daily list: five reasons I love Colin Firth

Why o why did I skip screenings of When Did You Last See Your Father? The British flick opens today in the U.S. on eight screens, anything British is usually good with me. And, ah crap, the trailer alone makes me cry. And that cast! Jim Broadbent, Gina McKee, Juliet Stevenson… and Colin Firth. I … more…

strange tales of Hollywood niceness!

All together now: awwwww: Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd deliberately sabotaged his audition for new movie The Edge Of Love – in a bid to help his pal Matthew Rhys land a part. Director John Maybury says Rhys is now indebted to Gruffudd after helping him secure a part in the movie based on Welsh poet … more…

sshh, don’t tell anyone…

I should be writing movie reviews, but I’m writing Doctor Who fan fiction instead. I just posted Part 2 of “Tristan’s Father” over at my brand-new Doctor Who fan fiction blog. I’m such a dork. (Technorati tags: Doctor Who, fan fiction)

trying something new with the bias meter

Got the bias meter up there at the top of the page — at the top of most pages on the site. Cuz I think it’s important to make sure that everyone knows exactly how biased I am. The whole idea of the bias meter was to keep the concept in front of your face … more…