retro ad: 1990s Apple “The Crazy Ones” commercial
This is more recent than I usually like my retro ads to be, but today, I think I’ll break my rule.
Month: October 2011
critic’s minifesto #2: I work for you, not for the studios
When I am pushed to choose between being faithful to readers and making nice with studios, I will always — always — choose you, my dear readers.
Doctor Who thing of the day: Doctor Who Advent calendar, featuring a Dalek and a Cyberman
Because nothing says “Let us count down the days to the celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ” like genocidal cyborgs.
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (trailer)
Oh, I’m sure the movie is thoroughly disgusting, inhumane, and pointless. But what’s sorta more disgusting is all the oneupmanship going on over the promotion of it.
question of the day: Has the surprising success of ‘The Lion King in 3D’ opened Pandora’s box office?
Are we going to see a mad rush by all the studios to convert old — and not so old — movies to 3D and get them back out in multiplexes? Would that be an entirely bad thing? Would it be better if we just got unconverted classics back on a big screen?
London photo of the day: Chinatown at night
If only you could smell the street: the aroma of dumplings and yummy fried things fills the air…
real-life hobbit house in Wales
Well, the house is real. Apparently there are homo sapiens living in it, not homo hobbituses…
watch it: Orange “Phone Break” ad
This is the cleverest “turn off your phones, dumbasses” ad for multiplexes I’ve seen yet.
The Lion King in 3D (review)
However crass Disney’s motivation may have been in rereleasing the film, it’s cheering to see that even in this era of awesome home-entertainment setups and increasingly unpleasant multiplexes, people still want to see great movies on a big screen with big sound…
Doctor Who thing of the day: when is the Doctor a Sontaran?
At Christmastime, apparently!
