The Imitation Game movie review: decoding Alan Turing
A marvelous combination of thrilling intellectual adventure and sensitive portrait of a man ahead of his time both personally and professionally.
Month: November 2014
London photo: sign of freedom
Someone is going around London altering No Entry road signs to humorous or interesting effect.
The Drop movie review (London Film Festival)
Cements Tom Hardy’s reputation as one of the most effortlessly mesmerizing actors working today.
London photo: hello, Kitty
Hello Kitty keeps a lonely watch from her high-up perch.
When Animals Dream (Når dyrene drømmer) movie review (London Film Festival)
A social-realist werewolf fantasy in which burgeoning womanhood is a thing terrifying to many a man, particularly if a woman simply will not be tamed.
Open Windows movie review: click to close
A disgusting tale that imagines its tiny side dish of commentary on toxic fandom and male entitlement makes up for it being a perfect example of such.
Doctor Who blogging: “Death in Heaven”
Steven Moffat is now stealing plots from Ed Wood-esque parodies of science fiction. Because he just rewrote Chubby Rain.
behold “Too Many Cooks” and get your mind blown
Oh my god what is this I can’t even.
London photo: swanky screening room
I love the cow-print upholstery in one of the screening rooms at the Soho Hotel. (Actually, that’s probably actual cowhide.)
Hangar 10 (aka The Rendlesham UFO Incident) movie review: where has all the sci-fi gone?
Found footage has come to be an excuse for storytellers to completely bypass drama, character development, and plot in an attempt to be “authentic.”
