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Marvel Avengers STATION London

top secret report on Marvel’s Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. (EYES ONLY!)

Tue, Dec 04, 2018
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NOTE: THIS REPORT IS FOR S.H.I.E.L.D. AGENTS, AVENGERS S.T.A.T.I.O.N. ASSOCIATES, AVENGERS, AND OTHER APPROVED PERSONNEL ONLY. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS IS SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION.

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Marvel’s Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. is coming to London!

Wed, Nov 21, 2018
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Woo-hoo! I’ll be checking out Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. next week and will report back forthwith.

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I’m neck-deep in London Film Festival…

Tue, Oct 11, 2016
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I am very tired. And also wildly keyed up and high on cinema.

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more men I am officially tired of being asked to sympathize with in movies

Wed, Jan 13, 2016
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Update! Another year, another slate of films proving there is almost nothing that men can do, think, or be that The Movies will not deem worthy of a story.

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listen to my panel discussion at Underwire Festival

Tue, Nov 17, 2015
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[This post is not behind the paywall.]

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London photo: Simon Pegg at London Film Festival

Mon, Oct 20, 2014
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Simon Pegg on the red carpet at the London Film Festival on Saturday night for his new film Kill Me Three Times.

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I saw 54 films at this year’s London Film Festival

Mon, Oct 20, 2014
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There were 248 films on offer. So I managed to see a little over 20 percent of them.

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London photo: Viggo Mortensen at London Film Festival

Fri, Oct 17, 2014
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I swear that dude in the middle really is Viggo Mortensen, at a public screening tonight of his film Jauja at the London Film Festival.

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London photo: everyone wants to see Rosewater at LFF

Tue, Oct 14, 2014
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I wasn’t sure what sort of a draw Jon Stewart would be at the London Film Festival, but there was a huge mob at the press screening of his film.

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movies I can’t wait to see at the 58th BFI London Film Festival

Thu, Sep 04, 2014
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LFF is a veritable orgy of cinema, and I love it. It’s exhausting, but I love it.

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