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Black Nativity trailer: home for Christmas

Mon, Nov 25, 2013
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It’s been two years since I’ve been home to New York for Christmas, and I’ll be in London for the holidays this year, so this will probably make me homesick.

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has a movie or TV show ever so inspired you that you actually changed something about your body, wardrobe, or home?

Mon, Nov 25, 2013
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If not, what film or TV show would come closest to getting you to change your personal style?

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Muppets Most Wanted trailer: heaven *is* for real!

Fri, Nov 22, 2013
8 comments

Oh, I giggled like a loon…

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Heaven Is for Real trailer: fantasy? or paranoid thriller?

Thu, Nov 21, 2013
21 comments

Could go either way…

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The Wind Rises trailer: farewell Miyazaki

Wed, Nov 20, 2013
3 comments

Hayao Miyazaki’s final film looks lovely. Which is hardly a surprise. But…

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your awards-season cheat sheet… or how to sound like an insider (even if you’re not)

Tue, Nov 19, 2013
6 comments

Shhh! don’t tell anywhere where you heard all this…

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Swerve trailer: sounds a little different, but looks awfully familiar

Tue, Nov 19, 2013
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Pretty sure this is the first time I’ve heard Jason Clarke’s own Australian accent. Other than that, not sure there’s much interesting here.

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London photo of the day: this is why movies cost so much

Tue, Nov 19, 2013
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At the press screening of Frozen yesterday morning, we were greeted by a winter wonderland, complete with evergreen trees, fake snow, and real live reindeer…

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French poster for Frozen

Mon, Nov 18, 2013
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I guess Disney doesn’t think French audiences are put off by titles that suggest a movie is about a woman.

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Powder Room trailer: the secret is out!

Mon, Nov 18, 2013
1 comment

Now you guys know what we women are doing in the restroom together. I bet you wished you’d remained ignorant.

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