daily stream: why does a movie about depressed writers feel festive? I try to explain…
2000’s Wonder Boys is on Paramount+ in the US (and other services, too), and exclusively on BBC iPlayer in the UK.
Marilyn Monroe
loaded question: is nostalgia out of control?
I feel like if it is, this may be partly down to the forces that prompted last week’s Loaded Question: Is fandom out of control?
must reads: “What *Could* Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?”
Under the law that existed until 1978: works from 1955…
The Prince and the Showgirl (retro trailer)
This the movie that My Week with Marilyn is about the making of…
My Week with Marilyn (trailer)
Dare I hope that this will be a movie about a real woman, and not about an imaginary mirage of a fantasy of a woman?
The Smurfs (terrible movie quote)
“Nothing like a cool breeze through my enchanted forest.” –Gutsy Smurf, the Scottish one (voice of Alan Cumming)
The Smurfs (review)
Incontinence — as the result of either as-yet untrained bowels or a terrible adult affliction — is presumed to be a major concern for the viewer here.
question of the day: What is the most iconic piece of Hollywood clothing?
Is it Marilyn Monroe’s white dress? Dorothy’s red slippers? Charlie Chaplin’s hat? Something else?
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Marilyn Monroe was not married to the Doctor, okay?
The Christmas special inspired some waggish fans to take to Wikipedia and make some alterations to the entry for Marilyn Monroe based upon that one funny throwaway bit…
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “A Christmas Carol”
Doctor Who has been doing amazing things with TV since 2005, but this may be the best example yet of how gonzo and how simultaneously emotionally satisfying TV can be these days.
