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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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question of the day: Do stinger scenes after a film’s credits need to go?

Thu, May 17, 2012
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Critic Richard Roeper is tired of them. Are you? Do you feel cheated if you miss seeing one because you left too early? How would we make Hollywood stop using them, if we all decided we don’t like them?

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question of the day: Would playing a game about the moviegoing experience make you see more films this summer?

Wed, May 16, 2012
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What do you think of Yahoo!’s Movieland? Would you play? Who do think would play… and why would they play?

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question of the day: If Web sites can be sitcoms now — the upcoming Friend Me is about Groupon — what sites should be TV shows next?

Tue, May 15, 2012
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Maybe I Can Has Cheezeburger, featuring cats who break the fourth wall to comment on their own lives? Perhaps Google: Miami, about real-life investigators who hunt down the answers to mundane questions?

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question of the day: Is fiction — including the fiction we see in movies and on TV — good for us?

Mon, May 14, 2012
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What other possible benefits could fiction give us beyond the ones that research is showing are real: reinforcing common values and instilling a useful morality?

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question of the weekend: If you could make one round trip in time, where would you travel to and why?

Sat, May 12, 2012
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Go!

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question of the day: Who else is fed up with weirdly unfunny big-screen remakes of tired old TV shows?

Fri, May 11, 2012
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Yes, this was prompted by Dark Shadows…

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question of the day: What do the FBI, DHS, and IPR hope to achieve with their new antipiracy warnings on Region 1 DVDs?

Thu, May 10, 2012
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Beyond ratcheting up the national fear level and promoting a state of endless, unwinnable war, that is.

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question of the day: Why is 1990s nostalgia being ignored by filmmakers?

Wed, May 09, 2012
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I think it’s especially mysterious when we think back on how optimistic the 90s were in a many ways, certainly compared to the despair of today.

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question of the day: Was Fox right to change the title of the upcoming film Neighborhood Watch?

Tue, May 08, 2012
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It seems to me like an overreaction on Fox’s part…

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