Free Men (Les hommes libres) (review)
I kept hoping to get caught up in this untold story of the French Resistance in more than a coolly intellectual way, but that never happened.
WWII
Doctor Who blogging: “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe”
Dammit, but this is an infuriating story. It’s perfectly illustrative of all the many ways that Steven Moffat seems to misunderstand Doctor Who.
adventures in Lille (part 1)
Yesterday I spent what wasn’t Thanksgiving Day in London in France, in the industrial city of Lille…
Doctor Who thing of the day: details of the Christmas special revealed
Mega Doctor Who geek Bill Bailey guest stars, and it sounds pretty Narnia-esque…
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Let’s Kill Hitler”
After a few days to digest this and multiple viewings to comfirm my feelings about this episode, I am sad to say that it treads dangerously close to a point at which I want to disavow it as “real” Doctor Who and start pretending that it doesn’t “count.”
Torchwood: Miracle Day: Episode 7: “Immortal Sins” (review)
Seven episodes into this ten-episode Torchwoodpalooza, it finally feels just a little bit like Proper Torchwood. Just a little bit. And just for a few minutes.
Sarah’s Key (review)
Asks the tough question: Should we remember every horrid detail of the past, or is it better to sometimes let the past go?
Captain America: The First Avenger (review)
It’s now a tossup whether the best comic-book superhero movie of 2011 is X-Men: First Class or Captain America: First Avenger… But I’m leaning toward Captain America.
Sarah’s Key (trailer)
Ooo. A World War II story that isn’t about Nazis? That makes for a refreshing change.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (fanmade retro trailer)
I bet Angela Lanbury’s witch was a Hogwarts graduate…
