deep thought (re ‘The Lion King’ in 3D)
You’d think Hollywood might get a clue that something is wrong with The Movies when the biggest flick in North America, by far, is a 20-year-old cartoon.
Year: 2011
watch it: “Stephen Fry vs Ann Widdecombe: Catholic Church Debate”
Comedian Stephen Fry debates former Conservative Party MP Ann Widdecombe about the worth and usefulness of the Catholic Church. Hilarity ensues.
things you need to know: women with large breasts are whores, unless they wear burkas (this means you, Christina Hendricks)
Hendricks should learn how to be a modest lady and starve herself down to a size 0 A cup. Obviously.
Doctor Who thing of the day: What would be in your room in “The God Complex”’s hotel?
I know you’ve thought about it: What would be in your room in that bizarre prison? What would be your “most primal fear” that would torment you in your “tailor-made hell”?
Netflix really did not think this Qwikster thing through, did they?
Um, @Qwikster is already taken… by someone doing an excellent impersonation of a subliterate 14-year-old idiot who thinks he’s extremely cool.
Drive (review)
Remember Drive Angry? (I hope you don’t.) This is not that movie. This is Drive Calm. This is Drive Cool.
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The God Complex”
This is a wonderful episode: creepy, poignant, scary, funny. This is what Doctor Who can do that no other show can: be this surreal and this grounded at the same time.
Netflix’s mea culpa (or, the beginning of the end of Netflix?)
Seems to me like separating out the streaming and the by-mail services and their Web sites will only make a customer-service disaster even worse.
Johnny English Reborn (trailer)
Well, that’s just silly. They should call it Double-Oh-Bean.
question of the day: What do you think of the Emmy Awards results?
The Emmy Awards for excellence in American television were handed out last night, and one of the biggest winners wasn’t American at all: Downton Abbey…
