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“let Stephen Glass back into journalism”

Mon, Feb 10, 2014
2 comments

This has got to be some sort of attempt at critiquing the current state of mainstream journalism. Hasn’t it?

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Doctor Who thing: RIP classic-era director Christopher Barry

Mon, Feb 10, 2014
2 comments

He directed the first Dalek story, the first regeneration story, and some of the most beloved serials of the classic era.

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deaf Japanese composer genius is a fake? I can’t even

Sat, Feb 08, 2014
11 comments

Apparently he’s not deaf and didn’t compose any of the music attributed to him. Wait, what?

| 11 Comments

Benedict Cumberbatch, a very manly Muppet

Tue, Feb 04, 2014
7 comments

Cumberbatch and some Sesame Street denizens compare apples to oranges…

| 7 Comments

A Most Wanted Man clip: one of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s last performances

Mon, Feb 03, 2014
2 comments

Based on a novel by John le Carré, and just debuted at Sundance.

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dammit dammit dammit, Philip Seymour Hoffman is gone

Sun, Feb 02, 2014
21 comments

Every movie he touched was better for it.

| 21 Comments

hey, maybe Hermione could have married no one!

Sun, Feb 02, 2014
13 comments

I don’t mean she should all have spent her life miserable and alone. I mean, did whom any of the characters marry need to be part of the story at all?

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bonus Doctor Who thing: Capaldi in costume

Mon, Jan 27, 2014
5 comments

I’ll be in my dimensionally transcendental bunk.

| 5 Comments

there’s a reason why there are so many fantastic British (and Canadian, and Australian) actors

Mon, Jan 27, 2014
10 comments

It’s not the only reason, but it’s a big one: Nationalized health care.

| 10 Comments

you want a deerstalker signed by Benedict Cumberbatch, don’t you?

Sat, Jan 25, 2014
3 comments

It’s for charity, of course.

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