Anglo-Filles

We welcome the lovely Cleolinda Jones for her movie mania and awards seasons awareness and add her accent to our collection.

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This episode we discuss the awards season, our predictions for the Oscars and SAG awards, the Golden Globes and how gif friendly they were, and we go off on a few tangents. Well, some. Well, a lot. This is a long ass episode.

Some of out favorite Golden Globes Gifs:

Tommy Lee Jones Smiles Like This:

Leo Had a Dream His Life Would Be So Much Different:

Amy Poelher finds her rebound man:

Drunk Glenn Close

SAG nominations

Oscar Nominations

A write-in vote for Affleck as Best Director:

Music from Looper

Beasts of the Southern Wild and the Golden GLobes

Best Animated Short Fresh Guacamole:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMO6vjmkyI

Documentaries: Queen of Versailles and Searching for Sugar Man

Upcoming shows and movies we are excited about: Stoker , Hannibal, Hansel and Gretel, Witch Hunters (in 3D)

Alina’s Tech Rec:

*Absolutely no research was done to substantiate this claim

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Fake Geek Girls are A Problem, according to Tony Harris. We think he and people who think like him are full of shit.

Anita Sarkeesian and Feminist Frequency. Also a link to her (closed) kickstarter, Tropes Versus Women in Video Games.

The #onereasonwhy hashtag on Twitter, talking about why there are fewer women in the gaming industry than men.

Entertainment Software Association’s 2012 Stats on game players.

Dad gives Link a sex change for his Zelda playing daughter.

The Hawkeye Initiative, Escher Girls, Boobs don’t work that way.

Gamer Mama!

A Rennerful Romance Novel review at Smart Bitches. YOU’RE WELCOME.

Star Trek trailer!

James Gunn’s past comes back to haunt him.

All sort of Hobbit-full news! Interview with peter Jackson, in which he touches on the Tolkien Estate having some issue with the movies.

The Enclyclopedia of Arda, for all your fake geeking needs.

Stephen Colbert’s Best Week Ever: The Pundit: or Colbert and Back Again

Alina’s Tech Rec: MusicBee is a great iTunes alternative – for Android phone users who need desktop software that syncs with their phone and just for anyone who doesn’t want to use iTunes. It can import iTunes and Windows Media Player libraries, making switching easy. (Note: iTunes does not DRM protect music.) It has all the features you’d want in a robust digital music library software, such as tag management and downloading album information, and it can be used to subscribe to and organize podcasts (such as this one, hint hint).

Welcome to episode 2! We say things.

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Kayleigh got into her Master’s Program at the University of Edinbrugh!

Reidan passed the Massachusetts bar exam and is looking for a big girl lawyer job!

Good things to come out this endless election cycle:

Movies we discussed in a fairly non-spoilery manner:

Also mentioned: Toronto International Film Festival, Dredd, Looper, Premium Rush, Lincoln.

Disney buys Lucasfilm, everyone waits to see what fresh hell this might mean.

Proposals for Star Wars directors:

Release dates we are demanding (and someone should get on): Whedon’s Much Ado, DVDs for the Tennant/Tate Much Ado, and the Hiddleston Hollow Crown.

Russian Fantasy Books we discussed:

Alina’s Tech Rec: Firefox Sync (and Google Chrome’s account sing-in feature) – first and foremost, it’s a simple way to bring your desktop bookmarks to your smartphone or tablet (or to a second computer). It can also be a simple way to get your bookmarks back if, say, your computer’s problems pissed you off so much that you did a fresh install of Windows without backing anything up so then your wife had to show you that you can use your smartphone and Sync to get at least your browser back the way it was and that’s only because she sync’ed it for you in the first place. You know, as an example.

With a Special Guest Appearance by Kayleigh’s mom.

Comment, questions, concerns, feedback and snide remarks can be sent to [email protected]

The newest member of the Made of Fail family of geekitude!

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First, I have to apologize for the quality of the sound- I’m still learning this, but I know what the problem was and I will fix it for next time.  Sorry, sorry, so very sorry.

Don’t explain the joke:  we are three geek girls who come from three different English speaking areas of the world–Canada, Scotland, and the US.  So Anglo = English and Filles = girls (only in French) and we all have a fascination with the British Royal family.

Reidan can be found at @redheadedgirl on Twitter, reviewing romance novels at Smart Bitches Trash Books and frequently commenting on Mark Does Stuff. You can also follow her Roman Feast research and shenanignas at fromeggstoapples.wordpress.com

Alina can be found at @LJMysticOwl on Twitter. She’s a writer on Galilea and has reviewed her re-read of A Game of Thrones at Second Time Around

Kayleigh can be found @ceildhann on Twitter, and reviewing books at The Book Lantern and The Sparkle Project.

Warning: Shady Moose up to No Good

Max Frei’s The Stranger, Alina’s favorite Russian urban fantasy (now in a spiffy new English translation!), is something we are going to discuss in the next show.  You can purchase it from Amazon or other fine retailers.

Shakespeare’s Wife

The Ancient Guide to Modern Life

Supersizers Eat Ancient Rome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swhEbBDwM0I

Alina’s “Tech Stuff” recommendation for the episode: BeyondPod Podcast Manager for Android  It can sync with your Google Reader account, you can pre-download episodes or stream them, and arrange episodes of various podcasts into a playlist so there’s no need to browse to them one by one.

Have a comment, question, concern, or snide remark?  Want to give us your opinion of our varied accents?  Email us at [email protected]