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Brakes movie review: when romance comes crashing down

Tue, Feb 20, 2018
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This ultra-low-budget indie uses its own rough edges to great effect in its skewering of the happily-ever-after rom-com fantasy. Bleak, brutal, absurd, and painfully realistic.

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Doctor Who thing: steampunk TARDIS interior

Mon, Feb 03, 2014
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Totally love the Gallifreyan rugs…

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Doctor Who blogging: “The Day of the Doctor”

Sun, Nov 24, 2013
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I’ve been hard on Steven Moffat during his tenure as Doctor Who showrunner. But he got it right with “The Day of the Doctor.” He got it really, really right.

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Doctor Who thing: “The Night of the Doctor” minisode

Thu, Nov 14, 2013
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Oh my god oh my god oh my god!

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fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of May 25-31 2013

Mon, Jun 03, 2013
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Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…

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Doctor Who blogging: “The Name of the Doctor”

Tue, May 21, 2013
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Doctor? Doctor… who? Moffat just keeps kicking that can down the road, don’t he?

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Doctor Who thing: you won’t believe how much worse the US TV movie could have been

Wed, May 01, 2013
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See Paul McGann’s audition video, which uses an agonizingly awful earlier version of the script…

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Doctor Who blogging: “Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS”

Tue, Apr 30, 2013
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Really? A giant reset button? An actual in-fact for-real big-friendly reset button? Really?

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Tom Hanks knows what Doctor Who is (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Nov 16, 2012
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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journalmalism: you’re soaking in it (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Jul 11, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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