to be or not to be: Derek Jacobi as Hamlet

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To be or not to be? Is there a third choice somewhere in the middle? I’m astonished to discover that I’m not crazy about this Hamlet, either the production on the whole or Jacobi as the melancholy Dane. Though much of that is a function of the production values of the time and my own … more…

Catherine Zeta-Jones on the TARDIS?

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More from WENN.com via IMDB: Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has been tipped to star in a movie version of cult sci-fi series Doctor Who – by the man credited with reviving the show. Writer Russell T Davies brought the British programme back to TV screens in 2005 after a nine-year absence. BBC bosses were recently … more…

oh my god won’t someone think of the children?!

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WENN.com via the Internet Movie Database reports: Batman comic bosses are pulping tens of thousands of copies of the latest Dark Knight adventure because a printing error has left it filled with swear words. Profanities that were meant to be blacked out to spare the blushes of young readers were not printed dark enough – … more…

for fun: ‘Star Trek’ 20 Questions

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Oh man, this is hilarious: Star Trek 20 Questions. You think of a thing, place, or sentient being from the Trek universe, and then the AI asks you questions in an attempt to guess what you’re thinking of. The AI learns from the players’ answers, which means I probably broke it, because even though I … more…

trailer break: ‘Appaloosa’

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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… It’s Unforgiven meets Shanghai Noon… without the laughs! This is the second movie from Ed Harris as a director (after 2000’s Pollack), and — kidding aside — it looks like my kind of movie, full of action and emotion and, well, Viggo Mortensen. I have to … more…

screencap Friday: what the flick? #36

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Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from one of the DVDs in my collection (and it’s definitely from a movie, not a TV show). Guess the movie for fun and, well, fun. No prizes, just bragging rights. But hey: one guess per comment — no fair hogging all the guesses.