Monthly Archives: June 2012

Game of Thrones: W’s head on a spike…was an apology necessary?

Posted on June 14, 2012 by ilmozart

As many of you might have read recently, in season 1 of HBO’s Game of Thrones, they were showcasing some very nice severed heads on spikes: Ned Stark’s, Septa Mordane’s, and some other dudes. One of those other dudes happened … Continue reading →

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Tony Tony Tony

Posted on June 11, 2012 by ilmozart

With all that was on TV last night, I really only watched the first hour of the Tonys. Yes, I know, bad me. But honestly, the only thing we really care about is the opening with Neil Patrick Harris…and apparently … Continue reading →

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Vulture’s Girls Paper Dolls

Posted on June 9, 2012 by ilmozart

If ever a show was made to have paper dolls, it’s HBO’s Girls. Well, ok a few others, sure… But Girls makes it fun and stylish and little odd. As they did with Downton Abbey, NY Magazine’s Vulture has created … Continue reading →

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Tom Hiddleston Makes a Great Impression

Posted on June 9, 2012 by ilmozart

That was possibly the punniest thing I’ve ever written. But seriously, Tom Hiddleston aka Loki from The Avengers aka F. Scott Fitzgerald from Midnight in Paris is apparently an absolutely brilliant impressionist. And seems like an all around awesome guy, … Continue reading →

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Joel McHale Takes on Prometheus

Posted on June 7, 2012 by ilmozart

When Michael Fassbender’s “David” video came out, it was pretty ingenious and helped to build the massive viral video campaign for Prometheus (opening Friday). What makes robots so robotic… http://youtu.be/tvXKN5Fz_OE Clearly the answer is a strangely emotive Michael Fassbender playing … Continue reading →

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RIP Ray Bradbury

Posted on June 6, 2012 by ilmozart

Ray Bradbury passed away yesterday at age 91. For anyone who has had any interest in science fiction, fantasy, and indeed fiction from the mid-20th century onward, Bradbury had an effect on them. Beyond Fahrenheit 451, probably his best known work, … Continue reading →

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The Wire: The Musical

Posted on June 5, 2012 by ilmozart

This is now the greatest thing I’ve ever seen on the internet. HBO’s gritty drama The Wire was just made to be a musical. Thank god Michael Kenneth Williams aka Omar Little agreed to do this video. In fact they … Continue reading →

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Snow White and the Huntsman – Not Disney’s Pretty Princess

Posted on June 3, 2012 by ilmozart

If you ever read the original fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen, they are quite unlike anything you’ve seen by Disney. Most people know that, but it bears repeating. The Little Mermaid didn’t get the prince … Continue reading →

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Community and Doctor Who

Posted on June 1, 2012 by ilmozart

In this wonderful meditation on two of the great cult shows out there right now – Community and Doctor Who* – the New Yorker’s Emily Nussbaum writes about how certain cult shows open up worlds and expand reality for their … Continue reading →

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