David Tennant is leaving ‘Doctor Who’

It’s official. He made the announcement during the National Television Awards in Britain (you can watch the video of that announcement at the BBC), and then he talked about it some more here. Tennant will appear in the four specials to air in 2009 — plus, of course, the Christmas special only two months away … more…

Obama versus ‘Pushing Daisies’ tonight?

Thank god for DVR. I’ll watch Obama and record Pushing Daisies, for later blogging. I have to wonder, though, why ABC held out for so long on agreeing to air Obama’s half-hour whatever-it’s-gonna-be that the Obama campaign said “No, thanks, we’re good.” And of course I worry that if everyone in the whole damn country … more…

trailer break: ‘My Name Is Bruce’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… You guys ready for some violence? Imagine my surprise when I discovered that My Name Is Bruce — Bruce Campbell’s sendup of, well, himself, which I’ve been holding my breath for for about a year — is opening here in New York on Friday. I just … more…

tickets for David Tennant’s ‘Hamlet’ in London?

I’m planning a trip to London early next year, probably late January/early February. But I’d consider traveling earlier — say, just after Christmas to early January — if I could get a pair of tickets to David Tennant’s Hamlet at the Novello Theatre, where it’s running through January 10, 2009. If you’ve got a pair … more…

Fanny Hill (review)

Oh, stop your tittering. All you know is that Fanny Hill is that naughty bawdy 18th-century novel that got its author, John Cleland, into so much trouble so long ago, and has since become a byword for the evils of censorship and the necessity of freedom of expression. But if you’re looking for something pornographic in this BBC adaptation of the novel, forget it, mister.