Metro Manila review: world cinema writ small
One of the most enrapturing experiences I had at the movies in 2013: fiercely, grandly humanist, and almost unbearably tragic.
Wikipedia
Doctor Who thing: US DVD customers get early peek at “The Name of the Doctor”
And yet I can’t seem to get advanced access to the episodes…
women: always Other
Fuck this shit, and shame on Wikipedia.
question of the day: Which fictional president would you like to see in the real White House?
The seemingly eternal U.S. presidential election is over. The road to 2016 begins now! Let’s distract ourselves with some fantasy politics…
question of the day: Which fictional school do you wish you could attend?
And what would you study?
question of the day: What disaster — natural or manmade, or a combination of the two — would you like to see depicted on film?
Surely something called the Boston Molasses Disaster is begging for the Coen Brothers’ treatment, no?
dodging the Egypt Internet crackdown; the Oscar race is already over; is Amazon going all out with unlimited streaming?; more: leftover links
Plus: Kelsey Grammer’s marriage ruined by Fox News; Wikileaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize; why so few women writers at Wikipedia and major magazines?; more…
‘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…
I’m crushed…
…to discover that I’ve been deleted from Wikipedia. The editors’ objections would also seem to apply to James Berardinelli and The Filthy Critic. I wonder why they get to stay and I get the boot… Oh, I get it: I’ve never been mentioned by Roger Ebert. And I don’t rate movies by extending my middle … more…
