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Citizenfour documentary review (London Film Festival)

Thu, Oct 23, 2014
1 comment

Edward Snowden speaks. Buy a ticket to this film… and use your credit card, so the NSA knows you care about this stuff.

| 1 Comment

what is your favorite smell?

Sat, Feb 22, 2014
6 comments

Mine might be baking bread. Or cinnamon. Maybe coffee? Definitely a food smell.

| 6 Comments

who are the worst couples in the history of fiction (novels, TV, movies, etc)?

Mon, Feb 10, 2014
21 comments

Please enjoy this anti-Valentine’s Day Question.

| 21 Comments

hey, maybe Hermione could have married no one!

Sun, Feb 02, 2014
13 comments

I don’t mean she should all have spent her life miserable and alone. I mean, did whom any of the characters marry need to be part of the story at all?

| 13 Comments

Baptist professor says Frozen’s Elsa is Satanic

Mon, Jan 27, 2014
207 comments

Because, of course, a woman who refuses to follow narrow rules about what makes a “good girl” is instantly transformed into an immoral she-beast.

| 207 Comments

if watching movies feels like homework, you’re probably not a movie lover

Sat, Jan 25, 2014
11 comments

I can’t believe someone who gets paid to write about movies would say such a thing.

| 11 Comments

what single thing would improve the quality of your life?

Sat, Jan 25, 2014
19 comments

For me, it would be more time to relax and do anything other than work.

| 19 Comments

evening clickbait: games for little girls to play at teh sexy; BAFTA voters reward big-budget movies they haven’t seen; Disney helps fracking industry propagandize kids

Sat, Jan 11, 2014
9 comments

Stuff I found on the Net today.

| 9 Comments

evening clickbait: Disney hates you and wants you to pirate its films; TV show canceled for having too many smart, interesting girl characters; woman makes art, men diminish it; censoring the Internet doesn’t work; SeaWorld worried about Blackfish; why Thor 2’s hot kiss was so hot

Fri, Dec 20, 2013
1 comment

Stuff I found on the Net today.

| 1 Comment

Doctor Who thing: Google.co.uk anniversary doodle… aka the “Whodle”

Fri, Nov 22, 2013
5 comments

Highlight your favorite Doctor, and it becomes a game you can play…

| 5 Comments
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