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Wizard of Oz

question of the day: Has the definition of “family” and “holiday” movies changed?

Fri, Dec 03, 2010
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When I was a kid, TV over Thanksgiving weekend definitely meant The Wizard of Oz and maybe a marathon of the 1933 King Kong and all those goofy black-and-white Mighty Joe Young flicks. But as Jill Cozzi notes at the new Cinemarati Facebook page, what TV is pushing at us as ”holiday” these days feels kinda different…

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‘Life on Mars’ blogging: Episode 4

Mon, Aug 30, 2010
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Sam’s little-boy idealism about what it means to be a cop gets a 1973 wakeup call…

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‘Life on Mars’ blogging: Episode 3

Sun, Aug 22, 2010
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A little push and a little pull is what it takes to survive 1973…

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question of the day: What is the greatest children’s film of all time?

Wed, Aug 04, 2010
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The U.K.’s *Radio Times* — the British equivalent of the U.S.’s *TV Guide* — polled its readers to determine the best movies for kids ever made…

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‘Life on Mars’ blogging: Episode 2

Sun, Aug 01, 2010
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Sure, the clothes look funny and there’s no cell phones, only giant cackling radios, but that’s a given. It’s all the other unexpectedly different 1973 stuff that’s so disturbing.

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‘Life on Mars’ blogging: Episode 1

Mon, Jul 19, 2010
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DCI Sam Tyler has an accident in 2005, and wakes up in 1973. Has he fallen down a rabbit hole, or is he following the Yellow Brick Road?

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‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Pandorica Opens”

Sun, Jun 20, 2010
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Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.

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going Godwin on ‘Toy Story 3’; why ‘Splice’ isn’t sci fi (and neither is ‘Minority Report’ anymore); more: leftover links

Sun, Jun 20, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…

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Mickey Rourke as Genghis Khan, Ridley Scott returns to ‘Alien,’ deliver us from Breck Eisner, more: leftover links

Sun, Apr 25, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…

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poor little rich movie stars, NetFlix and ‘Variety’ sued, God as a film critic: leftover links

Sun, Mar 14, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…

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