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oh, and here’s why strong female superheroes matter

Thu, May 02, 2013
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UK multiplex chain Cineworld thinks all superheroes are dudes who hang around with ladies who need rescuing…

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little girls get female superheroes better than grownups

Thu, May 02, 2013
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Hint: it should be about imbuing a gal with strength and power she can enjoy for herself and not turning her into eye candy for someone else to enjoy.

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Doctor Who thing: for Daleks and Time Lords looking for a meal deal

Thu, May 02, 2013
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I’d love to know which cafe or pub has this kind of sense of humor…

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the first movie based on a Judy Blume novel (Tiger Eyes trailer)

Thu, May 02, 2013
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How is it possible that every Judy Blume book hasn’t already been turned into so many different movies and TV shows that we’re sick of her name?

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London photo of the day: New York City Style

Wed, May 01, 2013
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Judging from all the New York Yankees caps I see around London, I figure this must be a strong selling point.

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Cinema du Sanity: the books-to-movies issue

Wed, May 01, 2013
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For your reading pleasure…

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Doctor Who thing: you won’t believe how much worse the US TV movie could have been

Wed, May 01, 2013
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See Paul McGann’s audition video, which uses an agonizingly awful earlier version of the script…

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how to radicalize folk (The Reluctant Fundamentalist trailer)

Wed, May 01, 2013
1 comment

Looking forward to this. Riz Ahmed is always fantastic.

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London photo of the day: parallel universe Covent Garden lift?

Wed, May 01, 2013
2 comments

All alone in the lift at Covent Garden tube station. This never happens.

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Doctor Who blogging: “Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS”

Tue, Apr 30, 2013
51 comments

Really? A giant reset button? An actual in-fact for-real big-friendly reset button? Really?

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