Breathe In review: every man’s fantasy — blech
Dear Penthouse Forum: I am an ordinary high school teacher, happily married. I never thought anything like this would happen when we hosted a beautiful, brilliant British foreign exchange student…
me on BBC Radio 4 talking about Zack Snyder’s Superman + Batman movie
If you weren’t following me on Twitter and Facebook yesterday, you may have missed my last-minute notices about my appearance on BBC Radio 4 yesterday morning. But you can listen online now.
In the House (Dans la maison) review: humour noir
As a black comedy, this never quite catches fire, though there is some mild amusement to be found in its social satire.
media scholar Marty Kaplan on why journalism sucks today
I’m not sure that Kaplan says anything that anyone here doesn’t already know, but it’s worth driving home again how much what passes for journalism today sucks, and why it needs to change.
Doctor Who thing: Steven Moffat threatens fans, wants to keep a lid on 50th-anniv promos
Comic-Con audience got two trailers, but no one else can see them (yet). What could possibly be the benefit to withholding trailers like this?
Seventh Son trailer: what the…?
So apparently there is an “acclaimed series” (of what? books? comics? a TV show?) but instead of telling that good-stuff story, this movie is merely stealing some ideas from it– er, was “inspired by” it.
London photo of the day: cheap sunglasses
My cheap sunglasses broke today. Time to get some new ones…
The Wolverine review: prickly on the outside, cuddly on the inside
There’s plenty of good summer popcorn fun, with fresh and exciting action setpieces, but this is mostly an intimate story about Logan, as a mutant and as a man.
Doctor Who thing: “I Am the Doctor” makes an appearance on The Daily Show, played by a marching band
I’d love to know who made the decision to use that piece of music. Was it an attempt to get the bit to go viral?
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire trailer: the future is now
Poor people set upon one another for the entertainment of the rich. Why does this sound so familiar?
