***Disclaimer:  I’m a Tolkien nerd who read the books *long* before PJ ever thought of making the movies.  But I’m *not* a purist who moans about every little deviation from the book. ***I saw DoS yesterday (in 3D IMAX ( Read more... )

I started watching Broadchurch when it began airing on BBC America two weeks ago.  Mainly out of curiousity ‘cause Doctor Who's David Tennant and Arthur Darvill were in it ( Read more... )

I had to work yesterday, so I missed the party in Doctor Who fandom.  (It took a couple hours of scrolling through Tumblr and the interwebs and watching the recording of The Announcement to catch up ( Read more... )

Just got back from seeing the latest ‘Wolverine’ movie!

I enjoyed it a lot - then again, I always enjoy Hugh Jackman.  *G*

I liked this one better than the 2009 flick.

No spoilers here, except to say if you go to see it…

!!! **  STAY FOR THE CREDITS ** !!!

I nearly missed the really awesome surprise at the very end !!

Saw the new Superman movie today.  And was disappointed, I must admit.  Shoulda listened to RottenTomatoes.com (which gave it a less-than-favorable 57%) and waited for the DVD ( Read more... )

Ep 9 of S3 of 'Game of Thrones'  -- 'The Rains of Castamere' -- is airing now.

(poor me won't get to see it until tomorrow...blech)

And so the RW is here....

And now I'm just waiting for the interwebs to explode with the non-book reader's reactions.

George R.R. Martin is an evil man.

- "If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been ( Read more... )

Addendum to yesterday's post/rant about 'Star Trek: Into Darkness ( Read more... )

It's been 2 weeks now since I saw 'Star Trek: Into Darkness'.  Guess it's about time I posted *why* I'm so upset ( Read more... )

I went to see Star Trek:Into Darkness today.  I'd heard the spoilers, and knew it  most likely involved a shameful whitewashing of an iconic POC from Star Trek: The Original Series.  But I was in denial.  I thought it would be like the 2009 reboot --  which I thought I was going to hate --  but ended up enjoying because I could buy into it because ( Read more... )

Well, I *was* looking forward to seeing the new film, "Star Trek: Into Darkness ( Read more... )