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.
Year: 2013
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!
Doctor Who thing: the notion of sleeping with the Doctor is suddenly unappealing
Look, you all know what a big fan of the Doctor I am, but this freaks me out, and not in a good way…
The Hollow Crown trailer: dead kings, hot guys
Let us tell sad stories of the death of kings. And let the kings be played by the hottest guys in the land.
