I saw a trailer for the film The Circle today. John Boyega showed up early, and I thought, "oh, is this that movie where he was going to play a computer genius? Cool." Emma Watson showed up, and I thought, "oh, I didn't know she was in this." And then I heard a familiar Scottish voice and saw a familiar face -

- and literally shrieked, "KAREN! HI ( Read more... )

Someone on the internet mentioned that "The Eleventh Hour" was five years ago today, and now I am all sad and nostalgic. :( I loved Eleven and my Ponds (River, too) so very much, and while I know that it wasn't to everyone's taste, I miss that fairy-tale quality that seasons 5 and 6 had, with their girls being brave in the darkness of the forest, ( Read more... )

Apparently HBO is filming a pilot currently titled The Devil You Know, set during the Salem Witch trials. Among the cast are Eddie Izzard and Karen Gillan. (Fans of later seasons of Being Human UK will note the presence of Damien Moloney; Doctor Who S8 people will recognize Zawe Ashton as well as Karen. People who are fans of…things?…many of? will ( Read more... )

I should probably have a secondary tag "it's hard out there for a comedy," but oh well. An article from February 2014 that was linked in a recent Slate piece about the dominance of men's and boys' stories in movies ( Read more... )

What do the kids on the internet say these days? "Leave me here to die"?

http://doctorwho.tumblr.com/post/56012316162/come-along-pond-watch-matt-jenna-and-steven

I actually wrote this over the weekend, and have just been failing to post it for one reason or another (including feeling oddly sensitive about it after having written it, and I still don't know why). And I'm sure everyone knows about the spoiler by now, but just in case:

( cut for spoiler and unseemly gushing )

I'll...just sit over here in this corner and cry, shall I? Don't mind me ( Read more... )

Just assume that I wrote an actual post with words in it, all about how I love Amy Pond to bits and pieces, okay? Because I love Amy Pond TO PIECES. ( click here for incoherence )

(Any time anyone official refers to "the Ponds" or "the Pond family," it just makes me really happy ( Read more... )

The adorable stupidfaces, aka Karen and the Babes, aka Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill, were at Comic-Con. Which is an introduction, basically, for a picture that is so hipster it hurts ( Read more... )