curated cinema: it’s all funny-scary eldritch atmosphere
2015’s Crimson Peak is streaming on Prime in the US, and available to rent or buy on Prime in the UK.
Addams Family
Knives Out movie review: catch your death of fun (LFF 2019)
An entirely entertaining murder-mystery jape; dryly funny, deliciously retro yet decidedly modern. Whenever you think you’ve got it figured out, it trips you up again… and you love it for doing so.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Oct 23–25
Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, and Natalia Reyes star in Terminator: Dark Fate; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening US/Can Oct 11
Pamela Pettler and Erica Rivinoja cowrite The Addams Family; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Doctor Who blogging: “Flatline”
Just when I thought I was out, Doctor Who pulls me back in.
question of the day: Who else is fed up with weirdly unfunny big-screen remakes of tired old TV shows?
Yes, this was prompted by Dark Shadows…
Doctor Who thing of the day: David Tennant in places he shouldn’t be!
I doubt there are in fact any places where the Doctor shouldn’t be. It’s pretty much his job to be wherever the hell he wants to be, sticking his nose into other people’s business, and getting into the trouble of his choice.
Wednesday Addams cannot break bread with you
“Wait. We cannot break bread with you. You have taken the land which is rightfully ours…”
Syfy ruins ‘Being Human’
Proper Being Human is nuanced and subtle. All of that has been stripped out of Syfy’s Being Human. It’s infuriating. And enraging. And completely unnecessary.
Despicable Me (review)
Better than *Toy Story 3.* Really.
