‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: it’s bigger on the inside
Reader Erik reminded me of this old British ad for the Volkswagen Gulf car, featuring Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, and Tom Baker looking surprisingly surprised…
Year: 2010
Heartbreaker (L’arnacoeur) (review)
This breezy but slight French rom-com so perfectly apes Hollywood’s output in the genre that I have no doubt that at this very moment, an English-language studio remake is being plotted… one that will remove even the small charms that make it worth a look.
screencap Friday: what the flick? #142 — now with prizes!
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a TV show on DVD. Guess the TV show — you don’t need to guess the episode, just the show. And if you assume it’s something I’ve said I’m watching or said I like, you’re not necessarily on the right track.
trailer break: ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ (yet another trailer)
It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die!
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (review)
It’s sort of adorable and sort of terrifying to look at Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and see the ultimate 80s icon of sharky, sociopathic greed — Gordon Gekko — reduced to an object of quaint amusement, for both the characters onscreen and for us in the viewing audience.
question of the day: Who is the greatest American director working today?
Is the day of the auteur over? If it isn’t, who is our greatest auteur? Does it matter if Hollywood doesn’t care about directors anymore? Is that something that can be left to serious film fans?
watch it: 1950s Meadow Gold ice cream commercial
Wants me some ice cream. And also a singing cow that sounds like Bing Crosby…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: what’s really inside a Dalek
It’s not a pulsating green blob inside the Dalek warrior casing, it’s this…
what a day…
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, then you’ve likely already heard about my minor odyssey this afternoon. If not…
trailer break: ‘Enter the Void’
Gaspar Noe’s Irreversible was a brutal trip. This looks like it could be another. Do I want to put myself through that again?
