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Month: February 2012

In the Land of Blood and Honey (review)

Fri, Feb 24, 2012
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Written and directed by actress Angelina Jolie, there is nevertheless nothing “Hollywood” about this film: it stars local actors and is in the local languages, and it shies not one whit from the horrors of the Bosnian civil war.

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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (review)

Fri, Feb 24, 2012
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I appreciate that many people have many problems with this movie, but I confess that I don’t quite understand them…

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cute animal video: “cat hug rabbit”

Fri, Feb 24, 2012
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Cats and rabbits living together! Mass cutesteria!

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Doctor Who thing of the day: Whatculture! predicts the end of DW in 2014!

Fri, Feb 24, 2012
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Is this an honest, well-considered prediction, or is it a bit of all-in-good-fun fannish apocalypse mongering?

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Black Gold (trailer)

Fri, Feb 24, 2012
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It’s Lawrence of Arabia with oil! And Antonio Banderas! Yum.

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question of the day: How many of the Oscar-nominated movies have you seen?

Fri, Feb 24, 2012
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Do you typically, from year to year, make a point of seeing as many as you can? If you haven’t seen all or many of them, will you later try to see at least those that won?

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London photo of the day: chicken soup for the New Yorker’s soul

Fri, Feb 24, 2012
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Was this put in the Sainsbury’s especially for me by the comfort fairies, who knew I have a head cold coming on?

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Sarah Palin supporters haven’t seen that new HBO movie, but they hate it anyway (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Feb 24, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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retro ad: hilariously sexist 1960s Xerox commercial

Thu, Feb 23, 2012
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Xerox! Enabling women’s incompetence and men’s willingness to put up with it since 1960!

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Doctor Who thing of the day: meanwhile, in Britain…

Thu, Feb 23, 2012
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Probably a fairly regular occurrence…

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