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Year: 2012

NYC as Middle Earth — welcome to the Mines of Astoria (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Dec 08, 2012
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Dec 01-07 2012

Sat, Dec 08, 2012
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Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…

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question of the weekend: What nasty or negative qualities do you recognize in yourself, and how do you combat them?

Sat, Dec 08, 2012
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It can be really hard for me to accept help, even when it’s offered willingly, because I hate feeling dependent…

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Brussels photo of the day: view from the top

Sat, Dec 08, 2012
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Looking down on the Christmas market in Place Sainte-Catherine…

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bow before the sci-fi nativity (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Dec 08, 2012
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Heleno (review)

Fri, Dec 07, 2012
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Avoids the game of the world’s first sports superstar to instead place a lurid focus on his other notorious public exploits…

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Seven Psychopaths (London Film Festival review)

Fri, Dec 07, 2012
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Bursting with equal parts exasperation, despair, cultural criticism, and black comedy…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: have brekkie with the Eggsterminator

Fri, Dec 07, 2012
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Would make a nice stocking stuffer for someone who dreams of destroying all life in the universe.

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So Undercover (trailer)

Fri, Dec 07, 2012
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Like cool, it’s 21 Jump Street meets Miss Congeniality 2 meets oh my god make it stop.

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question of the day: How could TV be more experimental?

Fri, Dec 07, 2012
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In what other ways, beyond breaking the fourth wall, could TV do something different? Or is stuff like this simply too arty for mainstream TV audiences? Why isn’t there room, on a hundred-plus channels, for something more arty?

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