Cinema du Sanity: the Harry Potter-ization of Hollywood issue
Mortal Instruments: City of Bones — we still have no idea what it’s about either, except some more damn teenagers who can do magic, apparently.
Month: August 2013
Doctor Who thing: see Peter Capaldi in “The Fires of Pompeii” free on iTunes
Of course you’ve already seen the David Tennant episode in which soon-to-be-Twelfth-Doctor Peter Capaldi appears as a Roman gentleman…
Austenland trailer: this is the movie Sony Pictures Classics doesn’t want men to see
A single woman of increasing age must be in want of a husband above all else.
London photo of the day: East End street art 7
I figure this is the tale of the mutant superpowered dessert created by a mad scientist with a sweet tooth.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec review: gloriously goofy
This is what comic-book movies look like when they’re not blown up into $200 million monstrosities: friendly and eldritch and kinda cosy even in the middle of outrageous escapades. (new DVD US)
Doctor Who thing: explore the TARDIS on Google Maps
In case there was any doubt that the fine folk of Google are enormous dorks…
Lee Daniels’ The Butler trailer: I must see this
I love stories like this, about people caught up in the sweep of history.
London photo of the day: East End street art 6
Insert graffiti here.
Kick-Ass 2 review: the mask is empty
Like a Comic-Con cosplay event gone horribly wrong, this poor excuse for an action comedy has nothing to say beyond a few expletives and nothing to offer but a shocking lack of appreciation for its own awful irony.
“why doesn’t Hollywood want a Wonder Woman film?”
Basically, girls are strange and mysterious and it’s just too hard to tell stories about them. Also: cooties. Wah!
