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cinematic roots of: ‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story’

Sat, Oct 30, 2010
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In It’s Kind of a Funny Story, a confused and depressed teenager (Keir Gilchrist) checks himself into a hospital psych ward, where he finds friendship, with confused and depressed Zach Galifianakis, and romance, with confused and depressed Emma Roberts. This flick sprang from (among other films)…

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the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘The Search for Sherlock Holmes’

Tue, Oct 26, 2010
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The search for who? Oh no: do we have to remind people yet again that Sherlock Holmes was never a real person, that he was a fictional invention of a writer of crime stories?

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: new Eighth Doctor costume?

Mon, Oct 25, 2010
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Reader Martin sent me an email over the weekend with the subject line: ‘8th Doctor’s new costume.’
Now, I know this makes absolutely no sense at all, but the first thing I thought was: Matt Smith’s getting a costume change already?

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why ‘Big’ is depressing; should Roger Ebert retire?; streaming-only Netflix; more: leftover links

Sun, Oct 24, 2010
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Plus: Could Wikileaks have stopped 9/11?; PBS isn’t as progressive as we thought; Hugh Jackman on Wolverine 2; more…

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the MPAA and male nudity; more battles between TV networks and cable providers; the Oscars race is on; more: leftover links

Sat, Oct 16, 2010
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Plus: Javier Bardem to star in Chilean mine movie; Matt Damon not to star in the next Bourne movie; Napoleon Dynamite and How to Train Your Dragon going to TV; lots more…

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what he said: journalist and new-media researcher Jeremy Littau…

Fri, Oct 15, 2010
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…on the Chilean mine disaster coverage, and how it’s representative of the insanity driving corporate media these days…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Amy’s History Hunt

Fri, Oct 01, 2010
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The BBC’s official site for Doctor Who is chock full of cute games, such as Amy’s History Hunt, wherein you play Amy and try to unlock the Doctor’s safe (for some reason that’s not offered) and retrieve the Doctor’s favorite painting (which he’s locked in there for purposes unknown).

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: build your own Dalek

Wed, Sep 22, 2010
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Letters of Note — an awesome site that publishes cool old documents and letters — recently unearthed a most intriguing Doctor Who artifact…

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watch it: “That Mitchell and Webb Look – The Aliens”

Tue, Sep 14, 2010
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I hadn’t heard of Mitchell and Webb before. Are they always this funny?

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question of the day: Is atheism standing in the way of an Emmy for Bill Maher?

Tue, Sep 14, 2010
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Bill Maher is now the losingest Emmy nominee ever. Is there a nefarious reason why?

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