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Entries from January 2012

Spider-Man in the Avengers movie? Commence rant in 3… 2… 1…

January 31st, 2012 · No Comments

So IFC asked me to weigh in on the rumor that Andrew Garfield will be making a cameo as Spider-Man in “The Avengers” movie. Along with providing a little background for everyone who wasn’t aware of the rumor, I devoted quite a few words (probably more than necessary) to explaining why I think the rumor [...]

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Tags: clips · comics · movies

It Came From Twitter: 2012-01-31

January 31st, 2012 · No Comments

Little Kids Make the Best Street Fighters: http://t.co/PNfSa9WL (@kotaku) # Loved the "Spartacus: Vengeance" premiere, but now that it has a new name, do I have to stop calling it "Spartacus: Blood & Soft-Core Porn"? # Nice to see the first-ever "Adapt This" subject (optioned a few months after my column ran) moving fwd in [...]

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Tags: twitter

Honda’s “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” ad is just the beginning…

January 31st, 2012 · No Comments

By now you’ve probably seen Matthew Broderick’s ad for Honda that pays homage to “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” No matter what you think of his decision to do the commercial, the fact remains that it’s already a win for Honda because it went “viral” in the way every PR team hopes a campaign will. It’s [...]

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Tags: clips · movies

Doctor Who from 1963 to now, all in one 9-minute video…

January 30th, 2012 · No Comments

It might sound unbelievable, but this video really does a great job of summarizing almost 50 years of “Doctor Who” in just over nine minutes. One of the best parts of the video for me was seeing a few scenes from some of my favorite Tom Baker adventures, including a few early arcs I didn’t [...]

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Tags: television · video

“The Walking Dead” picks up right where it left off. As in, less than a second later…

January 30th, 2012 · No Comments

I know I’m not alone in thinking the second season of “The Walking Dead” moved a little slower than I expected, but the midseason finale was a great payoff that made all the waiting worthwhile. AMC just released the first three minutes of the midseason premiere, which is titled “Nebraska.” It airs February 12, and [...]

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Tags: television · video

She built a TARDIS.

January 28th, 2012 · No Comments

This woman is my hero — not just for being a “Doctor Who” fan and building her own TARDIS, but for being the sort of person who makes a video like this one.

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Tags: video

It Came From Twitter: 2012-01-28

January 28th, 2012 · No Comments

If Oscar-nominated movie posters told the truth: http://t.co/DeDoCQDx # I'm totally going to steal this idea at some future point – it's brilliant: http://t.co/zT9RKueV # So @MdellW put together a great info roundup re: the "space jockey" from the ALIEN movies & PROMETHEUS: http://t.co/CouXlXCM # My review of MAN ON A LEDGE: http://t.co/0SqHroma (Spoiler: I [...]

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Tags: twitter