The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (international trailer)
At least it doesn’t use the “Evil shall with evil be expelled” tagline. That was really starting to bother me…
Year: 2011
question of the day: Can a director who doesn’t know how to tell a story still be called a strong visual filmmaker?
Isn’t it all about telling a story?
London photo of the day: Muslim schoolgirls
Crossing a street in Croydon like a flock of dark birds.
deep thought (re John Cena movies)
It bothers me that WWE Studios is a thing.
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.
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…
