watch it: “Alive in Jo’burg by Neill Blomkamp”
This is the short film that District 9 was developed from:
Month: May 2009
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Unquiet Dead”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen the episode!
trailer break: ‘District 9’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… What a truly intriguing trailer! It teases you into thinking it’s gonna be a documentary about racism and segregation in South Africa… and then it turns into a trailer for a science fiction film — perhaps one that’s done in a documentary style — about specism and … more…
Little Ashes (review)
Only indiscriminate vampire-swooning tweens will appreciate Robert Pattinson’s portrayal of the surrealistic Spanish painter and filmmaker Salvador Dali…
question of the day: Is there simply too much good stuff on TV?
I’ve been saying this for ages, that as much crap as there is on TV, there’s still too much stuff worth watching to be able to watch it all. And now someone else is saying it: Josef Adalian in TV Week: Truth is, there’s simply too much original content on TV these days. The explosion … more…
weekend open thread: overslept on a Saturday morning edition
Not that I don’t pretty much always overslept on a Saturday morning… You kids are on your own to amuse yourselves while Mom goes to meet her geek friends for a showing of Star Trek, with Romulan ale and revelry afterward…
watch it: the 5/9/09 weekly address from President Barack Obama
I don’t think I’ve ever heard a president say the phrases “ripped off” and “credit cards” in the same sentence. Let’s hope he’s able to follow up on this.
what’s a gal gotta do to get some attention?
Fret over men, cry over being called fat, or fuck on camera. Come on, ladies, it’s fun! Yes, it’s The Week in Women, so much feminist fun over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists…
screencap Friday: what the flick? #70
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.
watch it: “peanut butter kitty time”
It’s cat-video Friday! This one is just plain weird. But it gets funnier the longer it goes on:
