things you need to know: James Bond no longer shaving…
Fashion journalists reeling from the unanticipated trend this will inspire. Razor companies declaring bankruptcy…
Year: 2012
Pariah (review)
Writer-director Dee Rees, in an assured feature debut, expands on her award-winning 2007 short of the same name to tell a story all but ignored in pop culture: the coming out of a black teen lesbian.
watch it: “The Muppets Attack Fox News”
Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy have something to say about Fox News calling the Muppets “communist.”
Doctor Who thing of the day: Murray Gold on YouTube jamming out his own Eleventh Doctor theme music
The Internet is full of win.
Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie (trailer)
I’m gonna go ahead and guess that they spent somewhat less than a billion dollars on this movie…
question of the day: If you were stuck on a ledge, how would you waste the time?
And why the heck are you on a ledge in the first place?
London photo of the day: heads on spikes outside New Scotland Yard
Okay, so it’s not exactly heads on spikes. But it’s the modern equivalent.
watch it: “This Is Melbourne…Wow!”
Not sure which is funnier in Cameron Cairnes’ hilarious short: the wonderfully depressing visuals or the Engrish subtitles.
Doctor Who thing of the day: the Doctor’s worst enemy? fans
From a few fans behaving badly, Blair extrapolates that fandom is the worst thing that ever happened to Doctor Who. Wha’?
The Secret World of Arrietty (trailer)
The British trailer from last year is a lot more magical than the North American trailer is trying to be…
