On the Road (trailer)
Very much looking forward to this one. I loved Walter Salles’ Motorcycle Diaries, and this has a similar look and feel, so that’s promising. Also: Jack Kerouac.
Year: 2012
question of the day: Which villains deserve stories of their own?
Pop culture is full of villains bursting with personality and charisma or merely so terrifyingly capable of evoking horror that we cannot look away from them. Yet these awesome bad guys inevitably take a backseat to the square-jawed white-bread hero. Time to rectify that.
London photo of the day: how Will Shakespeare saw the Globe
Approaching the replica Globe Theatre (the white building on the left) from the Thames.
Russell T. Davies has crossed Doctor Who with Harry Potter! (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Casa de Mi Padre (review)
A little bit Mel Brooks, a little bit Airplane!: subtle humor that slips under your radar instead of bashing you over the head is what makes Casa one of the more adventurous comedies in recent years…
Doctor Who thing of the day: when the Doctor invades your office memos
Q: Why do you have a Christmas tree up so early? C. Time lords. It’s really rather complicated, but it was necessary to save Christmas from the Daleks. Also: don’t blink.
Stitches (trailer)
Oh, look. It’s a horror comedy about a masked slasher who kills teenagers. Such originality!
question of the day: Should playing World of Warcraft exclude someone from political office?
A Democratic candidate in Maine is being targeted by Republicans as unfit for office because she has a fantasy gaming life as an orc warrior. Yes, this is really happening…
London photo of the day: beautified construction site
Or just a blank canvas some graffiti artist found irresistible.
is VOD the new direct-to-DVD? (and other adventures in social networking)
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