Parker (trailer)
Oh, look: Jason Statham has a new movie. Or maybe it’s an old one. I can’t tell.
question of the day: How can we update archetypal stories and characters (such as Sherlock Holmes) to be more gender equitable?
Are there cases where it wouldn’t make the most sense to leave an entire story intact and simply change the protagonist’s gender? Would a better updating be retelling classic stories from the perspective of female characters who would have been on the periphery?
London photo of the day: skyline pileup
Though this looks like some little kid’s idea of a city skyline, this is a real view from Thameside near London Bridge station.
the audacity of Lena Dunham (and other adventures in social networking)
Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
why you need Movie Cheat Sheet (especially if you’re not a film geek)
Why haven’t you subscribed to the Movie Cheat Sheets yet? Perhaps you don’t realize what you’re missing…
Barbara (review)
An odd mutedness and puzzling lack of urgency frustrate the mood of Orwellian horror…
The Impossible (review)
It’s a disaster movie, but not as we know it…
Doctor Who thing of the day: pizza delivery by TARDIS
Because 30 minutes or less simply isn’t fast enough…
War Witch (trailer)
One of only a very few Oscar nominees I haven’t yet seen…
question of the day: Is Arrested Development on Netflix the future of “television”?
The best modern television has become far more novelistic in recent years, and this makes the debut of a new show more like the debut of a novel, something that fans will digest at their own pace that is not being dictated by the show’s creators or by the network airing it.
