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Recent Film.com stuff: • my usual Friday weekend preview • my previews of The Reaping and Are We There Yet? • my previews of Meet the Robinsons and Blades of Glory • my two-part interview with Jamie Bamber of Battlestar Galactica: Part I and Part II (and there’s a snippet of video over at Geek … more…

I’ve gotten behind in migrating old reviews into the blog format, and I don’t anticipate having any time to catch up with that this week, so I’m gonna take a little break from the retrospective this week. Hopefully I’ll find some time over next weekend to do some migrating, and I’ll get back to the … more…

So, why did I wait so long to post my review of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: The Complete Series, when it was waaay back last summer when I was drooling over Bruce Campbell, what with the release of this long-awaited set as well as his series Jack of All Trades? Well, it was … more…

I’ll be a guest at the Boston science fiction convention Boskone this coming weekend, and I’ve just posted my schedule of panels at Geek Philosophy. I’ve also been trying to get back on track with Geek Philosophy, so if you’d given up on it lately because I hadn’t been updating, please do give it another … more…

• the all-new, expanded and improved TiVo This! (there’s a ton of Godzilla movies this week!) • a look at the HBO documentary Friends of God (P.S.: it’s scary!) Open thread away…

…here’s what I’m talking about: • maybe Apollo and Starbuck should just get a room already? • wrapping up the weekend box office • movie math is all negative numbers • I fall in love with Harry Dresden, wizard detective • my reaction to the Oscar noms And it seems that Film.com got a mention … more…

…you must be doing something right. I simply must point out that in the comments following my review of Smokin’ Aces, I have been accused — accused, I tell ya — of being a “conservative Christian” (though not with such accurate spelling). I love my work…

I got an email recently from Chuck, a FlickFilosopher.com reader, who wanted to know if I was aware that Ace Weekly, the alternative newspaper of Lexington, Kentucky, was running some of my reviews. Chuck was rather indignant, on my behalf: he figured this paper was swiping my stuff and hoping no one would notice. I … more…

my regular Friday weekend preview “From Sundance to Stardom: The Coens, Soderbergh, and Rodriguez” (Sundance opened yesterday… and next year I hope to be there for it) “The End Is Nearer: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Prime-Time TV” and some chat about the seventh annual Cinemararti Awards, which have indeed just … more…