deep thought
As traffic goes up, so does the percentage of trolls and illiterates commenting…
Month: January 2009
watch it: the weekly address from President-elect Barack Obama
Oversight? Accountability? Reducing the deficit? Optimism? Perserverance? Opportunity? Why does Barack Obama hate America?
Matt Smith is the new Doctor Who
The new new Doctor is… who?
Gran Torino (review)
Oh my god, it’s finally happened: Someone made *Hey You Kids Get Off My Lawn: The Motion Picture.*
can ‘Jericho’ be revived… again?
Speaking of last-ditch, past-the-last-minute campaigns to save TV shows… I watching an episode of Threshold on Universal HD in December when an ad for the late, lamented short-lived series Jericho popped up. I thought, at first, that it was a promo for a rerun of the show on UHD. Not so. Turns out it’s part … more…
too late now, but ‘Pushing Daisies’ is on Twitter
My email in-box was just bombarded with notes informing me that Ned the piemaker, the girl named Chuck, fabric arts-loving PI Emerson Cod, itty-bitty waitress Olive Snook, and dead-dog Digby are now following me on Twitter. I, of course, reciprocated, and clicked “follow” on all their Twitter pages. It’s probably way too late to save … more…
screencap Friday: what the flick? #52
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from one of the DVDs in my collection (and it’s definitely from a movie, not a TV show). Guess the movie for fun and, well, fun. No prizes, just bragging rights. But hey: one guess per comment — no fair hogging all the guesses. If this one is too … more…
watch it: “Ma Cherie!”
A sweet little start to the year with this amusing look at how sometimes the simple things are all we want… and that even simple can be beautiful: Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at aniBoom Another from the aniBoom Awards 2008 — this one is ranked No. 30. Look for more of these … more…
trailer break: ‘Two Lovers’
Take a break from not working this wasted holiday week: watch a movie trailer… Oh dear: here we go again. It’s the tale of a schlub who wants the gorgeous golden girl who’s way out of his league instead of the “ordinary” girl right in front of him. And he gets her! And he gets … more…
new ‘Doctor Who’ star announcement to come on Saturday
I guess they weren’t kidding: David Tennant really is leaving Doctor Who after this year, and someone else really is replacing him. Tomorrow, the BBC will announce who that replacement is in a special episode of Doctor Who Confidential to air on BBC1 at 5:35pm Greenwich Time tomorrow. Which means 12:35pm Eastern, which means I’ll … more…
