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what would the sitcom about your life be called?

Mon, Jul 22, 2013
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Mine would be a one-camera dramedy, sans laugh track, and it would get great reviews but low ratings. It would be called Continuity Errors.

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London photo of the day: green building

Sun, Jul 21, 2013
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Though not what we usually mean when we say a building is green these days.

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Lianne Spiderbaby plagiarized my review of Turn Me On, Dammit! (final update)

Sun, Jul 21, 2013
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I’ve posted the Lianne Spiderbaby piece that Bleeding Cool asked for from me and then scrubbed. And now I’m done with this. I hope…

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this is the Lianne Spiderbaby piece that Bleeding Cool posted and then scrubbed

Sun, Jul 21, 2013
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There’s a very small window of opportunity when something like this can be posted and be relevant, and we’re really already past that point. Still, I promised you all that I would share it if Bleeding Cool wouldn’t, so here it is.

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no more Netflix add-to-queue

Sun, Jul 21, 2013
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Netflix made my developer account inactive for some reason, which means I can no longer offer the Netflix add-to-queue links. Sorry. Not my doing.

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Wadjda director Haifaa al-Mansour: “I wanted to have a voice”

Sun, Jul 21, 2013
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Unfortunately, you don’t need to live in a repressive place like Saudi Arabia to feel, as a woman, that you don’t have a voice, or that you’ll get hate mail if you speak out.

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Tom Hiddleston is *such* a geek, turns up as Loki at Comic-Con

Sun, Jul 21, 2013
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Tom Hiddleston wins Comic-Con.

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London photo of the day: where Sherlock and John had their “romantic” dinner

Sun, Jul 21, 2013
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You know, in that very first episode, “A Study in Pink.”

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why is everyone so excited about the Batman/Superman news coming out of Comic-Con?

Sat, Jul 20, 2013
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I Am Legend foresaw way back in 2007 that this would be happening…

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the screenwriting bible that is to blame for the tedious blandness of blockbusters

Sat, Jul 20, 2013
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When I look at my watch during a movie, it’s because I’m checking to see if my guess about where in the runtime we are coincides with what just happened onscreen. This book is what makes that possible.

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