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London photo of the day: free Bloody Mary

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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Enticement to come into the pub on a Sunday…

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Terrence Malick, Michael Bay: artists thwarted in their art by projectionists

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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All the experimental auteurs are passing written instructions to projectionists these days…

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celebrity headlines I’d love to see

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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The Guardian’s headline about the marriage of two movie stars somehow elevates it above the level of mere gossip and turns it into something nearly shocking…

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“but the food in England is terrible!”: St. John Bread and Wine

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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That the cuisine is awful is one of the most pernicious misconceptions about Britain, right up there with the notion that the Brits all have bad teeth.

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more embargo idiocy: ‘Cars 2’

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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No one in the UK go look at reviews coming out of North America, okay? All youse guys must wait for the end of July before you may read reviews. Thank you.

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wtf: AOL is still in the dialup business?

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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I feel like I’ve just discovered that folk are still using buttonhooks to secure their shoes to their feet.

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Footloose (retro trailer)

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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A lot more dancey than the trailer for remake that’s about to be inflicted upon us…

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London photo of the day: wall of death

Sat, Jun 25, 2011
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Which is more frightening: the prospect of the wall of death, or the incipient nightmares from staring into the cold dead eyes of that horse?

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Saturday cute: Princess Leia cat

Sat, Jun 25, 2011
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The Fawwwwce is strong with this one.

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question of the weekend: How long will it be before gay marriage is taken for granted?

Sat, Jun 25, 2011
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New York State last night did something wonderful: its senate passed a gay-marriage bill, and Governor Andrew Cuomo signed it. All my gay friends in NYC are now free to be as miserable as my straight friends by getting hitched to someone totally wrong for them…

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