watch it: “This Is Melbourne…Wow!”
Not sure which is funnier in Cameron Cairnes’ hilarious short: the wonderfully depressing visuals or the Engrish subtitles.
Month: January 2012
Doctor Who thing of the day: the Doctor’s worst enemy? fans
From a few fans behaving badly, Blair extrapolates that fandom is the worst thing that ever happened to Doctor Who. Wha’?
The Secret World of Arrietty (trailer)
The British trailer from last year is a lot more magical than the North American trailer is trying to be…
question of the day: Would a coupon deal get you to a multiplex to see a movie you wouldn’t otherwise see?
It seems a Groupon deal did get some folks in the U.S. out to see One for the Money who might not otherwise have gone…
London photo of the day: prosperous dragons
On sale in Chinatown, to bring good luck and wealth for the new year. I bought two.
Chronicle (review)
The superhero origin story we have become so very familiar with in its purest form, stripped of all the pulp and all the camp that has accreted around the genre.
watch it: Ferris Bueller sells Hondas
I feel like Ralphie being told by Little Orphan Annie to drink my Ovaltine. A lousy commercial?
Doctor Who thing of the day: the Doctor goes Looney Tunes
Found this tee-hee T-shirt at TeeFury too late for us to grab it. But it’s still hugely amusing and worth marveling at…
This Means War (trailer)
From McG, who looks at Michael Bay’s movies and likes what he sees, only he wishes they weren’t so full of meaning and depth, and weren’t so damned feminist.
question of the day: Did male discomfort prevent Michael Fassbender from being nominated for an Oscar for Shame?
Did the nature of Fassbender’s performance as well as the subject matter of the film — which is so very raw about male sexuality — make male Academy voters too uncomfortable?
