everyone’s a fan

Spotted at Neil Gaiman’s blog: (I just called my Visa card to fix something, and found myself being asked if I was the Neil Gaiman. I said yes, I was. “So,” said the Visa person, “Are you going to be writing an episode of Dr Who?”) (via Sideshow) (Technorati tags: Doctor Who, Neil Gaiman)

trailer break: ‘Hamlet 2’ (redband)

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… [watch it here; I deleted the embedded Quicktime player because it was causing problems for some readers] It’s redband for a bit of language. I’ve seen this flick already, and it’s a tough one to trailerize, because it’s not about punchlines and slapstick but a whole … more…

weekend box office: will Batman sink the ‘Titanic’?

After another record-breaking weekend, lots of folks are wondering, Will The Dark Knight surpass Titanic as the money-makingest movie ever? Here’s what happened this weekend: 1. The Dark Knight: $75.6 million (dropping 52% in its second week, but still: jeez) 2. Step Brothers: $30 million 3. Mamma Mia!: $17.8 million (dropping 36% in its second … more…

The Deal (review)

They’re trying to sell this 2003 movie as ‘the prequel to *The Queen.*’ It’s right there on the DVD box. Don’t be fooled by it.

‘Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres’

This really only works if you were in the audience at the BBC Proms, the annual orchestral classical concert series at the Royal Albert Hall, but still: it’s a bit of new Doctor Who, and we’ll take what we can get right now: (via Proper Dave in comments, and several folks by email) (Technorati tags: … more…