Philomena trailer: give Judi Dench back her son!
Steve Coogan, Judi Dench, Stephen Frears. So much goodness in yet another story about the inhuman awfulness of the Catholic Church. Hooray, I guess.
Year: 2013
London photo of the day: big blue cock
No, it’s not Avatar porn. It’s the large art chicken gazing out over Trafalgar Square.
Blue Caprice (aka The Washington Snipers) review
Thoughtful performances and grim visual elegance aren’t enough to save this portrait of abuse and control twisted into banal evil from becoming too banal to have much bite.
Doctor Who thing: has a treasure trove of lost episodes been rediscovered?
Good news, everyone! Maybe!
Le Week-end trailer: ah, Paris!
Ah, Jeff Goldblum! Ah, Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan!
what is your geek idiosyncrasy?
Turns out I am incapable of showing up at a multiplex later than a movie’s posted start time. Even when I know there will be 20 minutes of idiotic commercials before the movie actually starts.
London photo of the day: cafe open
Where to eat in N22.
Machete Kills review: justice is bloody (hilarious)
Forget about the socially conscious core that fueled the exploitation engine of the first film. This one is flat-out, no-message action comedy, outrageous and hilarious.
site was down for much of the day today
My host was having some issues but clearly those are fixed now. But now it’s late in my time zone so fuck it. Maybe I’ll have something for you tomorrow…
London photo of the day: Shake Shack!
I finally got to the new(ish) Shake Shack in Covent Garden…
