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It’s a little bit *Matrix*y, a little bit *Hellboy*ish, a little bit *Buffy,* a little bit *Beauty and the Beast* (the Ron Perlman/Linda Hamilton urban fantasy, that is). So I can’t believe how really boring the pilot is.
I’m in England at the moment, where I’m getting an, um, interesting perspective on the American presidential campaigning. So just to be perverse, all this week I’m highlighting YouTube video of Republican candidate John McCain, for two reasons. 1) He’s a nut, and as many people as possible need to know that before they go … more…
I haven’t really been inspired, anywhere I’ve been in England or Wales, to crush any heads, but I did find this big pile of rocks that seemed to demand rearranging…
Another pic from my journeys through England: Khazad-dûm! This is a door of a church in the Cotswolds village of Stow-on-the-Wold, which some folks think may have inspired Tolkien — who was based in nearby Oxford — when he was writing The Lord of the Rings.
All this week! 5 movies I’m psyched for in October, and 5 reasons why. No. 4: RocknRolla [opens limited October 8, wide October 31]. 1. Cute guys with British accents. 2. It’s about con artists, who are always entertaining. In the movies, at least. 3. Guy Ritchie. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch … more…
Think an arthouse *Day of the Triffids.*
My experiment with exploring global box office numbers continues. I think I’ll eventually start looking at numbers beyond North America and the U.K., but I’m trying to get a hold on what the U.K. numbers mean first. British box office numbers are not as readily available as North American ones, but it seems that the … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… NYPD officers? Corrupt? Who ever heard of such a thing? Pride & Glory opens October 24.
I’m getting ready to head off to see David Tennant in Love’s Labour’s Lost. While I’m doing that, why not cast your own Hamlet? Jude Law’s going to take on the Danish Prince next year in the West End. Who else could offer an interesting spin on the role, either on stage or in film?
David Tennant’s costume Converse from the Doctor Who exhibition in Cardiff: My L.L. Bean retro tennies soaked with the predawn dew of Stonehenge:
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