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London photo: geeksplosion in Leicester Square

Tue, May 13, 2014
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Breaking down the bling from last night’s Godzilla premiere while putting up the decorations for tonight’s “blue carpet” for X-Men: Days of Future Past…

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the Force is with white men, and hardly anyone else [update]

Wed, Apr 30, 2014
107 comments

Star Wars is stuck “a long time ago”: in a 1950s mindset that was already outmoded when the first film was released in 1977.

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why movies like Under the Skin and Nymphomaniac are not feminist

Mon, Apr 14, 2014
86 comments

These films act like what it means to be a woman is purely about sex and bodies, purely about interacting with men in no other way than a sexual one.

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you have to see this Australian Muppets Most Wanted TV ad

Fri, Apr 11, 2014
7 comments

Studios quoting random people on Twitter needed a takedown, and this is it.

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what’s on Captain America’s catch-up list… and what *should* be on it?

Sun, Apr 06, 2014
45 comments

If you could add one thing to Steve’s list that he absolutely must catch up with in order to be considered a with-it 2010s kind of guy, what would it be?

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London photo: how to get tourists to promote your movie

Sun, Mar 30, 2014
1 comment

Leave stuff from your premiere — like this stuff, which is Divergent-ish — lying around busy, central Leicester Square.

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Frozen now biggest animated movie ever; Hollywood execs to declare “Golly, people sure do like ice!”

Sun, Mar 30, 2014
30 comments

The success of this flick is likely due to global warming. People are nostalgic for cold and snow, you see…

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Divergent is a box office success: can there be any doubt that there is enormous hunger for stories about girls and women as heroes?

Sun, Mar 23, 2014
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I’m sure Hollywood will find a way to spin the success of Divergent as something other than “Hey, movies about girls and women do make buckets of money!”

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The Signal trailer: can’t stop it, apparently

Fri, Mar 21, 2014
3 comments

“Are you from Earth?” Ha. I am sufficiently teased. Thanks, trailer.

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Dark Dungeons trailer: based on the insane Jack Chick gospel tract

Thu, Mar 20, 2014
14 comments

Because role-playing games are Satanic and involve real magic spells, and people need to know!

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