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Raiders of the Lost Ark

from Facebook: I, biggest Indy fan ever, do not require a fifth Indiana Jones movie

Wed, Mar 16, 2016
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[This post is not behind the paywall.]

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London photo: Ikea Tottenham

Mon, May 04, 2015
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Just picking up a new Ark of the Covenant…

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Atari: Game Over documentary review: why E.T. got dumped

Mon, Feb 02, 2015
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The truth about one of the great urban legends of videogame history is nowhere near as epic as you’d imagine: in fact, it’s rather anticlimactic.

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The Expendables 3 movie review: like you care what I think

Tue, Aug 12, 2014
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In the vast conspiracy of stupidity that has overtaken pop culture, the disparagement of this movie by a film critic becomes an endorsement of a sad sort.

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Guardians of the Galaxy movie review: empty space

Wed, Jul 30, 2014
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Just another rote space adventure. It’s not actively awful, but there isn’t a single damn thing in the least bit surprising or memorable about it.

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what it means to be a woman who loves movies

Mon, Mar 31, 2014
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It requires an extra suspension of disbelief beyond what men have to engage in…

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The Monuments Men review: saving private collections (and public art)

Thu, Feb 13, 2014
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As jaunty as Jean Dujardin’s beret, but in a sincere, old-fashioned kind of way. It could almost have been rediscovered from the 1940s…

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what movie has most inspired you in your life?

Mon, Nov 04, 2013
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Perhaps a film actually inspired you to do something or learn something. Perhaps it’s merely a positive feeling that a particularly film left you with.

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feel the rush of endorkins (Star Trek Into Darkness review)

Wed, May 08, 2013
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A Star Trek for our times. Very much for our times. Which means there’s little hope to be found here…

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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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