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Leonardo Da Vinci

curated: the da Vinci money-laundering scam to benefit Trump that will make a great movie

Tue, Jan 08, 2019
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If the world survives President Donald Trump, that is.

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Mr. Peabody & Sherman review: timey-wimey doggy-waggy

Fri, Feb 28, 2014
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Wonderfully, sweetly geeky, and full of the sort of goofy yet intriguing adventures that inspire kiddie curiosity in history and art and science.

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Doctor Who thing: Vitr-Whovian Doctor, not by Da Vinci

Fri, Sep 06, 2013
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Available on a T-shirt, naturally…

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the Justin Bieber basketball movie is gonna be awesome, they swear… (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Mar 14, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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question of the day: Leonardo da Vinci, action hero: is the prospect terrifying or awesome?

Wed, Nov 09, 2011
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Mathematician, architect, sculptor, writer, scientist, inventor, action hero: Leonardo is James Bond and Q all in one no doubt devastatingly handsome package.

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The Three Musketeers (review)

Thu, Oct 13, 2011
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It is leaden where it should be light. It is graceless and charmless. It reels from the painful banter. It is the epitome of empty soulless corporate filmmaking.

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the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Britain from the Air – Spiritual Britain’

Tue, Feb 22, 2011
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Yeah, I bet Christopher Wren was thinking, Better make sure St. Paul’s still looks awesome in case that helical air screw thingie of Da Vinci’s ever gets invented.

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question of the day: Are the artists at Pixar collectively today’s Leonardo da Vinci?

Fri, Jul 02, 2010
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With Toy Story 3 about to land at British cinemas — it opens on July 23 (it has already earned more than $250 million in North America, which it did at a near-record-breaking pace) — art and design writer Jonathan Jones in the Guardian decrees that digital animation, especially as exemplified by the works of … more…

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classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Movie”

Sat, May 22, 2010
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Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.

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How to Train Your Dragon (review)

Thu, Mar 25, 2010
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It’s been a long time since I had to stifle the urge to shout, “No no NO!” at a movie screen in order to ensure that everything turned out okay in the end.

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