Yuletide Madness has gone live as well, and as it turns out, I got a treat there together with my two fellow Frederician Salonnières
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In case you, like me, need some distraction today.

Susanna Clarke does a book meme: Sure, the Guardian calls it something else, but that's what it is, and the author of "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" as well as "Piranesi" answers the questions.

Much Ado about Nothing/ Romeo and Juliet:

Second Act Comedy: in this Shakespearean crossover, Beatrice ( Read more... )

Guardians of the Galaxy: funny, entertaining, and nothing else, which is what it aims for. I can see what
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Shakespeare:

There are many reviews of the Joss Whedon directed Much Ado About Nothing out by now - which we in Germany won't get to see for a while, hmph - but this is by far the most original and hilarious. In blank verse.

Hobbit:

We have a first trailer for the Desolation of Smaug. Comes with a lot of elves (Lee Pace has lines this time ( Read more... )

Joss Whedon and the Much Ado About Nothing cast answer questions about the film. There are jokes (there would be with the Usual Suspects involved), but also serious discussion. I think the first time I came across the "Beatrice and Benedick had a brief fling in the past which ended badly and that's what Beatrice's cryptic line to Don Pedro refers ( Read more... )

I'm currently at a conference in Marburg, which is a lovely medieval town that is known for, in no particular order, harboring a saint (Elizabeth), an inquisitor (Konrad) and the Brothers Grimm. (When they were studying, for two years. Jakob had a few sharp words about the place, but then he did about most things, and the house is exactly the ( Read more... )

We now have a trailer for the Joss Whedon directed Much Ado About Nothing, aka the way he relaxed after directing The Avengers (by producing Shakespeare at his house with his favourite actors). I may have been squeeing at the sight of Alexis Denisof & Amy Acker as Benedict & Beatrice, but Agent Coulson as Hero's dad Leonato was also nice to re- ( Read more... )

Since Much Ado About Nothing, the Joss Whedon version, premiered at a film festival two days ago, the first reviews have been dropping in, and they are glowing. Clearly, filming Shakespeare with his favourite actors in twelve days is how Joss W. should spent all his spare time between big projects from now on. I vote for Richard III next, because ( Read more... )

At first I thought this was a big practical joke and/or a fannish prank, but apparantly it is for real: Joss Whedon used his spare time (?) between Avengers directing to film Much Ado About Nothing at his house with various of his favourite actors from pretty much every show he ever was involved with. *blinks* I remember first hearing about the ( Read more... )

Currently I'm definitely in Geek heaven. Arrived on Friday afternoon only to be greeted by London in sunshine, which is always nice though rarely the case, and proceeded to acquire mym coveted Much Ado ticket(s) for Saturday, about which later. I also went and watched Pygmalion on Friday evening, with Rupert Everett as Higgins, Kara Tointon as ( Read more... )