watch it: “Fox has a teabagg’n problem”
Perhaps this puts to rest the whole “Are they evil, or merely stupid?” debate when it comes to certain segments of the population:
Month: April 2009
question of the day: Can ‘Starlog’ survive as an online-only endeavor?
I have to confess that I haven’t read Starlog in years, but it still made me a little sad to hear that the geek-entertainment rag was ceasing publication as a print magazine. It’ll be online-only now… just like every other source of news for geek-oriented movies, TV, DVD, comic books, etc. As a kid starved … more…
new in “MaryAnn is a total ‘Doctor Who’ dork” news…
So, I had been planning to spend much of the weekend starting my new/old Doctor Who blogging, beginning with the Christopher Eccleston episodes and then, when those are done, back to the original series. And what happened was… I saw the new episode, “Planet of the Dead,” and spent a long moment screaming because there’s … more…
weekend open thread: painted egg edition
So I’m having Easter dinner with a friend tonight: leg of lamb. And I’m such a geek that the first thing “leg of lamb” makes me think of — okay, after yum — is, Hey, we could kill someone with it then cook it and feed it to the cops who come to investigate the … more…
the last episode of the American ‘Life on Mars’: no they didn’t!
SPOILERS! When I heard that the fake Life on Mars was being cancelled, I recorded the last two episodes so I could see just how badly they were gonna screw it up, and I finally watched both last night. And I’m really hoping I’m gonna wake up out of a coma and discover that this … more…
watch it: the 4/11/09 weekly address from President Barack Obama
I can’t believe he didn’t mention the pagan ritual of welcoming spring! Or the atheist’s ritual of sleeping in on a Sunday! Sheesh.
The Week in Women
The latest installment of my “Week in Women” column is up over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. It features a discussion of the date-rape scene in Observe and Report, so if you’re up for some heated debate, head on over.
new ‘Doctor Who’ tomorrow!
I thought it was Sunday, but it’s tomorrow. Alien worlds? Dangerous creatures? New companions? Bah. I can’t wait to see the Doctor in shades and what looks like a new leather coat: Though seeing as this is supposed to be a sweltering desert planet, he could at least throw us a bone and get down … more…
watch it: “Cat does taxes”
Crap. I never knew cats had to file tax returns. Good thing I don’t have any cats. And, um, I never did have cats, in case the IRS asks, ’mkay?
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter and Under the Hood (review)
Help yourself to another cinematic serving of the grim graphic novel…
