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how in the name of all that is decent can we fix the Grumpy Cat movie?

Mon, Jun 03, 2013
7 comments

Grumpy Cat the Movie is coming, and it’s going to be horrible, and you can’t stop it. But we can dream about making it better…

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fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of May 25-31 2013

Mon, Jun 03, 2013
2 comments

Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…

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sunset over the Thames

London photo of the day: Thames sunset

Sun, Jun 02, 2013
1 comment

The sky over the Golden Jubilee Bridges that span the Thames, around 9pm this evening.

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I love this World War Z poster

Sat, Jun 01, 2013
9 comments

I love how it puts you right in the middle of the action, puts you right there with Brad Pitt in the helicopter gazing out over the zombie apocalypse. Brilliant.

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Doctor Who thing: Matt Smith is leaving the show; 12th Doctor not yet named

Sat, Jun 01, 2013
83 comments

Held over from Saturday! Continue with the wild speculation and fan-wishery!

| 83 Comments

what’s the most dangerous thing about the place where you live?

Sat, Jun 01, 2013
21 comments

Oklahoma City got walloped again last night by a series huge, deadly tornadoes, just two weeks after an even larger twister devastated its suburb Moore…

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London photo of the day: sidewalk cafe in the rain

Fri, May 31, 2013
2 comments

In Covent Garden.

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Populaire review: just your type

Fri, May 31, 2013
19 comments

Ridiculously charming as it spins a deliciously retro kitsch magic. (new DVD/VOD UK)

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Doctor Who thing: fans need to leave John Simm alooooooone!

Fri, May 31, 2013
22 comments

Look, actors don’t owe fans anything at all beyond their work. It’s hardly ever cool to approach a celeb in public. Why would you want to annoy someone you profess to like?

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The Bling Ring trailer: girls gone entitled

Fri, May 31, 2013
2 comments

Oh man, there’s so much here that is screaming out to be satirized: celebrity worship, rampant consumerism, the mass drugging of children into submission…

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