weekend box office: Hellboy smash

You just can’t go wrong at the multiplex with a superhero movie, even if it’s not very good. And by “you,” I mean the studios, of course — you the moviegoer might be disappointed, but they’re already got your money at that point. Take a look at the superearnings of the top five this past … more…

why didn’t someone tell me…

…that the monthly archive thingie wasn’t updating properly? I just went to use it, and discovered that “July 2008” wasn’t showing up in the dropdown. The index for this month exists, it’s just that a link wasn’t appearing on the menu. Does this mean that no one is using those monthly archives, or that people … more…

lemme know what you think of ShareThis

UPDATE: The ShareThis widget seemed to be slowing down the site for people other than me, so I’ve switched to trying out AddThis, which unfortunately does not have an email feature, but the site-slowdown has disappeared with the removal of ShareThis, so that’s a good thing. The experiment continues. You may have noticed the new … more…

a few ‘Doctor Who’ headlines

• Russell Davies doesn’t like the obsessive core of Doctor Who fandom that consists of “mostly men who like to complain” — he calls them “mosquitoes.” But he recognizes that they’re a tiny minority. • Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy thinks Eddie Izzard would be an awesome Doctor. I agree. And in the spec Doctor Who … more…