London photo of the day: old-fashioned bus back on duty
One of the old-style buses that have been dragged back into service to cope with the commuter overflow during the Tube strike.
Year: 2014
Doctor Who thing: Peter Capaldi gets a Doctor Puppet!
Can’t wait to see him in a Doctor Puppet adventure.
Divergent trailer: but will it pass the reverse Bechdel Test?!
Girl protagonist. Woman villain. Now we’re getting somewhere.
Amsterdam photo of the day: Central Station at night
Where the trains go.
Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts (86th Academy Awards) review
There is a single thread running through these shorts, and it is deeply existential and irreducibly personal: How do we save ourselves?
Benedict Cumberbatch, a very manly Muppet
Cumberbatch and some Sesame Street denizens compare apples to oranges…
The Amish: Shunned review: outside looking back in
A poignant documentary about those who have been cast out of their culture and coping with a larger society for which they are unprepared.
Doctor Who thing: the English village that has its own K9
I learned about the Bere Alston K9 because he was recently dognapped.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier trailer: another city slated for massive Avengers damage
It cannot be good for property values to be anywhere in the same metropolitan area as these heroes.
Amsterdam photo of the day: proof that Simon Pegg is a time-traveler
Alternate title: Simon Pegg likes it ruff.
