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Avengers

clearly, Loki is Lore…

Mon, May 07, 2012
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Loki is not the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, as someone on the Internet seems to think…

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question of the day: Are superhero films popular because our real leaders have failed us?

Mon, May 07, 2012
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If it isn’t a failure of faith in our leaders that has made superhero films so popular in recent years, just what is it about this moment that has caused a resurgence in superheroes’ popularity?

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Avengers has the first $200 million opening weekend in North America (and other adventures in social networking)

Mon, May 07, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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even Variety thinks critics should be objective (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, May 06, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Samuel L. Jackson is not as cool as I thought he was (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, May 05, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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a U.S.-only Avengers postcredits tag scene (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu, May 03, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Moviefone’s ‘Girl’s Guide To The Avengers’ full of WTF (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, May 02, 2012
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Doctor Who thing of the day: if the Doctor met the Avengers…

Tue, May 01, 2012
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It is not an amicable meeting…

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question of the day: What could Fox have possibly done to the remastered Chariots of Fire that would warrant a review embargo?

Tue, May 01, 2012
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Does Nick Fury show up in a new postcredits tag scene attempting to recruit Olympic runners Harry Abrahams and Eric Liddell for his Avengers Initiative: Time Tunnel?

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why The Avengers opened a week earlier outside the U.S. and Canada (and other adventures in social networking)

Tue, May 01, 2012
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