Martha Marcy May Marlene (trailer)
Lovely trailer. Evocative, moody, stylish.
Month: October 2011
question of the day: Should the ‘Simpsons’ cast take 45 percent pay cuts so the show can continue?
Regardless of what you might think of the quality of the show lately — I think it’s been off the mark for years now — that’s sorta beside the point.
London photo of the day: guys dancing at Southbank
Guys practicing their busting of serious moves, tucked away in a lightly trafficked corner at Southbank.
critic’s minifesto #1: it’s not personal
When I review a movie, it’s never personal. It’s always about what we are presented with as an entertainment artifact.
watch it: “The Train” Stella Artois ad
This is one of the cleverest and most entertaining ads I’ve seen in a while.
Doctor Who thing of the day: bowtie tee — dress like Matt Smith’s Doctor
Thanks to TeeFury, you can now look all professorial, just like the Eleventh Doctor…
The Woman (trailer)
I’m not gonna say too much about this because the movie has to be seen to be believed.
question of the day: Where are all the benign alien first-contact stories?
Is this just too optimistic a scenario for our anxious, paranoid times? Or is something else going on?
London photo of the day: Thames at high tide
The Thames at low tide has a beach. At high tide, it doesn’t.
watch it: 19th Raindance Film Festival ad
Unlike the weird “sexy” ad I bitched about the other day, this is clever, subversive, and not sexist…
