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Aidan Turner

female gazing extra: sexy scything

Thu, Apr 30, 2015
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It seems that all (ie, a couple) of the hot guys onscreen at the moment are into reaping.

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug review: are we there yet?

Fri, Dec 13, 2013
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Smaug is a magnificent cinematic creation… but there’s no good reason it takes so damn long to get to him.

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‘The Hobbit’ drains the hotness from its hot dwarves

Sun, Jul 17, 2011
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Dammit! I knew this was gonna happen! They buried the beauty of Richard Armitage under makeup…

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just watched the Series 3 finale of ‘Being Human,’ and…

Wed, Mar 23, 2011
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SPOILER if you’re even more behind than I was. Seriously, don’t click this…

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female gazing at: Aidan Turner

Wed, Feb 16, 2011
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I am madly in love with Aidan Turner on proper Being Human…

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Syfy ruins ‘Being Human’

Mon, Jan 17, 2011
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Proper Being Human is nuanced and subtle. All of that has been stripped out of Syfy’s Being Human. It’s infuriating. And enraging. And completely unnecessary.

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Martin Freeman IS Bilbo Baggins…

Fri, Oct 22, 2010
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…but Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield? I hope they don’t bury that gorgeous face of his under mountains of latex…

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