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Charles Dickens

QOTD: What characters from classic literature would you reboot, and how would you do it?

Fri, Feb 15, 2013
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But don’t choose Oliver Twist, because Hollywood has already beat you to it…

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Great Expectations (London Film Festival review)

Fri, Nov 30, 2012
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I love it when a film that is “supposed” to be all stuffy and classic turns out to be this electric and alive…

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Great Expectations (trailer)

Thu, Nov 22, 2012
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Yup, it’s another film version of a much-adapted Dickens story.

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Doctor Who thing of the day: “The Great Detective,” Christmas prequel minisode (plus a trailer)

Mon, Nov 19, 2012
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Apparently the Doctor has retired to become a Dickens villain…

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The Dark Knight Rises was inspired by Charles Dickens (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Jul 13, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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if only Great Expectations had a moral (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, May 23, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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the BBC thinks women can’t be geeks (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, Mar 11, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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question of the day: How are you celebrating Charles Dickens’ birthday?

Tue, Feb 07, 2012
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Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. You know this is a big deal because Google has a special logo for it…

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Arthur Christmas movie review: sufficiently advanced Christmas magic

Thu, Nov 10, 2011
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Is there sweet? Absolutely. But it is cut with funny: sometimes wicked, sometimes manic, often hysterical, always clever funny. And a whole lotta poignant, too.

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‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Wedding of River Song”

Sun, Oct 02, 2011
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Can a thing be overly complicated and too simplistic at the same time? All that to-ing and fro-ing. All that buttoning and unbuttoning.

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