Matt Smith and Billie Piper… ahem, together

Oh dear, the fodder for all the little fanboys and fangirls. In the first season of Billie Piper’s series Secret Diary of a Call Girl — just out on DVD in Region 1 and reviewed here — there’s a special guest in one of the episodes: Matt Smith, Doctor Who’s 11th Doctor. This is long … more…

bias update

obsession: Doctor Who (a new episode!) boyfriend: Lee Pace in Pushing Daisies (when oh when are we gonna get those last three episodes?) psyched: absolutely nothing (I’m exhausted from being psyched for so many movies — time for a break) dreading: He’s Just Not That Into You (oh, you know what: maybe he’s a jerk) … more…

trailer break: ‘State of Play’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… This is gonna be an interesting test for me. The American remake and truncation of the British miniseries of the same name looks rather intriguing from the trailer. Certainly, I’m a big fan of Russell Crowe, always love the intensity he brings to a role. I’m … more…

trailer break: ‘Terminator: Salvation’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Moment-by-moment thoughts as I watched this trailer for the first time: 0:14: “What day is it? What year?” More time travel? Could Judgment Day stay still, temporally speaking, for five minutes so we can get our bearings? Sheesh. 0:37: “I knew it was coming. I thought … more…

new ‘Doctor Who’ star announcement to come on Saturday

I guess they weren’t kidding: David Tennant really is leaving Doctor Who after this year, and someone else really is replacing him. Tomorrow, the BBC will announce who that replacement is in a special episode of Doctor Who Confidential to air on BBC1 at 5:35pm Greenwich Time tomorrow. Which means 12:35pm Eastern, which means I’ll … more…

bias update

obsession: Doctor Who (a new episode!) boyfriend: Lee Pace in Pushing Daisies (three more episodes to go *sigh*) psyched: absolutely nothing (I’m exhausted from being psyched for so many movies — time for a break) dreading: Bride Wars (more proof that Hollywood hates women) enemy: Frank Miller, for mangling The Spirit (an utter abuse of … more…

‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Next Doctor”

“Boy, boy! What day is it?” “Why, it’s new Doctor Who day, sir!” “I say, lad, run down to the Internet for me and pick up the fattest AVI upload of the new episode you can find! There’s an extra half crown in it for you if you can get it for me before Boxing Day!”

bias update

obsession: Doctor Who (I’m wallowing in DVDs…) boyfriend: Lee Pace in Pushing Daisies (three more episodes to go *sigh*) psyched: absolutely nothing (I’m exhausted from being psyched for so many movies — time for a break) dreading: absolutely nothing (dreading is exhausting, too) enemy: the makers of Bedtime Stories (because they took the lazy way … more…