question of the day: Is Internet access a human right?
If so, why? If not, why not?
Telegraph
question of the weekend: Have you ever seen a UFO?
I don’t mean something you thought was actually an alien spacecraft — though that would be neato, and I’m sure we’d love to all hear about that — but something in the sky that you simply couldn’t identify or weren’t sure about, maybe at first, maybe still to this day.
question of the day: What films offer the best life lessons to little kids?
And what lessons do your choices teach?
question of the day: Is there too much snark in film criticism today?
Is snark “inexcusable” in a film review? Can’t snark be both silly and meaningful?
question of the day: Is it unfair to expect actors and other celebs to be role models?
Does it make a difference if the celeb is someone who is particularly famous with children?
Sherlock: Series 2 arrives on American TV this Sunday night
Just a reminder to come back here after Sunday night and catch up with my blogging, which begins with “A Scandal in Belgravia”…
why Johnny Depp’s Tonto is not a Native American Jack Sparrow (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the day: Should film be taught in school the way that literature is?
I think it’s very urgent that children be taught media literacy, but I have to confess that it never occurred to me that we might teach children how to watch and interpret great movies in the same way that we teach them how to read and interpret great fiction.
Margaret (trailer)
So I skipped the only London press screening of Margaret last week because I’m already so far behind on absolutely everything. Big mistake…
Doctor Who thing of the day: what should the Eleventh Doctor’s new look be?
According to the Telegraph, Matt Smith is reconsidering his Doctor Who wardrobe…
