Elisabeth Sladen 1948-2011
In case you haven’t already heard: Elisabeth Sladen, aka Sarah Jane Smith of Doctor Who and her own eponymous spinoff, The Sarah Jane Adventures, died this morning. She was 63 and had been ill with cancer…
journalmalism at its finest: what ‘The Independent’ thinks about its content (and its readers)
A lovely puff piece ran yesterday at The Independent. (And by “lovely” I mean ridiculous, of course.) It began with this headline…
who’s in London and wants to see ‘Thor’ tonight?
I suddenly find myself without my +1. Ya gotta be in Leicester Square by 5:30. Any takers?
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: If I Had a Time Machine…
I’d visit the Second Annual T-Rex Roundup and Shindig 66 million years ago. (Cuz we all know what happened at the first one.) Where would you go?
trailer break: ‘Cedar Rapids’
If you see one Ed Helms movie this year, it probably should be this one…
question of the day: What are you doing with all the time you’re saving by *not* consuming all the entertainments on offer?
Never watch TV? Fast-forward through the ads? Skip crap movies? Avoid time-wasting video games? Great! So how are you filling all your spare time?
watch it: “Fresh Hell” episode 1
Brent Spiner, TV’s Data, has a new Web series. He pokes fun at himself. It’s goofy.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: 47 years in 6 minutes
Before the new season begins on Saturday — woo-hoo! — here’s your quick catchup on the half-century history of the show…
Scream 4 (review)
You wanna know who the killer is? I’ll tell you who the killer is. In fact, there’s two killers: that’s the twist. Director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson worked in tandem here to murder the horror comedy… or at least their own franchise. Not that it wasn’t dead already.
trailer break: ‘William and Kate: The Movie’
This looks so gloriously cheesy that I’m actually dying to see how awful it is.
