question of the day: Why does geek fandom hold grudges for so long?
Does it serve any purpose beyond tribal bonding? Has the Net era encouraged and amplified geek grudge-holding? Will fandom ever learn how to forgive and forget?
Month: June 2012
London photo of the day: fountains and statues
Leicester Square, finally reopened.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter movie review: met on a great battlefield
Timur Bekmambetov treats his pile-on of pulpy historical pseudo revisionism sincerely, but cheerfully so: its subversively gentle sense of humor is never so earnest that it stumbles over into cheese.
Doctor Who thing of the day: TARDIS engagement ring box
Something borrowed, something blue…
Lay the Favourite (trailer)
I’m always in for a new movie from Stephen Frears. But I do feel like I’ve seen this movie a hundred times before.
question of the day: Is Harry Potter the Antichrist?
Does the Harry Potter-ization of pop culture — stories becoming money-generating franchises from the get-go — represent a modern culture rotting at its core, as Alan Moore suggests in his new graphic novel Century 2009?
Hollywood can be taught! (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Doctor Who thing of the day: sleep with Daleks (with this Doctor Who quilt)
Graverobbergirl made this Doctor Who quilt as a wedding present for friends…
Killer Joe (trailer)
Fab. A pretty young blonde girl who has a tendency to wander through movies in soaking-wet nighties will be offered as payment to a skeezy old hired killer.
question of the day: Is there too much snark in film criticism today?
Is snark “inexcusable” in a film review? Can’t snark be both silly and meaningful?
