The Guest movie review: making cheesy 80s sausage
THE SOFT PRETTY ENGLISH ACTOR: I’m tired of all these damn television costume drama roles. Get me something totally badass.
Downton Abbey
how is Downton Abbey like The Muppet Show?
Hilarious.
breaking! photo of half-naked woman found on the Internet! (and other adventures in social networking)
Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Downton Abbey a threat to the Left, Fox News desperately wants to believe (and other adventures in social networking)
Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
otters that look like Benedict Cumberbatch is *so* yesterday (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the day: What do you think of the Emmy Awards results?
The Emmy Awards for excellence in American television were handed out last night, and one of the biggest winners wasn’t American at all: Downton Abbey…
question of the day: What is the longstanding appeal of British costume dramas, like the new ‘Downton Abbey’?
For me, it’s the bottling up of emotion required by the (stereotypical) British stiff upper lip, until it just won’t stay bottled up anymore, which results in exquisitely drawn out encounters full of subtext and seething with feeling, and eventually explosive outbursts. You?
