retro ad: 1950s Pepsi commercial with James Dean
Apparently this was James Dean’s first paid work as an actor…
Year: 2011
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (terrible movie quotes)
“Never underestimate the power of puke.” –Cecil (Mason Cook)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (great movie quotes)
“Am I a pet?” –Caesar the chimp (Andy Serkis)
Doctor Who thing of the day: schoolkids write an episode for Matt Smith and a secret monster
Aww. Doctor Who was originally intended as an educational show, to teach kids about history. So this is a nice return to its roots.
The Skin I Live In (trailer)
Guns, torture, fear, pain, weird socks, motorcycles, guys in leopard suits, women in masks, ripped clothing…
question of the day: What actor(s) would you bring forward or send backward in time so they could work with stars of other eras?
Which noncontemporaries would you pair them with, and what kind of movie would they make?
London photo of the day: just say no to American spelling
Graffitied sign imploring English writers to “Just say ‘No’ to American spelling!”
watch it: Ryan Gosling breaks up a street fight in NYC’s East Village
Guys fighting in the middle of Astor Place over… something. Ryan Gosling swoops in and breaks it up. But it gets even better…
One Day (review)
There’s a lot of would-be wrenching stuff that One Day tries to pull that it doesn’t earn.
Doctor Who thing of the day: 1890s steampunk TARDIS
What if the Doctor had landed on Earth first not in the 1960s but in the 1890s? Might the TARDIS’s chameleon circuit gotten stuck on something like this?
