Netflix really did not think this Qwikster thing through, did they?
Um, @Qwikster is already taken… by someone doing an excellent impersonation of a subliterate 14-year-old idiot who thinks he’s extremely cool.
Drive (review)
Remember Drive Angry? (I hope you don’t.) This is not that movie. This is Drive Calm. This is Drive Cool.
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The God Complex”
This is a wonderful episode: creepy, poignant, scary, funny. This is what Doctor Who can do that no other show can: be this surreal and this grounded at the same time.
Netflix’s mea culpa (or, the beginning of the end of Netflix?)
Seems to me like separating out the streaming and the by-mail services and their Web sites will only make a customer-service disaster even worse.
Johnny English Reborn (trailer)
Well, that’s just silly. They should call it Double-Oh-Bean.
question of the day: What do you think of the Emmy Awards results?
The Emmy Awards for excellence in American television were handed out last night, and one of the biggest winners wasn’t American at all: Downton Abbey…
London photo of the day: giant ad puts you on the red carpet
Weird and creepy ad at the East Croydon rail station makes you feel like you’re walking a red carpet with photographers shouting at you.
BBC iPlayer’s volume goes to 11
I can’t believe I only just noticed this…
London photo of the day: house full in the West End
The box office is open, but don’t try getting a ticket for tonight.
Straw Dogs (1971) (retro trailer)
Gotta love this trailer. “See Straw Dogs! Starring Dustin Hoffman and some chick’s nipples!”
