the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘The Killer Robots and the Battle for the Cosmic Potato’
It’s enjoyable. They assure us of this, so it must be true.
Gulliver’s Travels (review)
If you’ve been possessed of a burning desire to behold Jack Black’s belly flab in 3D, then I am delighted to announce that your moment has arrived. What’s that? You say it’s Black’s buttcrack you crave the sight of, rendered in three glorious dimensions? This, my friend, is your lucky day.
watch it: “A Very Zombie Holiday (Instructional video)”
We’re smack in the middle of the 12 Days of Christmas, so it’s best to be prepared for any contingency this festive season.
trailer break: ‘The Dilemma’
Welcome to the craptacular movies of January.
question of the day: Is what Wikileaks does journalism?
Sorry if it seems I’m obsessed with Julian Assange and Wikileaks, but I do think this may well be the most important issue of the moment, because what happens as a result of it will impact how our society will discuss everything else: either entirely freely, or fettered by corporate and governmental constraints…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: “The Twelve Doctors of Christmas”
Tor.com, the blog of the science fiction book publisher, has embarked upon a holiday-week series paying tribute to our favorite Time Lord…
Anna Nicole Smith, destroyer of nations; Sam Worthington apologizes for ‘Clash of the Titans’; Net neutrality threatened (again); more: leftover links
Plus, Apple versus Wikileaks, the end of TV as we know it, and more…
trailer break: ‘The Way Back’
Reminds me of Alive!, about the rugby players who walked out of the Andes…
question of the day: What movie are you ashamed to admit you’ve never seen?
I keep putting off posting this question because I’m so embarrassed to answer it myself, but it’s time to bite the bullet…
watch it: “Beavis and Butthead Season’s Greetings Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”
Now begins the Christmas after-party.
