‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Bill Bailey plays all the music ever from ‘Doctor Who’
It’s sorta uncanny how spot on Bailey is in boiling down the eternal soundtrack to classic Who…
watch it: 1970s Fritos commercial
I forgot I remembered that jingle — “Muncha buncha, muncha buncha Fritos go with lunch” — until I heard it again here.
question of the day: Why do most Americans tune out the rest of the world’s pop culture?
I’ve been astonished when I’ve traveled outside the U.S. how easily ordinary, mainstream, comparatively unadventurous consumers of media are able to digest the output of cultures beyond their own. The majority Americans seem unable or unwilling to do that. But why?
foxes!
I can hear foxes screaming outside. It’s like this almost every night. The little buggers run rampant over nocturnal London…
Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss in ‘The Children’s Hour’ (West End): give it a miss
Did director Ian Rickson make the conscious decision to replace emotion with a studied old-fashionedness? If so, why?
watch it: “Han Solo, P.I.”
What if Han Solo were a sexy roguish private investigator? I’d be in my bunk, for one…
yesterday I was mistaken for a local…
I was meandering my way from Victoria Station to the Soho Screening Rooms yesterday when I was stopped near Picadilly Circus by tourists hauling luggage who wondered if I could help them find their hotel. And I could!
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Dalek tea cosy
Would. You. Like. A. Cup. Of. Tea?
trailer break: ‘Red Riding Hood’
Well, now, could this be a dark and grim exploration of adolescent female sexuality, like the original tale was (sometimes a big bad wolf is more than just a big bad wolf)? Or will it get watered down into something wishy-washing and Twilight-y?
question of the day: Has Kevin Smith finally gone mad… or is he brilliant?
Smith wants his fans to pay $60 to see his new movie, Red State, in order to support independent filmmaking and independent distribution. Could any movie possibly be worth that, even to Smith’s legions of fans?
