The House I Live In review: incarceration nation
Whatever your politics, you will find things to astonish and flabbergast and enrage you in this cool-headed examination of America’s War on Drugs.
Doctor Who thing: TARDIS Transformer toy (you can make yourself)
If you have access to a 3D printer, you can download the instructions and make one for yourself.
Prince Avalanche trailer: dudes painting lines
Paul Rudd is so often so misused or underused onscreen. Maybe he’ll have a chance to shine here.
London photo of the day: rainy street
In Covent Garden.
“scholar asserts that Hollywood avidly aided Nazis”
I’m not sure why this is coming as any surprise to anybody. Hollywood is big business. Big business had no problem doing big business with the Nazis. It was just, you know, good business.
Doctor Who thing: spectacular fan-made 50th-anniversary trailer
In 3D! But you need the red/blue glasses.
Grown Ups 2 trailer: why why why why why why why why?
This gives me such pain that I cannot even take pleasure in seeing Adam Sandler pissed on by an enraged buck.
how easily do you identify with opposite-sex protagonists in movies (or TV, or books)?
I’m particularly interested to hear from men about whatever limited experience they might have being forced to identity with a female hero.
London photo of the day: medium plate £6.50
Restaurant window in Soho.
do you want algorithms recommending movies to you, or an honest-to-god human being?
Netflix wants you to feel comfortable with Max, its new algorithm for suggesting what you might like to watch. But it’s just a bit of code.
