer: this is the movie Sony Pictures Classics doesn’t want men to see

Thu, Aug 15, 2013
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A single woman of increasing age must be in want of a husband above all else.

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London photo of the day: East End street art 7

Thu, Aug 15, 2013
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I figure this is the tale of the mutant superpowered dessert created by a mad scientist with a sweet tooth.

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec review: gloriously goofy

Wed, Aug 14, 2013
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This is what comic-book movies look like when they’re not blown up into $200 million monstrosities: friendly and eldritch and kinda cosy even in the middle of outrageous escapades. (new DVD US)

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