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Year: 2011

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: snow Dalek at Yale

Thu, Jan 13, 2011
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The student in charge of this endeavor informs us that cone-shaped snow creatures are common in Doctor Who’s native Britain…

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The Green Hornet (review)

Thu, Jan 13, 2011
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He doesn’t exactly kick ass: he is an ass. Life as a masked crime fighter with some slick wheels to groove him around town is not the chick magnet he imagined it would be…

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question of the day: What’s the strangest movie ending you’ve ever seen?

Thu, Jan 13, 2011
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Could be good-strange, could be bad-strange, could be strange-strange. And how did the strange ending impact your overall enjoyment of the film?

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trailer break: ‘Your Highness’

Thu, Jan 13, 2011
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Rumor has it this is meant to be a comedy. I don’t see it, myself. Unless… oh, I get it: Your Highness. It’s a pot joke. Oh, that is clever.

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the death and life of my hard drive

Wed, Jan 12, 2011
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If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you may have seen the posts about the death of my hard drive. It all began yesterday morning…

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trailer break: ‘John Carpenter’s The Ward’

Wed, Jan 12, 2011
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It’s just like Shutter Island, except with girls in the shower!

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the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘The Narnia Code’

Tue, Jan 11, 2011
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It doesn’t explain why the books appeal to readers beyond those with a scholarly interest in medieval symbolism. But hey! If ordinary moviegoers and readers can be fooled into thinking this is gonna be like The DaVinci Code but more Jesus-y, who are we to quibble?

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: ‘Torchwood’ season 4 details

Tue, Jan 11, 2011
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The ten-part arc is now called “Miracle Day”… but the miracle is of a dark sort…

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question of the day: Will heated political rhetoric cool down in the wake of the Tucson shootings?

Tue, Jan 11, 2011
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We have turned what should be serious discourse about the state of the nation and our culture into a sort of circus sideshow more concerned with entertaining audiences than with addressing the many problems we face. Can this ever change?

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deep thought (re connectivity)

Tue, Jan 11, 2011
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A woman dependent upon the Internet access of others cannot truly be free.

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