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Month: June 2011

watch it: “Kids Reenact Summer Blockbusters: Green Lantern”

Mon, Jun 27, 2011
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More entertaining — and comprehensible! — than the blockbuster version.

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: River Song doesn’t like the TARDIS noise, okay?

Mon, Jun 27, 2011
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I hadn’t picked up on this, but other fans did…

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (second trailer)

Mon, Jun 27, 2011
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One last trailer before we get the final film.

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question of the day: When celebrities clash, is it okay to declare winners and losers, or is that just too much meanspirited fun for mere mortals to have?

Mon, Jun 27, 2011
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For example: Darren Aronofsky and Rachel Weisz split up; he goes on to have the biggest hit of his career, she marries James Bond. Who wins?

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I don’t have a lot to say about ‘Falling Skies’…

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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…right now except that it is everything I wanted the new V and The Walking Dead to be, and weren’t.

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London photo of the day: free Bloody Mary

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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Enticement to come into the pub on a Sunday…

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Terrence Malick, Michael Bay: artists thwarted in their art by projectionists

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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All the experimental auteurs are passing written instructions to projectionists these days…

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celebrity headlines I’d love to see

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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The Guardian’s headline about the marriage of two movie stars somehow elevates it above the level of mere gossip and turns it into something nearly shocking…

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“but the food in England is terrible!”: St. John Bread and Wine

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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That the cuisine is awful is one of the most pernicious misconceptions about Britain, right up there with the notion that the Brits all have bad teeth.

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more embargo idiocy: ‘Cars 2’

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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No one in the UK go look at reviews coming out of North America, okay? All youse guys must wait for the end of July before you may read reviews. Thank you.

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