trailer break: ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… If there was any doubt after National Treasure and National Treasure: Book of Secrets that director Jon Turteltaub and Nicolas Cage were intent on taking a concept loaded with romance and adventure and old-fashioned Hollywood magic — the case of those films, ancient artifacts and secret societies … more…

link me! social network me!

Someone should invent social networking sites with vaguely naughty-ish names, such as Lick and Bite, so I could say “Lick me!” and “Bite me!” Anyway, I’ve added clickable links to some of the more popular social networking sites — Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Google Buzz, Yahoo! Buzz, Reddit, and Fark — to the bottom of each … more…

retro trailer: ‘Dracula vs. Frankenstein’

Take a look back at an old trailer… Apparently there’s some sort of vampire movie opening this week. I figured that while we wait for that, we might enjoy another vampire story. Alas that this trailer is rather confusing: Dracula and Frankenstein (by which, it appears, they mean Frankenstein’s monster, not poor Victor himself) join … more…

what’s in the box?

UPDATE: My spoilerific blogging now available here. Well, we know what’s in the box, but we still don’t know, really, what’s in the box, do we? At the Coventry Telegraph blog The Geek Files, Steven Moffat teases us some more about tonight’s finale (warning: spoilers for “The Pandorica Opens”!): The Doctor is trapped inside a … more…

classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging all screwed up

I know. I’m behind in my classic Doctor Who blogging. I should have posted “Spearhead in Space” last week, and then somehow I promised both “An Unearthly Child” and “The Ark in Space” today. How did that happen? I do understand how calendars work, honestly. Anywhere, here’s the revised schedule: June 27: Spearhead from Space … more…