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FlickFilosopher.com will join the SOPA protest on Wednesday, January 18

Sun, Jan 15, 2012
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The Stop Online Piracy Act will kill the Internet as we know it…

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We Bought a Zoo (review)

Thu, Jan 05, 2012
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This week on We Bought a Zoo: It’s hilarious chaos all around for the Mee family as mopey teen Dylan accidentally leaves a delivery crate of snakes open…

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question of the day: Is it too soon for a sitcom about an army bomb disposal squad?

Fri, May 27, 2011
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It was 20 years after the Korean War ended before CBS gave us M*A*S*H. With the Afghan war still on, the BBC wants to make us laugh about bomb-disposal soldiers…

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blame Twitter for Wil Wheaton’s nonblogging; ‘Shit My Dad Says’ shitcanned; Catherine Tate may take over ‘The Office’; more: leftover links

Sun, May 22, 2011
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Plus: Cannes shocked by We Need to Talk About Kevin and Lars von Trier; family values robot from the future Arnold Schwarzenegger turns out to be a hypocrite…

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Sam Worthington surprised by ‘Titans’ sequel; book banning makes a comeback in the U.S.; early ‘Siskel & Ebert’ now watchable online; more: leftover links

Sun, Feb 20, 2011
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Also: Billy Ray Cyrus wishes Hannah Montana had never happened; thoughtless tweeting brings down Nir Rosen; J.K. Rowling ticked at unauthorized biopic; more…

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dodging the Egypt Internet crackdown; the Oscar race is already over; is Amazon going all out with unlimited streaming?; more: leftover links

Sun, Feb 06, 2011
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Plus: Kelsey Grammer’s marriage ruined by Fox News; Wikileaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize; why so few women writers at Wikipedia and major magazines?; more…

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Nintendo says no to Justin Bieber; Ricky Gervais won’t host Golden Globes again; Michel Gondry not a fan of 3D; more: leftover links

Sat, Jan 22, 2011
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Plus: Kevin Smith was lying about how cool it was to direct Bruce Willis in Cop Out; CBS now stealing ideas from German TV; Joan Rivers gets kicked off Fox for bitching about Sarah Palin; more…

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NBC is sooo regretting letting Conan go; new Wolverine movie is called ‘The Wolverine’; BBC continues to employ David Tennant and John Simm; more: leftover links

Sun, Nov 21, 2010
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Plus: the shocking number of British actors who have not been in a Harry Potter movie; is Wikileaks’ Julian Assange being persecuted?; we don’t need no stinkin’ objectivity in journalism; and more.

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Matt Smith on Craig Ferguson?

Wed, Nov 10, 2010
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The Internet has been abuzz with the news that Matt Smith will appear on CBS’s The Late Late Show, hosted by Craig Ferguson, on November 16. However, Smith is not listed as a guest for that night. Perhaps that’s merely a temporary oversight?

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how ‘Caprica’ should end; why Roger Ebert hates lists; what the frak is Roland Emmerich up to?; more: leftover links

Sat, Oct 30, 2010
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And: John Landis disses Inception; Foursquare in space; Benedict Cumberbatch is a monster; more…

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