Coherence movie review: night out of mind
Deploys twisty sci-fi concepts to warp the almost-clichéd dinner-party soap opera into a horror story of the human condition in the face of quantum philosophy.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Much Ado About Nothing review: I didst fall in love
Pure, unalloyed, rollicking cinematic joy. Brings the romantic comedy as a genre into a realm of fantasy and poetry and fun and laughter.
Doctor Who thing: reexamining the Doctor’s adventures… next to Buffy’s
Kat and Curt’s TV Re-View is a new podcast that is taking a fresh look at two fan-favorite shows in tandem…
The Cabin in the Woods (review)
I don’t know how anyone can possibly make a horror movie again. This absolutely genius movie renders all past and future examples of the genre superfluous.
things you need to know: if you are looking for a journalism job, the head of NBC News will be calling you soon!
Chelsea Clinton tells the head of NBC News she wants to work there, and it’s done. Best. Job Interview. Ever!
question of the day: What are the makings of a great science fiction hero?
SFX magazine recently conducted a poll to determine the Top 10 Sci-fi Icons Of All Time, and the just-published results are a tad surprising…
William & Kate (review)
If you’re gonna do a WB-esque royal-wedding cash-in movie, you have to give it a fair shot. Where is the dream sequence? I fully expected to see Kate go all Buffy on some shuffling hoards of zombie paparazzi. But it’s nowhere to be found in William & Kate. How mysterious.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: ‘Doctor Who’ credits done up ‘Buffy’ style
The crossover between Doctor Who fandom and Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom is large enough that there is not just one but two (at least) fan-made versions of an imaginary Doctor Who opening-credits sequence in the style of Buffy…
question of the day: Are American broadcast TV and quality programming now hopelessly incompatible?
Is “quality” now something that only a niche audience found on cable wants? What happened in less than 20 years, since the early 1990s, to so significantly alter the television landscape? And will things ever go back to the way they were?
question of the day: Can a Buffy movie be any good without Joss Whedon?
One fan suggests it’ll be like fan fiction, but not as interesting. Sounds about right to me, when Hollywood seems committed these days to generally distancing itself from any hint of cleverness or originality…
