OK, I posted this a long long time ago (it was one of my very first entries) but seeing some clips of this abomination again made me modify and repost it ( Read more... )

Am officially dead now. See why I don’t care about how correct the history in The Tudors is:


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Oh Veronica Mars fandom. Wow. It’s imploding in a horrifically spectacular fashion. Actually, after reading the latest spoilers, even I who thought I was indifferent to VM now, am very very annoyed. ( cut for spoilers )

Saw Umrao Jaan last night and met the lovely smartylibrarian who expressed interest in going to Bolly movies again sometime despite my repeated attempts to get us hopelessly lost both on the way there and back ( Read more... )

I am sort of annoyed with TWoP. It has good posters on its boards who know how to spell, but the pervading sycophancy really gets on my nerves. I understand they have very strict board rules, but all that means is you have got to behave yourself. It doesn't mean you have to suck up to the recappers as if your life depended on it: "Recapper X, your ( Read more... )

I tried to read Mary Gentle's "A Sundial in the Grave," largely because on the back it said "in the tradition of Alexandre Dumas and Dorothy Dunnett ( Read more... )

I am on a bit of a silent movie kick and I have tons and tons of VHS (bought and taped) to work with.

But. But. But. I would like to have my favorites on DVD (less cumbersome and better quality) and it seems that is crazily impossible. King Vidor's masterpieces "The Big Parade" (an anti-war WWI classic) and "The Crowd" (IMO the greatest silent ( Read more... )