bias update: July 21

obsession: Torchwood: Children of Earth (holy crap, is this haunting me like crazy… episode by episode coming next week, so the BBC America viewers can join in) boyfriend: John Simm in Life on Mars (gonna have some John Simm news soon… plus, gonna go episode by episode through LoM, too) psyched: G.I. Joe: The Rise … more…

bias update: July 7

obsession: Doctor Who (I’m sad that I’m running out of Christopher Eccleston episodes to write about, except that that means I can start writing about the classic series) boyfriend: Bradley Cooper (and here’s where I need to make the distinction, again, between the actor and the characters he plays: sometimes my boyfriend is a character, … more…

trailer break: ‘Orphan’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Well, Vera, obviously there is something wrong with being different. We’ll never guess her secret? Oh, pul-leeze. She’s Satan’s slave. She’s Carrie’s clone. No, wait, she’s Damien’s child! And she killed Damien, and that’s why she’s an orphan! No? Not scary anymore? We need something more modern … more…

North American box office: robots go smash

And Michael Bay buys another fourteen mansions in the Caribbean: 1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: $109 million (NEW) 2. The Proposal: $18.6 million (2nd week; drops 45%) 3. The Hangover: $17 million (4th week; drops 36%) 4. Up: $13 million 5. My Sister’s Keeper: $12.4 million (NEW) actual numbers, not estimates That $109 million … more…