Splice (review)
What if there were realms in which *woman* was not meant to meddle? It’s not as progressive as it sounds. But you knew that already.
X-Files
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (review)
I saw *Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time*? Why can’t I remember anything about it?
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Flesh and Stone”
Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.
oh thank the gods: Fox says no to American ‘Torchwood’
We dodged a bullet. Fox — known mostly for killing innovative science fiction such as Firefly (The X-Files would never have survived on Fox today) — has passed on a redo of the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood (via the Hollywood Reporter blog The Live Feed): Fox has decided not to pursue a U.S. version of … more…
but would Joan Holloway see herself in Barbie?
For a while many years ago I was geekishly collecting Star Trek Barbies and X-Files Barbies, so I squee’d when I saw this: March 10, 2010 — New York, NY — Mattel, Inc., Lionsgate® (NYSE: LGF), and AMC announced today the launch of four Barbie® Collector “Mad Men” dolls available to consumers July 2010. Designed … more…
The Wolfman (review)
The metallic tang of blood is all over the elegant facade of this mysteriously disappointing, dispassionately underpowered story of a British aristocrat who dances with the devil, in the form of a werewolf curse, in the pale moonlight.
question of the day: Which TV or movie workplace would you love to work at?
I’m sure many of us have fantasized about working someplace interesting and/or exciting — maybe even someplace completely fictional — that we’ve seen on television or in a movie. But did you ever put that imaginary job on your resume? One guy in England did (via the Mirror): Fantasist Greig Ferguson got a medic’s job … more…
‘Caprica’ blogging: “The Reins of a Waterfall”
Lots of spoilers! assumes you’ve seen the episode!
because the military-industrial-entertainment complex Fox Mulder warned us about is real
Remember those two big skyscrapers that used to be in lower Manhattan? Remember how they fell to the ground? Never happened. It was all CGI: Malaysia’s former premier Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday there was “strong evidence” the US faked the September 11 terror attacks as an excuse to go to war against Muslims. “There … more…
‘Warehouse 13’ debuts on Sci Fi, er, SyFy tonight
SyFy is kicking off its on-air rebranding with the debut of a series that, clearly, it has high hopes for as some sort of anchor for the network’s “new” image. Alas that Warehouse 13 — premering with a two-hour pilot tonight at 9pm Eastern — feels like more of the same-old not-too-daring Sci Fi Channel … more…
