weekend watchlist: a timely cure for collective cultural amnesia
Plus drone warfare, murder most genteel, and more. (First published May 7th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
Stephen Fry
Alice Through the Looking Glass movie review: a mirror cracked
Believes six impossible things — like implausible character motivations, or big emotions — because they’re in the script, without bothering to earn them.
“Journalist Wanted. No Pay.” ugh (and other adventures in social networking)
Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
new Battleship trailer is the stupidest one yet (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Doctor Who thing of the day: Inspector Spacetime gets real
The sendup/parody from Community is coming soon (hopefully) as a fan-made Web series…
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (review)
Oh, glorious steampunk! Oh, glorious Victoriana! Oh, for a time when men were men (and not little boys) and industry meant hard work (and not corporate malfeasance) and optimism (and not despair) ruled the day. When the future was so bright, you hadda wear shades.
watch it: “Stephen Fry vs Ann Widdecombe: Catholic Church Debate”
Comedian Stephen Fry debates former Conservative Party MP Ann Widdecombe about the worth and usefulness of the Catholic Church. Hilarity ensues.
Stephen Fry joins ‘The Hobbit’
D’you think he’ll play it like the host of QI? That could be kinda cool…
best and worst movie quotes of 2010
Oh yeah, I’m late with this. I carefully gather them all year long and then I never get around to posting them. So here they are at long last. And for 2011, I’m just gonna post ’em as they come in. So there.
James Franco takes on ‘Three’s Company’; making the pilgrimage to Middle Earth; ‘The King’s Speech,’ awards bait; more: leftover links
Plus, Tyler Perry, misunderstood genius; from Winter’s Bone to X-Men; cable subscribers flee; more…
