Doctor Who thing: attend a free masterclass in makeup and FX in Cardiff on March 29th
You can request up to four tickets in a random drawing…
BBC
The Returned review: zombies in remission
Cuttingly sharp and incisive SF horror; a chillingly polite film about the fascism that rises quickly up in a moment of fearful crisis.
bonus Doctor Who thing: Capaldi in costume
I’ll be in my dimensionally transcendental bunk.
Doctor Who thing: can the Doctor bring down the repressive North Korean regime?
Shhh! No one tell Kim Jong-Un that it was probably decadent Western TV that was mostly responsible for bringing down the Berlin Wall.
Cleopatra review (The Hope Theatre, Islington)
Snappy, snarky, and brisk, this is a drawing-room update on the classic story of the Egyptian queen, pulled off with effortless screwball panache.
Walking with Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie review: where is an extinction-level event when you need one?
Sub-vaudeville 1950s sitcom humor and a horrifically dated message about boys as heroes and girls as the heroes’ property. You know, for kids!
Doctor Who thing: “The Time of the Doctor” trailer and poster
Think we’ll finally find out why the TARDIS exploded and the answer to the question “Doctor who?” Nah, me neither.
Doctor Who thing: Christmas will be “The Time of the Doctor”
Festive Clara with her paper crown and her cracker + serious Doctor holding a decapitated Cyberman head? Urk.
An Adventure in Space and Time review: making history
Mark Gatiss treats the legends of Doctor Who’s creation as only a longtime fan can, in a lovely tribute full of the exasperated acceptance that rose-tinted hindsight brings.
Philomena review: suffer the women
A cry-till-you-laugh-dramedy about seeking lost family and finding new purpose; Judi Dench and Steve Coogan are fantastic. Seriously, though: bring Kleenex.
