London photo of the day: street art in Soho
Not sure what was going on here in Wardour Street in Soho this afternoon…
Doctor Who thing of the day: screenings of classic stories in NYC
At the Paley Center for Media in Manhattan, all summer long…
The Master (trailer)
Disappointed to learn that this is not a film about the renegade Time Lord who has been hounding the Doctor for centuries.
question of the day: Could there ever be a detective film noir with a female lead and a homme fatale?
We see hardbitten woman detectives on TV a lot these days (though not so much in movies yet); it’s the homme fatale bit that’s harder to see working in a serious way…
teh ladies love superhero romance (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the weekend: Has your handwriting gotten worse over the years?
If so, does it even matter if there’s no need to write much by hand? Should we worry, as a culture, about all of us losing a valuable skill? Or is it no different from how nobody today knows how to use a button hook?
London photo of the day: when bus drivers strike!
Nomally this display at the bus stop tells you when the next buses are due to arrive. Today, bus drivers were on strike over extra pay during the Olympics…
FilmCritic.com is just totally gone (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
The Five-Year Engagement (review)
There simply never seems to be any reason why lovebirds Tom and Violet can’t just get married already. Unless the film is delivering an object lesson to uppity career ladies…
Doctor Who thing of the day: Dalek-free workplace
I bet the Doctor works here. He just can’t seem to shake those metal buggers.
