Stoning of Soraya M

bias update: July 21

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obsession: Torchwood: Children of Earth (holy crap, is this haunting me like crazy… episode by episode coming next week, so the BBC America viewers can join in) boyfriend: John Simm in Life on Mars (gonna have some John Simm news soon… plus, gonna go episode by episode through LoM, too) psyched: G.I. Joe: The Rise … more…

bias update: July 7

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obsession: Doctor Who (I’m sad that I’m running out of Christopher Eccleston episodes to write about, except that that means I can start writing about the classic series) boyfriend: Bradley Cooper (and here’s where I need to make the distinction, again, between the actor and the characters he plays: sometimes my boyfriend is a character, … more…

opening in the U.S. and Canada June 26: ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,’ ‘My Sister’s Keeper,’ ‘The Hurt Locker,’ ‘Cheri,’ more

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opening wide Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: We do not negotiate with Decepticons, okay? Let’s roll. My Sister’s Keeper: Have you heard? It’s very sad when people die of cancer. I had no idea. So glad someone told me. opening limited The Hurt Locker: Maybe we could send Jeremy Renner to disarm that bit of … more…

I interview Shohreh Aghdashloo…

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…at Alliance of Women Film Journalists. She’s starring in The Stoning of Soraya M., opening in the U.S. in limited release today, and which I’ll review shortly. And I’ll just say that I am seriously girl-crushing on Shohreh. She is totally awesome, and I want to be just like her when I grow up.

trailer break: ‘The Stoning of Soraya M.’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… This one is probably not going to be a laugh riot. Interesting: there’s a long section of untranslated, unsubtitled dialogue. I wonder why… The Stoning of Soraya M. opens in the U.S. on June 26; no U.K. release date has been announced.