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Month: April 2012

watch it: Robert Downey Jr. and Nathan Fillion have some Avengers fun

Mon, Apr 30, 2012
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Nathan Fillion is such a geek.

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Doctor Who thing of the day: when the Doctor will on haven met the Beatles

Mon, Apr 30, 2012
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It sure does look like Matt Smith appears in this early photo of the Beatles. This is a real photo, completely unaltered in any way…

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation (trailer)

Mon, Apr 30, 2012
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You would have thought that some segment of the American audience would have liked to see Mel Gibson in a lineup, but this is not getting a theatrical release in North America…

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question of the day: How big can a movie get? (Or: How huge will Avengers open in North America?)

Mon, Apr 30, 2012
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What would it take for a movie to have a $200 million opening? Will it ever happen?

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London photo of the day: the loneliness of the BBC News cameraperson

Mon, Apr 30, 2012
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Waiting in the rain for news to happen.

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church of awesome: Take Your Child to Work Day… on the Death Star

Sun, Apr 29, 2012
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Clearly, the Emperor was finding his own lack of support for feminism disturbing…

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London photo of the day: rainy party garden

Sun, Apr 29, 2012
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Sad times in Morden. Forced to play inside.

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question of the weekend: What’s your favorite sort of party?

Sat, Apr 28, 2012
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An intimate dinner with a few friends? A big blowout with a hundred people getting drunk and rowdy? Something else?

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London photo of the day: “Some people are gay. Get over it!”

Fri, Apr 27, 2012
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Public service ads don’t come much blunter than this.

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why do some people think free speech is a license for cruelty? (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Apr 27, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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