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Attraction (Prityazhenie) movie review: when ET is dreamy

Attraction (Prityazhenie) movie review: when ET is dreamy

Fri Jan 19 2018, 01:05pm | 1 comment

how movies fail girls and women (fans and filmmakers alike)

how movies fail girls and women (fans and filmmakers alike)

Mon Nov 24 2014, 02:03pm | 46 comments

“Talk Nerdy to Me” (to sing along with)

“Talk Nerdy to Me” (to sing along with)

Tue Aug 26 2014, 06:50pm | 2 comments

Only Lovers Left Alive movie review: full-blooded

Only Lovers Left Alive movie review: full-blooded

Thu May 15 2014, 08:28pm | 47 comments

Fading Gigolo review: Twilight for middle-aged men

Fading Gigolo review: Twilight for middle-aged men

Wed Apr 23 2014, 12:30pm | 3 comments

Doctor Who thing: too many girls for the Doctor to cope with

Doctor Who thing: too many girls for the Doctor to cope with

Thu Nov 28 2013, 08:02am | 3 comments

Only Lovers Left Alive trailer: maybe we aren’t “supposed” to be talking about this?

Only Lovers Left Alive trailer: maybe we aren’t “supposed” to be talking about this?

Fri Nov 08 2013, 08:01am | 6 comments

fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Aug 03-09 2013

Sat Aug 10 2013, 12:53pm | 3 comments

I’m not sure that telling men that a movie about women isn’t for them is helping

I’m not sure that telling men that a movie about women isn’t for them is helping

Fri Jul 19 2013, 11:39am | 20 comments

Stephenie Meyer has found a whole new way for teen girls to be conflicted about sex (The Host review)

Stephenie Meyer has found a whole new way for teen girls to be conflicted about sex (The Host review)

Thu Apr 04 2013, 07:05pm | 26 comments

Oscar Oscar Oscar (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun Feb 24 2013, 10:44pm | 0 comments

Beautiful Creatures (review)

Thu Feb 14 2013, 07:10pm | 21 comments

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (trailer)

Tue Feb 12 2013, 08:00am | 1 comment

fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Dec 08-14 2012

Sun Dec 16 2012, 08:44pm | 0 comments

most popular posts on FlickFilosopher week of Nov 24-30 2012

Sun Dec 02 2012, 12:37am | 0 comments

fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Nov 17-23 2012

Sun Nov 25 2012, 01:18am | 0 comments

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (review)

Mon Nov 19 2012, 03:11pm | 67 comments

I found the worst thing about Twilight (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun Nov 18 2012, 11:08pm | 0 comments

fun stuff from this week’s search terms, or how people found FlickFilosopher.com

Sun Nov 18 2012, 01:08pm | 0 comments

Tom Hanks knows what Doctor Who is (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri Nov 16 2012, 10:59pm | 2 comments

it was a long four-movie day (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed Nov 14 2012, 11:22pm | 0 comments

“Journalist Wanted. No Pay.” ugh (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat Nov 10 2012, 11:00pm | 0 comments

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (trailer)

Thu Oct 18 2012, 11:04am | 0 comments

we now have the plot for Indiana Jones 5 (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri Sep 28 2012, 11:44pm | 0 comments

question of the day: Which onscreen romance do you wish was real?

Fri Aug 10 2012, 08:00am | 0 comments

didn’t realize I should be in love with Jimmy Fallon (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun Aug 05 2012, 12:45am | 0 comments

question of the day: Do actors deserve to be well paid for appearing in successful films even if they are not the entire reason the films are successful?

Thu Jun 21 2012, 11:35am | 0 comments

Snow White and the Huntsman (review)

Tue May 29 2012, 10:51pm | 1 comment

Matt Smith to carry the Olympic torch (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat May 26 2012, 12:35am | 0 comments

Avengers has the first $200 million opening weekend in North America (and other adventures in social networking)

Mon May 07 2012, 01:50am | 0 comments

a U.S.-only Avengers postcredits tag scene (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu May 03 2012, 11:51pm | 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

church of awesome: “Go Away, I’m Reading” book covers

Sun Apr 08 2012, 06:51pm | 1 comment

Adam Sandler sweeps the Razzies (and other adventures in social networking)

Tue Apr 03 2012, 12:00am | 0 comments

The Hunger Games is unleashing the sexists (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat Mar 24 2012, 01:28am | 0 comments

Bel Ami (review)

Thu Mar 08 2012, 07:16pm | 0 comments

question of the weekend: Should writers be encouraged to write multivolume novels?

Sat Feb 11 2012, 10:26am | 0 comments

question of the day: How many things can you find wrong with the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue?

Fri Feb 03 2012, 10:15am | 0 comments

question of the day: Is “the gaze” (male or female) disempowering for the gazee?

Thu Jan 26 2012, 12:26pm | 0 comments

question of the day: What piece of clothing from a movie (or TV show) would you actually purchase and wear?

Wed Nov 23 2011, 09:30am | 0 comments

question of the day: After ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Twilight,’ will we see more movies broken up into multiple installments?

Tue Nov 22 2011, 08:00am | 0 comments

female gazing at: Billy Burke

Mon Nov 21 2011, 02:24pm | 11 comments

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (review)

Mon Nov 21 2011, 01:12pm | 0 comments

the distributor didn’t want me to see ‘Breaking Dawn’…

Thu Nov 17 2011, 03:16pm | 0 comments

The Muppet Saga: meet Bella Swine and the Vamphibian

Tue Nov 15 2011, 11:20pm | 0 comments

today in studio asskissing: some pictures from the new ‘Twilight’ movie

Thu Oct 20 2011, 12:17am | 0 comments

my reads: ‘The Hunger Games’ trilogy

Sat Oct 15 2011, 05:42pm | 1 comment

Abduction (review)

Tue Sep 20 2011, 11:33pm | 0 comments

Abduction (trailer)

Tue Sep 20 2011, 09:00am | 0 comments

Fright Night (review)

Mon Aug 29 2011, 11:52am | 2 comments

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