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Marilyn Monroe

loaded question: is nostalgia out of control?

Tue, Jun 14, 2022
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I feel like if it is, this may be partly down to the forces that prompted last week’s Loaded Question: Is fandom out of control?

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must reads: “What *Could* Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?”

Sun, Jan 01, 2012
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Under the law that existed until 1978: works from 1955…

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The Prince and the Showgirl (retro trailer)

Sun, Nov 27, 2011
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This the movie that My Week with Marilyn is about the making of…

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My Week with Marilyn (trailer)

Fri, Nov 11, 2011
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Dare I hope that this will be a movie about a real woman, and not about an imaginary mirage of a fantasy of a woman?

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The Smurfs (terrible movie quote)

Thu, Aug 04, 2011
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“Nothing like a cool breeze through my enchanted forest.” –Gutsy Smurf, the Scottish one (voice of Alan Cumming)

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The Smurfs (review)

Tue, Jul 26, 2011
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Incontinence — as the result of either as-yet untrained bowels or a terrible adult affliction — is presumed to be a major concern for the viewer here.

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question of the day: What is the most iconic piece of Hollywood clothing?

Thu, Jun 09, 2011
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Is it Marilyn Monroe’s white dress? Dorothy’s red slippers? Charlie Chaplin’s hat? Something else?

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Marilyn Monroe was not married to the Doctor, okay?

Mon, Jan 03, 2011
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The Christmas special inspired some waggish fans to take to Wikipedia and make some alterations to the entry for Marilyn Monroe based upon that one funny throwaway bit…

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‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “A Christmas Carol”

Wed, Dec 29, 2010
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Doctor Who has been doing amazing things with TV since 2005, but this may be the best example yet of how gonzo and how simultaneously emotionally satisfying TV can be these days.

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retro trailer: ‘Some Like It Hot’

Sat, Oct 02, 2010
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Tony Curtis: just one of the many famous names we lost this week. A handsome man. But an ugly woman.

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