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Open Thread
Open Thread for December 30, 2011
Reflect on the pop culture that really made you overthink in 2011.
Open Thread for December 23, 2011
Comments piling in an Open Thread … Movie clips and corny gags … We throw together some Metacritic links And hit “Submit” while Wrather nags … Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Are there other holidays? I don’t know! (It’s not Tet…
Open Thread for December 9, 2011
Threads that Open to a world of snark / comments tripping down the page … The only movie news worth talking about is the opening of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in theaters this weekend. Adapted from one of John le…
Open Thread for November 18, 2011
This is just a Thread, standing Open in the back of the room, asking you for comments. Movie news! If you’re reading this camped out in line for the first part of the last part of the Twilight series, bundle…
Open Thread for November 11, 2011
Happy 11/11/11 day, Overthinkers! Crank it up. Real quick blitz this week, because I’m exhausted: Billy Crystal hosting the Oscars; the passing of hip hop legend Heavy D; Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar Hoover biopic and Tarsem Singh’s Clash of the…
Open Thread for October 28 2011
This Thread broadcasts in the 400 to 440 MHz range, thus making parts of it illegal in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago. I’ll let you figure out which. In movie news, the Timberlake/Seyfriend sci-fi romp In Time survived…
Open Thread for October 14 2011
Brewing this Open Thread for 15 minutes unlocks its special tannins, extending lifespan and granting cat-like reflexes. 14 minutes, poison. The box office this weekend contains one remake (Footloose), one prequel that’s essentially a remake (The Thing) and a bird-watching…
Open Thread for September 30, 2011
Hello, Overthinkers! With Perich gone on an Overthinking sabbatical in the Far East, it falls to me to resume my role as your thread opener for the week. Let’s fire up the “Entertainment” category of Google News and see what’s…
Open Thread for August 26, 2011
In the event of a weather emergency, Open this Thread to its full 90 degrees dilation and activate the solar panel. Oh man! We have Columbiana and My Idiot Brother opening this weekend, which look decidedly average. But we also…