Doctor Who thing: the RiffTrax guys versus Daleks
The former Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys at RiffTrax have done it, they’ve finally done it, damn them all to hell! They’ve made fun of Doctor Who.
Peter Cushing
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: hilarious icons for all your avatar needs
Fan artist Red Scharlach has created an impressive collection of Doctor Who-themed icons… hundreds of them, from new Who and the classic series. Even the Peter Cushing movies. Even Rowan Atkinson’s ‘Curse of Fatal Death’ Doctor!
retro trailer: ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’
Take a look back at an old trailer… I can’t wait to see Steven Moffat’s new Sherlock Holmes adaptation — the first episode is called “A Study in Pink” *snort* — which debuted tonight on BBC One. While I wait, here’s look at a 1959 Hammer film — a more faithful adaptation, it seems — … more…
question of the day: Who’s your favorite Sherlock Holmes?
I’m off to see Sherlock Holmes again today with my geek gang, so this seems like a good day to ask this question, which comes from reader DangerMom: Who’s your favorite Sherlock Holmes? TV or film, whichever. The IMDB has a loooong list of all the many actors who’ve played the world’s first consulting detective … more…
DVDs to give: ‘The Sherlock Holmes Collection’ and ‘Sherlock Holmes Double Feature: The Spider Woman/Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror’
FOR THE CLASSIC MYSTERY FAN/available now There are always way too many DVDs coming in than I possibly ever review, but since ’tis the season to be giving, I thought it was worth pointing out some of them to you, in case you’re stuck for gift ideas for the people on your list. (Or even … more…
Hamlet (review)
Olivier’s take on Shakespeare’s story of madness and murder most foul is unmistakably a filmic one — with its monologues recast as internal thoughts heard in hushed voiceovers and use of dizzying camerawork to show Hamlet’s inner turmoil, this could never have worked on stage. The emotional desolation of Elsinore’s inhabitants is conveyed with a roving camera that swoops down on characters plotting or moping in huge, empty halls.
