Doctor Who takes the A-Minus Train

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Abort the moon!

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"The Cold War" weds mediocrity with subtle brilliance
Jenna-Louise Coleman becoming a revelation

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The Rings of Akhaten" is solid Doctor Who
Decent space opera fun is welcome tonic in a dismal era

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(I know, I know, I know; Doctor Who again. I thought I was done with it too ...

But I ain't; in fact, my intention (because working on a full-length book and driving 26 days in March doesn't take up enough of my time) is to blog every god damned episode of Steven Moffat's fershlugginner version of Who.

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Or maybe there are and "chick flicks" should lose its pejorative meaning. Yoinked from my website. Katherine Bigelow's The Hurt Locker made Oscar history,
but real women's film and television still struggles to find an audience

Now that Katherine Bigelow has made history as the first woman to an Oscar for best picture, you might conclude that ( Read more... )

I know that a number of you are artists, some professional and more of you of the aspiring variety; it is the latter towards whom this poll is primarily aimed: those who are self-publishing or working with very small presses (or whatever is the equivalent in your particular medium/media ( Read more... )

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Bias alert: I know Nalo Hopkinson. It would be a stretch to claim a close friendship, but we've socialized and we exchange hugs when we see each other. Had I not liked this novel, I would most likely have noted it here, but otherwise passed it over in silence. I did like it, though - a lot - but think it only fair to let you know the context in ( Read more... )

I've long maintained that, while far from the being the "best of all possible worlds", socially, Canada in the late 20th and early 21st centuries arguably represents the best humanity has had to offer thus far, with legal equality for all races and between men and women, close to legal equality for gays and lesbians and, on the street, an ( Read more... )