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Well, you can’t ever really have too much John Simm, can you? That ending? Yes, my head exploded, but not quite in a good way. I was afraid something like this was in the offing, and I don’t think it’s a direction the show should be going in. (In the same way that I wish … more…
…for Christmas. My regular column will return over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists next weekend.
The President’s weekly address came early this week, which I didn’t realize till now: Well, I gots no argument with simple holiday greetings and reminders to be neighborly and helpful.
A not-so-simple question to contemplate this long holiday weekend: What’s the most memorable Christmas gift you’ve ever received? If you don’t celebrate Christmas, consider a gift received on another occasion. And take “memorable” however you like: best, worst, weirdest, smallest, biggest… whatever. (If you have a suggestion for a QOTD/QOTW, feel free to email me. … more…
It’s not Christmas without a cat in the tree…
If you’ve read Cory Doctorow’s awesome near-future science fiction novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon U.K.], then you know what whuffie is. If you haven’t, here’s the gist: The novel takes place in a “post-scarcity” world, where the basic needs of life and lots of its luxuries are freely available … more…
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.
Here’s a fucking newsflash from the 20th century: A woman can propose marriage to a man whenever the hell she wants, and not just on a day that comes around only once every four years. “I’m not gonna die without getting engaged”? What the fuck kind of retro shit is this? Why, Amy Adams? Why? … more…
Time to complain again about how ridiculously out of whack the MPAA is. And it’s The New York Times highlighting it: The romantic comedy “It’s Complicated” arrived at the multiplex on Friday complete with an R rating, ranking it in the same category as “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Basic Instinct” in the eyes of … more…
And homegrown British films make good showings: 1. Avatar: £8.5 million (NEW) 2. St. Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold: £1.6 million (NEW) 3. A Christmas Carol: £1 million 4. Nativity!: £.58 million (4th week; drops 13%) 5. Planet 51: £.455 million (3rd week; drops 41%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Avatar enjoyed the third … more…
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