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Inheritance movie review: ill fortune

Inheritance movie review: ill fortune

Tue May 26 2020, 10:00pm | 0 comments

a message from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost…

Wed Mar 25 2020, 09:10pm | 0 comments

The Fight movie review: a woman’s struggle is real…

The Fight movie review: a woman’s struggle is real…

Sat Mar 16 2019, 05:01pm | 0 comments

Slaughterhouse Rulez movie review: no, it doesn’t

Slaughterhouse Rulez movie review: no, it doesn’t

Wed Oct 31 2018, 01:30pm | 7 comments

Mission: Impossible – Fallout movie review: here we go again

Mission: Impossible – Fallout movie review: here we go again

Tue Jul 24 2018, 08:22pm | 10 comments

Star Trek Beyond movie review: future positive (but it won’t come easily)

Star Trek Beyond movie review: future positive (but it won’t come easily)

Thu Jul 21 2016, 05:14pm | 18 comments

Absolutely Anything movie review: absolutely appalling

Absolutely Anything movie review: absolutely appalling

Tue Aug 18 2015, 05:29pm | 6 comments

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation movie review: familiar yet fresh

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation movie review: familiar yet fresh

Mon Jul 27 2015, 05:29pm | 6 comments

Man Up movie review: lie cute

Man Up movie review: lie cute

Thu May 28 2015, 06:59pm | 5 comments

London photo: Simon Pegg at London Film Festival

London photo: Simon Pegg at London Film Festival

Mon Oct 20 2014, 09:48pm | 0 comments

movies I can’t wait to see at the 58th BFI London Film Festival

movies I can’t wait to see at the 58th BFI London Film Festival

Thu Sep 04 2014, 01:05pm | 3 comments

Hector and the Search for Happiness movie review: unhappymess

Hector and the Search for Happiness movie review: unhappymess

Fri Aug 15 2014, 12:23pm | 48 comments

Amsterdam photo of the day: proof that Simon Pegg is a time-traveler

Amsterdam photo of the day: proof that Simon Pegg is a time-traveler

Tue Feb 04 2014, 12:43am | 2 comments

Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (86th Academy Awards) review

Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (86th Academy Awards) review

Thu Jan 30 2014, 07:20pm | 0 comments

The World’s End review: the very bitter (and lager) end

The World’s End review: the very bitter (and lager) end

Fri Jul 19 2013, 04:54pm | 8 comments

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

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

Wed May 08 2013, 09:09pm | 106 comments

there’s no possibility this movie isn’t awesome (The World’s End trailer)

there’s no possibility this movie isn’t awesome (The World’s End trailer)

Wed May 08 2013, 09:53am | 16 comments

question of the day: What 2013 movie are you most looking forward to?

Thu Jan 10 2013, 10:24am | 24 comments

question of the day: Who should — and should not — direct a new Star Wars movie for Disney?

Wed Oct 31 2012, 11:10am | 0 comments

nice analysis of why Princess Leia is so damn cool (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri Aug 10 2012, 11:11pm | 0 comments

Moviefone’s ‘Girl’s Guide To The Avengers’ full of WTF (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed May 02 2012, 11:50pm | 0 comments

A Fantastic Fear of Everything (trailer)

Wed Apr 11 2012, 11:40am | 0 comments

watch it: “The Death and Return of Superman”

Wed Feb 15 2012, 01:59pm | 0 comments

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (review)

Fri Dec 16 2011, 08:28pm | 0 comments

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (trailer)

Wed Nov 02 2011, 11:46am | 1 comment

Attack the Block (review)

Tue Aug 02 2011, 04:40pm | 2 comments

‘Shaun of the Smurf’: another appealing Smurfs movie

Thu Jul 28 2011, 08:37pm | 0 comments

watch it: “Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Star Wars”

Mon Mar 21 2011, 05:16pm | 0 comments

Paul (review)

Thu Mar 10 2011, 04:59pm | 0 comments

dodging the Egypt Internet crackdown; the Oscar race is already over; is Amazon going all out with unlimited streaming?; more: leftover links

Sun Feb 06 2011, 05:30pm | 0 comments

female gazing at: Simon Pegg

Fri Jan 21 2011, 12:52pm | 0 comments

trailer break: ‘Paul’

Fri Jan 21 2011, 11:23am | 0 comments

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (review)

Fri Dec 10 2010, 09:23am | 0 comments

trailer break: ‘Burke and Hare’

Wed Oct 06 2010, 03:02am | 1 comment

question of the day: Why do we continue to be George Lucas’s bitch?

Thu Sep 30 2010, 11:16am | 0 comments

watch it: American ‘Spaced’ pilot clips

Mon Mar 08 2010, 04:29pm | 11 comments

geek-gasm alert! David Tennant and Simon Pegg together onscreen

Wed Oct 14 2009, 02:38pm | 9 comments

Zombieland (review)

Thu Oct 01 2009, 09:34am | 10 comments

September 18: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Sat Sep 19 2009, 11:11am | 4 comments

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (review)

Tue Jun 30 2009, 08:03pm | 27 comments

‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Long Game”

Tue Jun 09 2009, 11:40pm | 0 comments

a little bit of David Tennant: ‘Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)’

Tue Jun 09 2009, 09:41pm | 4 comments

I hope this means Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright are planning a unkillable-rat comic horror movie…

Mon May 18 2009, 10:27am | 7 comments

everybody loves Spock

Wed May 13 2009, 10:43pm | 8 comments

Star Trek (review)

Thu May 07 2009, 04:44pm | 124 comments

question of the day: Who’s your favorite ‘Star Trek’ character?

Tue May 05 2009, 10:35am | 25 comments

watch it: “Red Nose Day 2009 – Get ready to Do Something Funny For Money”

Fri Mar 13 2009, 09:41am | 0 comments

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (review)

Wed Feb 25 2009, 01:11pm | 1 comment

Children of the Stones (review)

Tue Jan 27 2009, 11:52pm | 5 comments

trailer break: ‘Star Trek’

Wed Nov 19 2008, 11:11am | 31 comments

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