watch it: “Sesame Street: SpiderMonster, The Musical – Sneak Peek!”
Was Sesame Street this topical when I was a kid?
Year: 2011
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: already there’s a teaser for “Let’s Kill Hitler”
Take a look at the 12 seconds of actual content in this BBC teaser video. Now let’s spend the next three months debating what it means.
Larry Crowne (trailer)
Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts together again! Methinks someone is trying to recapture the magic of Charlie Wilson’s War…
question of the day: What fictional boogeyman — zombie, vampire, Giger Alien, Oompa Loompa, etc — do you need to protect yourself against?
It just now bubbled up to my conscious mind that I cannot let my feet hang over the edge of the bed lest I lose a few toes to the monster under the bed. Someone could make a pretty penny designing a monster-under-the-bed-proof bed.
watch it: “World Builder”
Lovely short by filmmaker Bruce Branit.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: nobody knows what the hell is going on with Season 7, not even Twitter
If only we had a TARDIS and could pop ahead to see what we’ll get, Doctor Who wise, in the next year or so. But we don’t. But have only Twitter…
Stake Land (trailer)
If I hadn’t already seen this flick, I’d say, What? Really? Another zombie movie? But I have seen this, and it’s fantastic. More on that soon…
question of the day: What’s the grossest food or eating-related movie or scene?
Does ”Soylent green is people!” or chilled monkey brains put you off your food?
watch it: “1 Guy Took A Picture Of His Face Every Day For 8 Years!”
This is oddly mesmerizing, and also just plain odd.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Amy’s voiceover intro for the international episodes — good or bad?
I was a little upset to hear from friends and fellow Doctor Who fans in the U.S. that the BBC America versions of the episodes in the current season have been opening with a voiceover by Amy, setting up the scenario. It makes it sound as if the show is all about Amy, which it isn’t…
