trailer break: ‘Plastic Planet’
Mmmm, plastic in the water. Plastic in our blood. Progress!
question of the day: If ‘Huck Finn’ is better without the word “nigger,” what movies could be similarly improved?
We should start by removing all the violence from The Godfather — that gives children terrible ideas! — and all the dead corpses from Schindler’s List: so unpleasant!
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Trevor Eve says ‘Doctor Who’ is too expensive
An excellent way to get attention in the British press? Say anything at all about Doctor Who… and if it’s sure to piss off fans, all the better…
trailer break: ‘The Illusionist’
A new film from the director of The Triplets of Belleville has gotta be a good thing…
question of the day: What button would you add to your TV remote control?
I’d love one that flips right past Fox News… or, indeed, any channel I don’t want to even accidentally expose my brain too. My cable remote has a “favorite channel” feature, but it would be much easier if there were a “hated channel” option…
watch it: “December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse”
It’s not “Idiot with a Tripod,” but it is 20 hours in 40 seconds, and shit-ton of snow.
my apartment is almost empty…
…and the rooms echo not only with sound but with lost opportunities…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: TARDIS for squirrels
From AnimalTourism.com, which reports that the resident squirrels in New York’s Tompkins Square Park had tried to do some transdimensional engineering on their home…
watch it: “‘Idiot with a Tripod’ (aka, ‘Man in a Blizzard’)”
Roger Ebert believes this film deserves to win an Oscar for best live-action short…
wtf: BBC America is getting into “original programming”
I thought the whole point of BBC America was to have a place to air BBC programming in the U.S…
