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question of the day: Is it a good idea for Netflix and other digital providers to revive cancelled TV shows?

Fri, Sep 07, 2012
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Does it really make any difference how a show gets before viewers, as long as the viewers are there to support it?

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bonus Doctor Who thing: “Pond Life” parts 4, 5

Sat, Sep 01, 2012
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Accidentally invented pasta. Now that is the Doctor we know and love…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: “Pond Life” parts 1, 2, 3

Wed, Aug 29, 2012
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You can just take it as a given that I’ve imagined the Doctor bursting into my bedroom…

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question of the day: Which fictional robots belong in the Robot Hall of Fame?

Mon, Aug 27, 2012
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Which robots that have most impacted entertainment, as well as our ideas about what robots can and should do?

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question of the day: Is “Like our Facebook page” the new “Visit the official movie site”?

Mon, Jul 30, 2012
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Does it even matter if official movie sites go away? Who actually used them, anyway?

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question of the day: Paramilitary gunman massacres moviegoers watching The Dark Knight Rises: WTF?

Fri, Jul 20, 2012
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My head is churning as much as my stomach right now. I can’t really think coherently about this. I’m just angry.

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question of the day: What phrases or expressions do you wish critics — including me! — did not use in our reviews?

Thu, Jul 19, 2012
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No one presumes that film critics are above criticism ourselves, and I’m sure there are things that critics do that bug even our biggest fans. So here’s your chance to sound off…

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question of the day: How do we tame the excesses of fanboy culture?

Tue, Jul 17, 2012
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Fans have gone batshit over negative reviews of The Dark Knight Rises, and way worse than ever before. These people appear to have no shame, so I doubt we can shame them into behaving better. So what do we do?

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please tell me what you think this ad is saying…

Sun, Jul 15, 2012
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The idea it is selling is directly connected to the crap outspoken women on the Net get pummeled with on a regular basis. I’m sick of it.

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Doctor Who thing of the day: check out the (slightly) new logo

Mon, Jul 02, 2012
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What do you think? Is this even newsworthy? Is there any reason for the BBC to have bothered with such small changes?

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