London photo of the day: carnival on the Thames
Last night the Thames Festival treated Londoners to a Brazilian-style carnival parade…
Month: September 2011
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Girl Who Waited”
I didn’t sob here like, oh, “School Reunion” made me do, but there was certainly some welling up about the eyes.
watch it: picnicking with Luke Skywalker on Dagobah, from ‘Jim’ll Fix It’
I don’t mind telling you, I find something ineffably creepy about this.
Doctor Who thing of the day: a TARDIS for a telescope
Amateur astronomer Duncan Kitchin needed some sort of shelter to protect his outdoor telescope from the elements. So he did what any geek would do: he built a TARDIS for it…
Dolphin Tale (trailer)
The Blind Side meets Free Willy…
question of the day: What movie are you most looking forward to in Autumn 2011?
Okay, this is it. Summer is over. Back to school. Back to work. Put on a sweater and get serious.
London photo of the day: fireworks over the Thames
As part of the Thames Festival, there was a lovely display of fireworks over the river earlier this evening.
press release of the week: DreamWorks Animation’s Jennifer Yuh Nelson Becomes Highest-Grossing Female Director Of Worldwide Box Office Film
It’s shame that Kung Fu Panda 2 isn’t really much of an expression of Jennifer Yu Nelson-ness and is very much an expression of Big Corporate Cartoon Franchise-ness.
celeb news of the week: Steven Soderbergh does some second-unit shooting on ‘The Hunger Games’ (but he hopes you won’t notice it)
Since when do big-name celebrity hotshots take on a job that is usually thankless and typically invisible? When they’re nice guys helping out a pal.
London photo of the day: Molly the cat
Molly the cat, whom I have cat-sat a few times. Sometimes she consents to be petted.
