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Month: September 2013

it’s bliss to be up early for…?

Sat, Sep 28, 2013
15 comments

Seeing Stonehenge at sunrise — twice — has been one of the most memorable experiences of my life…

| 15 Comments

London photo of the day: Vietnamese spring rolls

Fri, Sep 27, 2013
3 comments

Lunch today, from the Real Food Festival at Southbank…

| 3 Comments

Dark Touch review: Carrie on and on

Fri, Sep 27, 2013
1 comment

Elegantly atmospheric indie horror drama plumbs typically unseen depths of children’s coping mechanisms in the face of terrible real-life experience.

| 1 Comment

Doctor Who thing: last chance for tickets to the 50th-anniv celebration in London

Fri, Sep 27, 2013
1 comment

But you have to fill out a ballot, by phone or online — by Monday Sep 30 10am BST — for a chance to buy tickets.

| 1 Comment

The Network trailer: bringing television back to Afghanistan

Fri, Sep 27, 2013
2 comments

I love documentaries like this one, that make you consider a new aspect of a messy, complicated situation that you hadn’t ever thought about before…

| 2 Comments

London photo of the day: James and Alison’s excellent adventure

Fri, Sep 27, 2013
1 comment

Shot from a bus in Shoreditch.

| 1 Comment

Austenland review: bomb and bombasticity

Fri, Sep 27, 2013
8 comments

Austenland, allow me to tell you how ardently I loathe and despise you.

| 8 Comments

Runner Runner review: yawner yawner

Thu, Sep 26, 2013
4 comments

Dull and perfunctory, this is a crime thriller that sets itself up as a revenge story but can’t manage to drum up any excitement or suspense, and precious little revenge, either.

| 4 Comments

Doctor Who thing: original TARDIS blueprints uncovered!

Thu, Sep 26, 2013
3 comments

Not the Gallifreyan version but the BBC version, the floorplan for shooting “An Unearthly Child” half a century ago tomorrow.

| 3 Comments

Parkland trailer: we are all Zapruders now

Thu, Sep 26, 2013
5 comments

Just in time for the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Oh… goodie?

| 5 Comments
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