Veronica Mars trailer: will this have anything for non-fans?
This trailer looks pretty generic-20something-comedy. It looks — perhaps unsurprisingly — like an for a TV show.
Year: 2014
Amsterdam photo of the day: ghostly graffiti?
Is this an old ad? Graffiti created to look mysterious?
Dirty Wars review: the self-perpetuating “War on Terror”
An infuriating and depressing look at how American foreign policy and warfare have been transformed in highly undemocratic ways, and a reminder of what real journalism looks like.
Doctor Who thing: magnificent concept art that we never saw in action
Matthew Savage is a conceptual designer who worked up some ideas for the Matt Smith era of the show.
Unforgiven (Yurusarezaru mono) trailer: Clint Eastwood goes to Japan
A Japanese-language remake of Unforgiven? Why not? Hollywood does the same in reverse all the time.
say goodbye to the Question of the Week
I wish this weren’t the way it has to be. But there simply doesn’t seem to be enough people willing to pay for what I’m doing here.
what would it take for a superhero movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
Here’s an idea: tell a story about a female superhero who has to fight not only bad guys but cultural assumptions. Cast Jennifer Lawrence.
Amsterdam photo of the day: all-seeing eye?
It kind of looks like an eye, though I’m not sure about that…
subscription drive update and testimonial from reader and subscriber Chris
I can’t keep doing this without you. Yes, you.
Amsterdam photo(s) of the day: bike parking
You cannot conceive of the hugeness of this bike parking lot.
