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Game of Thrones Season 4 trailer: here be hot guys and dragons

Tue, Jan 14, 2014
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Ack! I still haven’t seen Season 3!

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if you were part of a highborn family in the Game of Thrones universe, what would be your house words?

Sat, Aug 24, 2013
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Mine might be: “House Johanson: Wine? Or Tea?”

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The Crash Reel review (Sheffield Doc/Fest)

Thu, Jul 04, 2013
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Dangerous sports smacks up against towering ambition in this sensationally accomplished documentary to ask a universal question: How far do you go in order to be who you were born to be?

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HBO isn’t dying, so they think they’re winning (on the rampant pirating of Game of Thrones)

Mon, Apr 08, 2013
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I can’t help but recall that thing that Upton Sinclair said about people not understanding something when their salaries depend on their not understanding it…

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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God documentary review

Tue, Feb 05, 2013
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“Angry” doesn’t even begin to cover how this film makes me feel. It probably won’t cover you, either.

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question of the day: How could TV be more experimental?

Fri, Dec 07, 2012
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In what other ways, beyond breaking the fourth wall, could TV do something different? Or is stuff like this simply too arty for mainstream TV audiences? Why isn’t there room, on a hundred-plus channels, for something more arty?

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Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season (review)

Mon, Apr 09, 2012
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May well be the most solidly confident storytelling I’ve seen on television, perhaps ever…

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Game of Thrones Season One watch-a-thon: “Winter Is Coming”

Fri, Mar 16, 2012
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If I wondered why HBO had any interest in staging a ten-episode Renaissance Festival, now I know: Game of Thrones is The Sopranos with beheadings. And lots and lots of boobies.

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Sarah Palin supporters haven’t seen that new HBO movie, but they hate it anyway (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Feb 24, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: DW the top show on U.S. iTunes

Tue, Dec 13, 2011
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Are you watching Doctor Who in the U.S.? Are you watching it after downloading it from iTunes? If so, you’re not alone.

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