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Law and Order

Doctor Who thing of the day: CSI: Gallifrey

Fri, Nov 18, 2011
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I prefer Law & Order: Gallifrey, but I’ll watch this one in a pinch…

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question of the day: Who are your favorite character actors?

Fri, Nov 18, 2011
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I think my favorite at the moment is Denis O’Hare, who is in absolutely everything all the time, and is always a delight.

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question of the day: How can ‘NCIS,’ the most-watched, most-loved TV show in America, be so absent from online fandom?

Thu, May 19, 2011
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Apparently NCIS, the military cop procedural, is the most watched scripted show in the United States. I would not have guessed this if given a million guesses.

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The Secret in Their Eyes (review)

Tue, Aug 10, 2010
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This year’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film is a seductive film noir, a lonely love story, a cautionary tale about taking a quest for justice too far, and more…

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Step Up 3D movie review: stumbles and missteps

Sat, Aug 07, 2010
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I can’t say there are lots of reasons to love Step Up 3D, but there are good reasons not to hate it.

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trailer break: ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead’

Wed, Jun 02, 2010
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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It’s been more than two years since I decided that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead is the best movie title ever, and now, finally, the movie itself is about to be released. If I’d seen the trailer before I’d fallen in love with the title, however, I’d … more…

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lingerie model relaces Megan Fox; horror films’ distress calls; ‘Sex and the City 3’?; more: leftover links

Sun, May 30, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…

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deep thought

Mon, May 24, 2010
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I’m going to miss new episodes of Law and Order…

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Bret Easton Ellis, sexist pig; that hot chick in ‘Prince of Persia’ is like so fat; Joss Whedon Comic Con doc!; more

Sat, May 22, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…

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question of the day: What May sweeps twist would you most like to see?

Tue, May 04, 2010
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It’s May sweeps time, the weeks during which the American TV networks set their ad rates for the coming year. Which means that our favorite shows are jammed packs with as much excitement and as many twists as possible, in order to entice as many people as possible to watch: the higher the networks can … more…

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