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Hunger Games Catching Fire

evening clickbait: Catching Fire is first film with female lead to top annual box office in 40 years; how to isolate the U.S. culturally and artistically

Sun, Jan 12, 2014
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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has a movie or TV show ever so inspired you that you actually changed something about your body, wardrobe, or home?

Mon, Nov 25, 2013
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If not, what film or TV show would come closest to getting you to change your personal style?

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evening clickbait: Batkid gets his own theme music; Rex Reed hates the nonexistent 3D Hunger Games; the most social-media savvy country; men in ridiculous “sexy” poses

Thu, Nov 21, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire review: reluctant heroine

Fri, Nov 15, 2013
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A devastating indictment of pop culture as propaganda — about its power and the limits of its powers — and an upending of the typical teen-girl romance movie.

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French movie posters: The Counselor, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, About Time

Sun, Nov 10, 2013
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I love checking out foreign posters for familiar films when I’m traveling. Here’s a few I’ve seen this weekend in Paris.

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only 18 percent of 2013’s US wide releases are exclusively about girls or women (and 60 percent exclusively about men)

Fri, Nov 08, 2013
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Hint: That’s not enough.

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how to make women look heroic on movie posters

Fri, Aug 02, 2013
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It’s not that hard. Turns out there’s even a handy-dandy blueprint for it. It’s just that the blueprint has only ever been used to portray men on movie posters.

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire trailer: the future is now

Mon, Jul 22, 2013
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Poor people set upon one another for the entertainment of the rich. Why does this sound so familiar?

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the odds are in our favor (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire trailer)

Tue, Apr 16, 2013
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I hope the film is as powerful as the trailer is making it look.

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question of the day: What 2013 movie are you most looking forward to?

Thu, Jan 10, 2013
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Let’s get our geek on for the coming year!

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