The Big Year (trailer)
It’s Eat Pray Love for guys!
Month: October 2011
question of the day: Can movies and television be too visually beautiful?
The Tree of Life is a “beautiful” film, even its detractors appear to agree. But so is every other TV commercial and throwaway police procedural.
London photo of the day: Leicester Square cleanup
Leicester Square, in the heart of central London, has been undergoing all manner of refitting and spiffing up since I arrived in January…
watch it: “AI vs. AI. Two chatbots talking to each other”
Reminds me of the classic philosophical exchange from Airplane! about what the white zone and the red zone are for.
Doctor Who thing of the day: after Christmas, no new episodes till October
“Six o’clock on a sunny Saturday is the middle of the afternoon, whereas six o’clock on a winter or autumn Saturday is dark and exciting.”
Footloose (review)
I wish I could say I didn’t know why anyone would bother xeroxing a nearly 30-year-old movie, but I do know why. And it ain’t pretty.
The Skin I Live In (review)
I’ve heard this from many a film lover: “Oh, Pedro Almodóvar! He’s such a feminist! He loves women!” I don’t see that. At all.
The Avengers (trailer)
This movie is supposed to be for boys? It’s for movies like this that women are multi-orgasmic.
question of the day: What is the most dangerous “advice” you’ve ever gleaned from a movie?
I think close to the top of the list must be the notion that you could walk calmly and slowly away from a nearby explosion without incurring severe injury.
cannot keep my eyes open…
I keep promising myself I’m gonna pull an all-nighter and clear away some backlog, but then it gets to midnight…
