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question of the day: Would banning time-travel stories make our TV healthier?

Thu, Apr 14, 2011
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They apparently won’t be getting the Doctor Whos in China, where censors have all but banned time-travel stories. WTF? Or so crazy it just might work?

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why do U.K. moviegoers care what’s on the top of the U.S. box office?

Wed, Apr 13, 2011
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If America jumped off a bridge, would Britain do it too?

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David Tennant ‘Fright Night’ poster (aka: oh. my. god.)

Wed, Apr 13, 2011
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I’ll be in my bunk.

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shouldn’t Harry Potter believe magic is “proper”?

Wed, Apr 13, 2011
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Something has been bugging me since I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 last autumn, and now that the film is out on DVD, it’s time to exorcise it…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: ‘2001: A Who Odyssey’

Wed, Apr 13, 2011
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This made me laugh out loud more than once…

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trailer break: ‘Scream 4’

Wed, Apr 13, 2011
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I’m not sure I even care…

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question of the day: Why are Christian movies so awful?

Wed, Apr 13, 2011
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Why should a subset of American culture that dominates the way evangelical Christianity does be so insecure and defensive in its entertainments?

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watch it: London double decker bus tilt tests

Wed, Apr 13, 2011
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I’m enjoying riding on the top of London’s double-decker buses, and yet I’m not really sure why they don’t tip over.

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did James Franco’s poor Oscar performance tarnish ‘Your Highness’?

Tue, Apr 12, 2011
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Brent Lang at TheWrap asks this ludicrous question. In a word, No. In another word, Bwahahahahahaha. Your Highness is just plain awful. So why ask the question at all?

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: the Doctor (and Amy and Rory and River) in NYC

Tue, Apr 12, 2011
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Great. I leave America, and all of a sudden Doctor Who is huge there…

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