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question of the day: What’s your favorite time and day of the week to go to the cinema?

Fri, Sep 09, 2011
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Obviously Friday and Saturday nights are the biggies, but is that when you prefer to go? Perhap you enjoy going to the movies when it’s not as crowded or hectic. Or maybe you have no preference at all, and will take in a flick whenever and wherever you can.

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question of the day: What do you think of Eddie Murphy as an Oscar host?

Thu, Sep 08, 2011
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There’s a long tradition of comedians and comic actors hosting the Oscars. But can Murphy pull it off?

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question of the day: What is the appeal of ‘The Inbetweeners’?

Wed, Sep 07, 2011
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I thought I was safe avoiding The Inbetweeners Movie. It’s based on a TV show I’ve never seen, it wasn’t screened for critics, and it looks awful. But now it’s a veritable phenomenon at the U.K. box office…

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question of the day: Is there anything wrong with Chaz Bono appearing on ‘Dancing With the Stars’?

Tue, Sep 06, 2011
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I mean, apart from the general idiocy of has-beens, never-weres, and Z-list celebs hoofing it on a bread-and-circuses variety show?

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question of the day: What movies say “autumn” to you?

Mon, Sep 05, 2011
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We have “summer movies” set on beaches, and “winter movies” set in the snow. But do we have “autumn movies”? Is it more than merely glimpses of trees with turning leaves? What makes a movie fall-like?

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question of the weekend: Will marijuana ever be truly decriminalized?

Sat, Sep 03, 2011
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The barriers to decriminalizing marijuana are many, and those mostly appear to have to do with money. There’s a lot of it to be made selling beer and wine to folks… and there’s a lot of money to be made in the “War on Drugs,” too.

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question of the day: Are there any nonreality celebrities you’d actually want to see in their own reality show?

Fri, Sep 02, 2011
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Like how Mark Wahlberg is opening Wahlburgers restaurant in Boston and wants to shoot a reality show there…

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question of the day: How much can George Lucas alter ‘Star Wars’ before it’s no longer ‘Star Wars’?

Thu, Sep 01, 2011
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I think we can agree that Star Wars is Lucas’s property to do whatever he wants with. But there must come a point at which Star Wars no longer feels like something the fans want to embrace.

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question of the day: If you could turn any — yes, *any* — book into a movie or TV show, what would it be?

Wed, Aug 31, 2011
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The Joy of Sex? Jane’s Fighting Ships? Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management?

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question of the day: What movies succeed entirely on the basis of casting and performances alone?

Tue, Aug 30, 2011
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Since the question from prompted by a stage performance, feel free to include theater if you want. TV, too… though I suspect that as a longer form of storytelling, TV can’t ever cut it on actors alone.

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