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That's more of a Polaris thing.

Same as 'Hugh'.

Because there's a fine line between clever and stupid naming, and it goes all blurry when you're looking through the lens of a foreign language….

A child raised in another culture who later discovers his true ancestry (among people who have a fondness for names ending in 'el').

While it's the box office takings that get reported, the proportion of the ticket cost that actually goes back to the production company varies worldwide, and it's said that it's on the low side for films shown in China.

"The obvious lesson from Wonder Woman is that audiences want more WW1 films!"

The attack by a huge flock of penguins won't be quite as scary as intended.

I'm looking forward to Uber merging with Google, to create Goober.

Well, they can always steal from Dodes'kaden instead.

He retired from filmmaking in 2000, though he still occasionally directs music videos.

This is all leading towards an unfortunate incident involving trying to do bullets-and-bracelets Method style.

Don't worry, Brexit will make sure all our financial activity moves to Europe instead.

Cars 2 had short legs.
They're called "wheels".

For anyone who's interested in a British equivalent of that book, Armchair Nation by Joe Moran is fun.

Archaic word for 'lover', so that'd still kind of work….

I'm guessing it should be "Erewhon", which is the name of a Victorian satirical Utopia, and "Nowhere" spelt backwards (almost).

While we in Britain are careful not to attribute HBO shows like Mad Men, Twin Peaks and The Flash to other channels.

Turns out Anthony's real but Joe isn't.

The two runs fit quite neatly into a 'boyscout leader has nervous breakdown/midlife crisis' arc.

Don't think there's much more of an issue than Deadpool's references to Deathstroke.