Saturday cute: Han Solo cross-stitch
There is, after all, that tradition of cross-stitch being used to put forth inspirational religious aphorisms. I approve of this perversion of that.
Year: 2010
question of the weekend: Snow: Love it? Hate it? Wish there was more or less of it where you live?
Christmastime is typically associated with snow, but it isn’t always in the forecast in many places that celebrate the holiday…
Friday night fortune cookie: “Bad Santa” Willie says…
“Wish in one hand, shit in the other. See which one fills up first.”
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: “The Mazes of Time” game now out for iPad and iPhone
The graphics are fun, the music is great, and there’s even lots of silly dialogue between the running away from Cybermen and Daleks…
How Do You Know (review)
I’d really like to give writer-director James L. Brooks the benefit of the doubt here, because I think — as I usually don’t about asinine romantic comedies — that he means well. He simply doesn’t seem to realize that pathologically messed up characters are neither cute nor charming.
The Tourist (review)
Who knew the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had such a sense of humor? A nomination for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, for The Tourist? Unless… No… They can’t mean “Inadvertent Comedy,” can they?
to give or to keep: ‘Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4’
I haven’t had anywhere near enough time to play with my Wii this year, which makes me very sad. But I may have to make time for this one…
screencap Friday: what the flick? #154
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.
question of the day: What are the best movie titles ever?
It doesn’t matter whether the movies attached to the titles ended up sucking. What matters is whether a title is so evocative, so imaginative, so funny, so weird, so whatever that just the title alone made you want to see the movie and hope that it would live up to the awesomeness implied by its name.
trailer break: ‘Cowboys & Aliens’
Oooo, Old West alien abduction! Missing time! Tracking implants! With six-shooters!
