Sleep Dealer (review)
Made on the cheap compared to Hollywood flicks, this thrillingly original and heartfelt Mexican film is a truly human story about the impact of technology on individuals and on society.
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‘Torchwood’ blogging: “Children of Earth: Day Two”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen ALL five episodes of *Children of Earth*!
‘Torchwood’ blogging: “Children of Earth: Day One”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen ALL five episodes of *Children of Earth*!
Goodbye Solo (review)
He’s the best American filmmaker working today whom you’ve never heard of: Ramin Bahrani has the exquisite talent of making the ordinary and the mundane soar into realms of rarefied and unexpectedly moving drama.
The Time Traveler’s Wife (review)
They didn’t ruin the movie, I promise. But some will disagree with me.
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Parting of the Ways”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen the episode!
Adam (review)
Perhaps it’s a little bit of victory, in an odd way, that this too-earnest, underemotional drama so perfectly apes its protagonist in how it cannot quite connect with anyone outside itself.
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Boom Town”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen the episode!
Torchwood: Children of Earth (review)
*Children of Earth* is haunting me, and I mean that literally, in a lying-awake-in-the-dark-of-night, staring-at-the-dark-ceiling, unable-to-sleep kind of way. Because my head is full of all the awful conundrums and evils and necessary evils this astonishing and magnificent story weaves.
Life on Mars: Series 1 (U.K. version) (review)
This is a spoiler-free introduction to the original British series, for those who may not be familiar with it. I’ll soon start spoiler-heavy, episode-by-episode discussions of Series 1 for those already deeply into the show.
