‘Captivity’ promises to be a feminist dream

There’s a party at the Privilege nightclub on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood tonight. It’s to celebrate the release, this coming Friday, of the new film Captivity. There’s gonna be cage fighting, Suicide Girls, and a warren of live torture rooms. I was invited, but of course I’m on the East Coast and no one offered … more…

Daniel Radcliffe, all grown up and money to burn…

In my review of the last Harry Potter film, The Goblet of Fire, I snarkily contemplated Daniel Radcliffe’s future as a former child star. And the moment is upon him: when he turns 18 on July 23, he’ll come into his Harry Potter fortune: $40 million currently held in a trust fun for him. And … more…

Geek Philosophy perkin’ up

I try not to let Geek Philosophy, my blog about Generation X and all things geeky, go fallow, but there are only so many hours in the day. I hate seeing weeks go by with no new posts there, but it happens. But I’ve been particularly prolific, and particularly inspired, today, and I’ve posted some … more…

‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Runaway Bride”

I once again can’t stop thinking about ‘Doctor Who,’ or the Doctor. It’s pathetic, but I really am in love with him. I don’t mean I have a celebrity crush on David Tennant, though of course he’s totally adorable and I certainly wouldn’t turn him down. But he is not the Doctor, and I am in love with the Doctor…

more ‘Doctor Who’ on Sci Fi — hoorah!

Those reruns of Jericho? Oops: they’re up against the return of Doctor Who to the Sci Fi Channel this Friday night. The fact that Jericho was one of the shows most time-shifted or watched online — methods of viewing that aren’t captured by traditional ratings systems — apparently contributed to its initial cancellation, though it … more…