London photo of the day: the BT through the trees
The BT Tower as seen from Tottenham Court Road.
The Purge review: good, decent, patriotic violence
Asks us to look anew — and askance — at conventions of cinematic horror while also engaging in startling satire of America’s culture of violence. (new DVD/VOD UK; also US/Can)
Doctor Who thing: the “Doctor Who is racist” story is overblown
The fact that no one has read the upcoming book Doctor Who and Race yet didn’t stop “Doctor Who is racist!” — or, the slightly less virulent “Is Doctor Who racist?” — headlines from proliferating around the Web…
This Is the End greenband trailer: because the redband spoils too much
I’ve often found myself wondering, Which celebrities would survive the Apocalypse? Now we know.
London photo of the day: mews at twilight
Colville Place, in Fitzrovia. I could live here, too.
redirects and Disqus now fully operational!
I think just about everything is now operating in the new WordPress site…
Doctor Who thing: what if the Doctors were played by American women?
Florence Henderson as the Fourth Doctor? Tina Fey as the Tenth Doctor? Hell, yes…
The East trailer: Brit Marling intrigues me again, but I am forewarned
Finally making the globo energy corps pay for their crimes! Looks and sounds great. But I’ve said that before about Brit Marling’s work…
London photo of the day: you have a talent for causing things pain
Legacy signage near the British Museum.
Cinema du Sanity: the geek issue
How to explain Benedict Cumberbatch to the uninitiated, and more.
