‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: seventh season a go, with Matt Smith (but maybe not till 2013?)
Hoorah! More Doctor Who! Even if we might have to wait a long while for it…
talent buzz
VS Naipaul isn’t just a sexist pig, he’s blindered to his own privilege
Gotta love what author V.S. Naipaul thinks of women writers: they’re none of them his equal because of their “narrow” perspective…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Steven Moffat rec.arts.drwho posts from 1995-6 shows he’s been thinking about “A Good Man Goes to War” for a long time
In January 1995 and April 1996, Steven Moffat posted some, er, interesting things to rec.arts.drwho…
film projection as a lost art; or, why projectionists must be scolded into doing their jobs
If Terrence Malick can instruct projectionists on how to project Tree of Life, why couldn’t someone do the same for Kung Fu Panda 2?
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Is the IMDB spoiling “A Good Man Goes to War,” or are we being punk’d?
Obviously, don’t read any further if you want to avoid even potential spoilers. Or else have a look at the IMDB page for Saturday’s Doctor Who midseason finale “A Good Man Goes to War,” and this is what you see:
has Ronan Parke been prechosen as the winner of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’? are reality talent shows fixed? do you need to ask?
An anonymous Sony exec reveals just how micromanaged and staged Britain’s Got Talent is… if we can believe it…
question of the day: Does American TV portray gays and lesbians better than British TV does?
Not only should I not worry about how Torchwood: Miracle Day copes with Captain Jack’s sexuality, showrunner Russell T. Davies believes American TV has teh gay better than British TV…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Neil Gaiman on missing scenes from “The Doctor’s Wife”
Some stuff Gaiman wrote never made it into the episode, which is a shame, because it sounds great…
question of the day: Should we — films critics and movie lovers alike — include TV movies when we talk about the best movies of the year?
The movie lover in me cheers at the proposition: Hoorah! Let’s celebrate all good movies wherever they appear. But the film critic in me despairs: Damn, I can’t keep up with the theatrical releases, and now I gotta make it a point to see all the major TV-movie premieres, too?
Stephen Fry joins ‘The Hobbit’
D’you think he’ll play it like the host of QI? That could be kinda cool…
