watch it: “Simon’s Cat in ‘Santa Claws’”
A new “Simon’s Cat” for Christmas 2010!
Year: 2010
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: four clips from the upcoming Christmas special
’Twas the week before Christmas / And all ’cross the Web / The geeks were all waiting / For new ‘Who’ from the, er, Beeb
wtf: ‘Clash of the Titans 2’ now definitely unavoidable
Maybe this was the 2012 disaster the ancient Mayans were trying to warn us about…
to give or to keep: ‘Space: 1999: The Complete Season One’ blu-ray
I have vague memories of Space: 1999 from when I was a kid, but now that I’ve been dipping into it again, for the first time since forever, I can see that I’m going to have to rewatch the entire series anew: it’s a lot thinkier and a lot more intriguing than I remember.
question of the day: Are there any celebrity breakups we actually need to know about?
Oh noes! Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are getting a divorce! Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens have broken up! Those two actors from Dexter who got married are splitting! Where will it all end? And at the holidays, no less! So sad!
watch it: 1980s Christmas Flinstones Fruity Pebbles commercial
What does artificially flavored and colored junk food breakfast cereal have to do with Christmas? Would cavepeople have celebrated Christmas? Inquiring minds want to know…
trailer break: ‘Battle: Los Angeles’
Oh please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please let this not suck.
Tron: Legacy (review)
This totally superfluous and eminently forgettable sequel to the groundbreaking 1982 flick Tron will make a bloody fortune, not because it embodies any qualities deserving of such, but out of compelling nostalgia and, well, not much else.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale movie review
You simply need to see this to believe that anyone would conceive of such an outlandishly demented Christmas fantasy. In playing with the creepy roots of the story of Santa, Rare Exports finds the grim awfulness in the supposedly pleasant fantasy…
Monsters movie review
“Sunny with a chance of creatures” could well be the weather report from this world, one not too far removed from our own, in one of the most startling movies of our new DIY filmmaking culture.
