screaming for the Doctor

“Flesh and Stone” on BBC One tonight. And on BBC America, “Victory of the Daleks.” (We don’t often see the Doctor scream like this. Then again, they faked us out with the gun thing, didn’t they…)

question of the weekend: How are you celebrating May 1?

Perhaps you’re hanging out at your local geek hot spot for Free Comic Book Day. Could be you’re dancing around a maypole to honor May Day. Maybe you’re marching to commemorate International Workers’ Day. You might be lighting a bonfire to celebrate Beltaine. You might be keeping one of the other numerous special days that … more…

screencap Friday: what the flick? #121

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…

When You’re Strange (review)

Apparently filmmaker Tom DiCillo (Living in Oblivion) has nothing to say in his wonderfully surrealistic look at the Doors that hasn’t been said before about the band and their difficult and bemused lead singer, Jim Morrison. Apparently, well-informed fans are being left cold by the film, even if they are momentarily intrigued by the never-before-seen … more…

trailer break: ‘African Cats’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… The cute! It burns! Tiny little wild kitty baby bedraggled and shivery in the rain? I dyin’ here… African Cats opens in the U.S. and Canada on April 22, 2011; no U.K. release date has been announced.