watch it: the 7/10/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
More help for vets can only be a good thing. Here’s hoping it actually comes to pass.
Month: July 2010
question of the weekend: Do you remember your dreams, are you often able to analyze them, and do they help you understand yourself?
As a followup to last weekend’s Question of the Weekend about sleep: I remember my dreams frequently, and often no matter how weird they are, they usually do make some sort of sense in light of what’s going on in my life. I still vividly remember years later that just as I was about to … more…
Friday night fortune cookie: Bill S. Preston, Esq. says…
“Be excellent to each other.”
watch it: “Ultimate Cat Force Field FTW!”
(via Jezebel)
‘Haven’ debuts on Syfy tonight…
…and I’m sorry to say that it’s a bit of a snooze, judging by the premiere episode, which I had the chance to watch in rough cut. More than a bit of a snooze, actually. FBI agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose) travels to the small Maine seaside town of Haven to, she hopes, recapture a … more…
calling bullshit: on the supposed bisexuality of viewership
Aaron Cutler at Slant Magazine opens an essay on a Cary Grant retrospective at the Brooklyn Academy of Music — which is, for the New York neophyte, a major forum for film, too — like this: Viewership is by nature bisexual. It compels us to take on the perspectives of men desiring women, of women … more…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: TARDIS soap (and a nice way for Daleks to relax)
A shower with the Doctor? Yes, please. Available at Geeky Clean! Not a shower with the Doctor, but at least the accoutrements to let you pretend. Ooo, and there’s this, too: Dalekanium Massage Bars: refreshingly evil. (Thanks to reader Brian for the heads-up. If you stumble across a cool Doctor Who thing, feel free to … more…
screencap Friday: what the flick? #131
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a DVD… and just to make things harder for 2010, this one is from a TV show which may or may not be in my collection (it’s sooo much easier to do screengrabs now that Netflix is streaming to my computer). Guess the TV show — you don’t … more…
poster convergence: ‘Memento’ and ‘Havok’
Everyone loves Christopher Nolan, and hopes you’ll mistake any given movie for one of his. I have no idea if Havok might be a comedy, but the moment I saw its poster, I had to laugh. Because I was pretty sure it wouldn’t be anything like the genius that is Memento. (goes and Googles the … more…
omg: you can buy your own 3D glasses at Odeon cinemas
I just discovered this at the official site of the U.K.’s Odeon chain of multiplexes: OWN YOUR 3D GLASSES Save money – and the environment – with 3D glasses you can use again. There are loads of awesome 3D films coming in 2010 – and we’ve found a way you can watch them and save … more…
