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why reader Jay just doubled his monthly subscription from $5 to $10

Sun, Feb 16, 2014
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Because, Jays says: “I used to check Rotten Tomatoes but now I just check FlickFilosopher.com!”

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Instructions Not Included trailer: why you’ve probably never heard of this hit movie

Wed, Sep 04, 2013
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I have a vague impression of having heard a whisper of this movie somewhere, but I never received a press release about it, nor a screening invitation.

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fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Aug 10-16 2013

Sat, Aug 17, 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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fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Jul 06-12 2013

Sat, Jul 13, 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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why did that study about female film critics on the Internet ignore most of the Internet?

Thu, Jun 06, 2013
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UPDATED: The study didn’t look at the noncorporate Internet, where women might have a better chance of making their voices heard as critics…

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fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Mar 30-Apr 5 2013

Sun, Apr 07, 2013
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a feminist film critic defends the Onion’s Quvenzhané Wallis tweet

Mon, Feb 25, 2013
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Yeah, I’m going there.

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journalmalism caused the Manti Te’o fiasco (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Jan 18, 2013
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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question of the day: Is Hollywood afraid of fanboys?

Wed, Jul 18, 2012
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I don’t think we need to worry that Hollywood will stop pandering to fanboys, but how might its approach change when it fears their wrath?

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question of the day: How do we tame the excesses of fanboy culture?

Tue, Jul 17, 2012
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Fans have gone batshit over negative reviews of The Dark Knight Rises, and way worse than ever before. These people appear to have no shame, so I doubt we can shame them into behaving better. So what do we do?

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