Doctor Who thing of the day: DW the top show on U.S. iTunes
Are you watching Doctor Who in the U.S.? Are you watching it after downloading it from iTunes? If so, you’re not alone.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (review)
Oh, glorious steampunk! Oh, glorious Victoriana! Oh, for a time when men were men (and not little boys) and industry meant hard work (and not corporate malfeasance) and optimism (and not despair) ruled the day. When the future was so bright, you hadda wear shades.
Battleship (trailer)
I can see now that this is going to be a movie the terribleness of which I shall be obsessed with.
question of the day: What is the magic equation to gets people to go to the movies… or to stay away?
Or, why we probably shouldn’t be too excited that New Year’s Eve flopped…
London photo of the day: the closest I will ever be to Simon Le Bon
I was at the O2 arena tonight for Duran Duran live on stage. Lemme tell ya, if you’ve never been in a crowd of 20,000 40something women all having orgasms during “Hungry Like the Wolf,” you have not lived.
Doctor Who thing of the day: missing 1960s episodes found
It astonishes me to this day, though it’s a thing I learned many many years ago, that in the early days of television, no one bothered to archive much of what was produced and broadcast…
Dreams of a Life (trailer)
One of my haunting almost subconscious phobias has always been dying alone, and no one missing me for days or weeks. And you think, Well, that never happens.
question of the day: Should advertising on television be more regulated?
Right-wing Christians complain that a TV show about Muslims is too nice to them, and gets an advertiser to pull its ads. All hell breaks loose…
London photo of the day: if you can’t beat the 1 percent…
Selfridges on Oxford Street is going for a Versailles-before-the-Revolution motif for Christmas…
classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Time-Flight”
Let us be kind and say that this is not one of the most successful Doctor Who stories ever…
