Insidious: Chapter 2 trailer: the haunting of Patrick Wilson
The stuff that made the first film so great couldn’t be adequately represented in a trailer, so I’m attempting to maintain my optimism here…
London photo of the day: museum chambers
Building near the British Museum with a ridiculously romantic name. I could write a whole series of 1920s murder mysteries set here…
when Paramount ruled California
Love it! It’s a 1927 map from Paramount describing which locations within driving distance of Los Angeles could stand in for farflung parts of the globe…
on the hidebound misogyny of (some) science fiction fans… and pros
Silly me. I always thought of SF as a genre that encourages freethinking and lets the imagination roam beyond the mainstream.
Cinema du Sanity: the Man of Steel issue
Why American conservatives love Superman (apparently they don’t realize he’s an illegal immigrant); the Henry Cavill workout; and more.
Doctor Who thing: Godzilla beats Dalek
I love everything about this image…
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug trailer: an epic of epic epicness
By god, Peter Jackson is going to squeeze all the epicness he can out of The Hobbit, even if it kills us.
London photo of the day: cranes in the skyline
Not birds but construction equipment, as the London cityscape undergoes radical changes.
Doctor Who thing: how Daleks roller-skate
Apparently, it’s typically by being roller chicks dressed as Daleks.
Hummingbird (aka Redemption) trailer: starring Jason Statham as Jason Statham
Except Jason Statham has a friend who’s a nun here, so this will be more arty than the usual Jason Statham film. Or I can hope, anyway.
