retro ad: 1980s Japanese Legend of Zelda commercial
Well dangnumit if this ain’t one of the freakiest things I’ve ever seen.
Month: July 2011
Surrey Hills photo of the day: amazing dead tree
Beautiful carcasses of a fallen tree.
Torchwood: Miracle Day: Episode 2: “Rendition” (review)
I’m struggling here to have some fun with “Miracle Day.” Because otherwise I’d be crying.
Bobby Fischer Against the World (review)
Garbus’s portrait of Bobby Fischer as a lonely child and a monomanical young chess player becomes a portrait of his times as well…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: the Doctor now on Facebook
The Doctor himself isn’t on Facebook — I doubt he has time to update his status when he’s running from Daleks — but Doctor Who the show is, streaming over your computer for 15 FB credits apiece.
watch it: “SPELLFURY: Episode 11 – I Get Grok’d Down, But I Get Up Again”
You know that fine line between clever and stupid? I’m not really sure which side of that line this is on.
Sarah’s Key (trailer)
Ooo. A World War II story that isn’t about Nazis? That makes for a refreshing change.
question of the day: Would Russian, Ukrainian, and South Korean audiences really avoid ‘Captain America’ if it were called ‘Captain America’?
If there truly is strong anti-American sentiment in these places, wouldn’t people there avoid Hollywood movies altogether?
Surrey Hills photo of the day: leafy round trail
At nighttime, I would expect Black Riders to attack here.
Winnie the Pooh: slayer of feminist fantasies
Every single character but one in ‘Winnie the Pooh’ is male… and the only female character is defined exclusively by her gender. Just like every other movie.
