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T2 Trainspotting movie review: GenX running out of steam but chugging on

Wed, Mar 22, 2017
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The sparse, cold satisfaction that could be wrung from Trainspotting’s punk insolence has been replaced by an exhausted cynicism. Which is exactly right.

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QOTD: Which iconic (or imaginary) actor pairings would be fun to reverse?

Wed, Feb 06, 2013
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Like how Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman could have swapped roles in Les Misérables and it would have worked just as well…

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question of the day: How can we update archetypal stories and characters (such as Sherlock Holmes) to be more gender equitable?

Thu, Jan 17, 2013
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Are there cases where it wouldn’t make the most sense to leave an entire story intact and simply change the protagonist’s gender? Would a better updating be retelling classic stories from the perspective of female characters who would have been on the periphery?

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question of the day: What is the modern appeal of Sherlock Holmes?

Fri, May 18, 2012
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Does his emotional coldness and daunting intellect have something to say to us that strikes a particular chord right now? Or is Holmes a perennial favorite that storytellers will be returning to and updating far into the future?

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how Biff from Back to the Future deals with fans (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, May 12, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Dark Shadows (review)

Thu, May 10, 2012
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Hoorah for Tim Burton and the new nadir of narcissistic awfulness he achieves here. Dark Shadows dares to be nothing but the wisp of its own conceit.

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trailer break: Danny Boyle’s ‘Frankenstein’ at London’s National Theatre

Fri, Feb 25, 2011
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It’s theater, but it’s cinema, too…

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