I've been saving this picture for just this announcement. A few quick bits of casting news. First, and least unexpectedly, both Ian ...
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BBC Weekly News
Neverwhere is my third favourite novel by Neil Gaiman, after Good Omens and American Gods . The BBC series on which the novel is based ...
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Weekly Hobbit News
I've said before that the Hobbit has avoided the trap The Amazing Spider-man fell into, which ended up releasing a full third of it&...
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[Review] Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style Exhibition, At TIFF
Since it was announced back in April, my anticipation for this exhibit has been building and building. Just as the Toronto International F...
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Update Your Bookmarks
For any of you out there who, and I honestly don't know why you would want to, check in everyday, it's time to update your book...
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Trailer Thursday
While I was gone last week, a host of films had the audacity to advertise themselves to the greater populace, despite my absence. This, as...
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My Hometown Was Mentioned On The Colbert Report. That Can't Be Good...
The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Canada's Grinch www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor...
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Patton Oswalt'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
So, there it is. Photographic evidence that Justified is going to be just that extra bit cooler this year (as if it weren't cool en...
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It Looks Pretty Damned Fun Being Green [Updated]
Because I don't listen to music that was created after 1987, the chickens singing a Cee Lo Green song in The Muppets was one of the f...
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[Review] - X-Men Master: Gordon Smith Exhibition, At TIFF
No photos were allowed in the exhibit. All pictures via alternate sources. I may have mentioned once or twice my admiration for practic...
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I'll Give "I Give It A Year" A Chance
Can I say how happy I am that Stephen Merchant has escaped Ricky Gervais' grasp. I've got nothing against Gervais, he's just ...
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I Couldn't Afford Calvin & Hobbes
Some time ago, I mentioned an original Calvin & Hobbes print, seen above, was going up for sale. At the time, the highest an origi...
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Sooo... I Bought This
Or, pre-ordered it anyway. It won't be ready until June. That's OK. I can wait. I mean, I've lasted this long since the end ...
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Chevy Chase Is Confused As To What People Like [Updated]
Namely, him or Community . So, after a really rather good week (more on that as this week progresses) off, I return to find my DVR stuf...
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A Storm Approaches
Four and a half months. What other show could get away with no ident, no title, no image or description, just a blasted date, and stil...
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Weekly Hobbit News
The Hobbit has a big fight ahead of itself, a fight that The Two Towers and Return of the King failed to win. And that is in the realm ...
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Weekly Marvel News
- Set pics from Thor: The Dark World have appeared, and seem to contain the good look at the Dark Elves, with whom Thor will be doing b...
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Make Me Watch ESPN Football Coverage? Inconceivable!
I don't get America football. At all. So I have no idea what the hell they are going on about in these clips. Except for all the Princ...
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It Gets Fuller
It's a lie. I know it is. I look at my own nose-skirt every morning and think and wish and hope and pray to a dear and shiny lord of ...
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Monty Python Takes On Sherlock Holmes, Sort Of
Them again. But not Eric. Back at the turn of the millennium, I remember reading a story about how Michael Jackson and Joe Millionaire (...
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Justified Runs For The Hills
Last year, as season three of Justified was ending, creator Graham Yost said that they weren't going to be introducing a Big Bad fo...
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The Return Of Hard Science Fiction?
Here is the first trailer for The Europa Report , a movie in which next to nothing is known, other then A-Team star Sharlto Copley is in ...
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Aaron Sorkin's Newsroom Sure To Improve Next Season
Courtesy of Dreamworks Television We already know that Patton Oswalt will be appearing on the best show on TV (no, not that one . Or t...
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[Review] - Skyfall
Courtesy of MGM Skyfall is a success in every way that Die Another Day was a failure. Where the latter took a blunt, nod-and-wink app...
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Lego Movie Might Be One Of The Greatest Things Ever
Earlier this year, when it was announced that Warner Bros was making Lego: Piece of Resistance, I was excited. The guys who made Cloudy ...
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This Is The Way The World Ends
This isn't a review, or anything of substance. It's just that last night on Parks and Rec , Ron Swanson encountered Mike Ehrmantraut...
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Every Single Cast Member Of The Hobbit Is Looking At You
There are two relatively new trends in movie posters these days. The first is the group shot, trying to stuff as many character into the...
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Doctor Who News Is Gaimany
Courtesy of the BBC I feel conflicted about the Cybermen in Doctor Who . They are probably the most popular enemy that has never had a t...
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At Least The T-rex Hasn't Been Digitally Replaced With A Walkie-Talkie
[That's right Spielbergo, you're never living that one down.] I've mentioned before about how much I don't think Juras...
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Will Everything Proceed As The Internet Forsees?
With the sale of Star Wars To Disney, and the promise (threat?) of a new trilogy of films, the question now becomes: who takes over from ...
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Statistically, At Least One Of These Women Left Pregnant
Courtesy of @TinyMaster I'm excited for the release of Skyfall this week. Excited enough, that I recently went back and rewatched ...
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You Know Who Knew Enough To Wear Condoms? The Romans! And Theirs Were Made Of Sheep Intestine
In Windor, Ontario, a hospital CEO has credited a 30 percent increase in child births over the past few weeks to the January release of ...
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The Face Of Space Vs The Man Of Steel
Courtesy of DC Comics While the question of where exactly Metropolis is meant to be on the eastern seaboard of the US may never be answ...
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How Many Have You Seen?
As a cinephile, I would be remiss if I didn't post this video of IMDb's Top 250, along with 53 other deserving films, boiled down ...
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