Unsane movie review: is she or isn’t she?
As a piece of craft, this is a smack in the face to Hollywood’s bloated blockbusters. As a piece of pulp, it brings a sharp, smart feminist twist to familiar tropes of cinematic paranoia.
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California Typewriter documentary review: a qwerty little passion
A winsome spell of romance and nostalgia and adorably dorky passion. This is not a portrait of people with an odd hobby: it is a hymn to mechanical beauty.
interesting stuff I found online (that you might find interesting too)
Google predicts movie hits; John McTiernan is wasting away in prison for no good reason; why American journalism sucks; and more…
Oliver Twist, Werewolf Slayer? Oliver Twist, Gentleman Detective? (and other adventures in social networking)
Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the weekend: Do you have a smartphone?
If not, why not? If you’re one of the few who doesn’t have any kind of cell phone at all, why not?
The Muppets Take Manhattan (retro trailer)
I can’t see The Muppets, so I’m consoling myself a bit by looking at old trailers.
classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Earthshock”
Looking at this story again, in the light of distance and in seeing reflections of what Doctor Who has become since 2005, I realize there was so much more that impacted me, and that it’s so much richer than I realized at the time.
Saturday cute: Shit That Siri Says
Poor Siri, coping with the meaning of life and the legacy of HAL 9000!
Doctor Who thing of the day: wake up with a Dalek
Yes, it shouts “Exterminate!” and make laser-gun noises at you.
got me an iPhone
Thanks to the suggestions of several readers, I went to U.K. mobile provider 3, and I got a deal on an iPhone 4 that seems ridiculous when compared to what’s on offer in the States.
