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Month: May 2012

clearly, Loki is Lore…

Mon, May 07, 2012
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Loki is not the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, as someone on the Internet seems to think…

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watch it: “Female Armor Sucks”

Mon, May 07, 2012
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This takes a ridiculously long time to get to a point that isn’t something obvious…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: Skyfall director Sam Mendes says James Bond is like the Doctor

Mon, May 07, 2012
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Mendes sees Bond as “regenerating”…

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That’s My Boy (redband and greenband trailers)

Mon, May 07, 2012
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Difficult as it may be to believe, the greenband trailer for this film is far more offensive than the redband…

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question of the day: Are superhero films popular because our real leaders have failed us?

Mon, May 07, 2012
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If it isn’t a failure of faith in our leaders that has made superhero films so popular in recent years, just what is it about this moment that has caused a resurgence in superheroes’ popularity?

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London photo of the day: I always thought Harry Potter was a little square…

Mon, May 07, 2012
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Portrait of Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter created entirely out of Lego bricks.

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Avengers has the first $200 million opening weekend in North America (and other adventures in social networking)

Mon, May 07, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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London photo of the day: pug puppy

Sun, May 06, 2012
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Rarely seen in the wild. Name of Harry. Captured on Hampstead Heath…

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even Variety thinks critics should be objective (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, May 06, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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streamlining a few things around here

Sat, May 05, 2012
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I’m constantly experimenting with ways I could be doing things better around here…

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