question of the day: Is Hollywood trying to kill the DVD rental business?
Have you come across DVD rental copies of movies that are somehow disabled or hobbled? Have you seen other evidence of an attempt to squash the rental business?
London photo of the day: New York Yankees caps
For some reason, New York Yankees caps are a thing here.
Miss Bala (review)
There is a whole lotta frustration to be found in a movie about a woman forced to play men’s games who doesn’t fight back… not even a little.
Machine Gun Preacher movie review
Gerard Butler gets Jesus. But not — this is my favorite thing about this movie — in an obnoxious way.
classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Earthshock”
Looking at this story again, in the light of distance and in seeing reflections of what Doctor Who has become since 2005, I realize there was so much more that impacted me, and that it’s so much richer than I realized at the time.
church of awesome: Sexism In Games Bingo
So sad that this is funny…
G-Men (retro trailer)
We catch a glimpse of a cinema marquee showing this 1935 classic in the trailer for Clint Eastwood’s new FBI flick J. Edgar…
London photo of the day: Wimbledon bonfire
The bonfire at last night’s Guy Fawkes festivities in Wimbledon Park. (You can just make out the effigy in the center of the conflagration.)
Saturday cute: zombie Nativity set
Halloween is over. Time to start thinking about Christmas. But there’s no reason why you can’t combine these two joyous occasions…
question of the weekend: What are your most loved and most hated fonts?
My most hated font is one so basic and so ubiquitous that most people don’t even notice it: Times New Roman. I hate how bland and conserative it is.
