Year: 2009
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Waters of Mars”
Tons of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.
bias update: December 24
obsession: Doctor Who (David Tennant’s almost gone!) boyfriend: Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes (sexiest Holmes ever) psyched: Daybreakers (because the Spierig Brothers made the awesome Undead a few years back) girl crush: Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (because she’s too cool) dreading: Leap Year (launching a new decade of rom-com crap) enemy: … more…
trailer break: ‘The White Ribbon’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… This is probably not the movie you’re gonna want if you need to escape the holiday fray for a while, unless you want to slit your wrists afterward. The White Ribbon is now playing in the U.K.; it opens in the U.S. on December 30.
December 23-25: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but… prezzies! toys! candy canes! snowball fights! big holiday dinner! But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you see Sherlock Holmes this weekend?” … more…
question of the day: What’s your favorite Christmas movie?
The Online Film Critics Society, in our weekly survey, this week picked our favorite Christmas movies. It’s a Wonderful Life came out on top — as some of you may know, I am not a fan of It’s a Wonderful Life. My top five Christmas favorites, as I voted the OFCS survey: A Christmas Story … more…
watch it: “John Denver and the Muppets – Alfie the Christmas Tree and The Christmas Wish”
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together is my favorite Christmas album [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon U.K.], and the Alfie song always makes me cry. The TV special has never been released on VHS or DVD, but it does all seem to be up on YouTube.
It’s Complicated (review)
Christ, but I hate Nancy Meyers’ movies. Nancy Meyers, whose every movie looks like Pottery Barn orgasming.
caption this! image from ‘The Book of Eli’
Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie or TV show and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. All we are is dust in the wind: Warner Bros. tells us about the film: In the not-too-distant future, some 30 years after the … more…
Sherlock Holmes (review)
I think Conan Doyle might well love what Guy Ritchie has done with the world’s first consulting detective…
