June 2011
6 posts
Strange Tales at the EIFF (Part 2)
So I’ve been seeing a bit more this week. It’s been a good week to be in the movies a lot with muggy rain outside all the time. As it closes I think this has been a really interesting year for the festival. It’s presented some stuff that is really new and exciting while still attracting films of a wide commercial appeal. I expect there’ll be a great crowd out for the...
Jun 24th
“Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of...”
– Neuromancer (1984) By William Gibson
Jun 21st
Strange Tales at the EIFF (Part 1)
The Edinburgh International Film Festival 2011 sees a lot of changes from previous years. There is a new artistic director, James Mullighan a change of venue to Teviot House and the streams that the 60+ films are divided into have also changed. Quoting David Hume and searching for enlightened films that capture the spirit of Edinburgh, Mullighan’s plans are grand and the films that he has...
Jun 20th
Doctor Who- Mid Season Round Up
As we start our torturing Who-less gap until the Autumn I thought it might be time to reflect on the series so far. Marks out of ten please… The Impossible Astronaut by Steven Moffat Wow! What an explosive start to the series. Everything about this episode was BIG. The majestic landscape of Utah, the Oval Office, scary subterranean spaceships and the Doctor getting killed! It’s...
Jun 9th
Reblog if you think about Doctor Who at least once...
brokentripod: slytherinnerdgirl: 76totterslane: no shame :). It’s kind of hard not to considering my dash and brain are at least 1/2 Doctor Who currently.
Jun 6th
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“Even now I curse the day, — and yet, I think, Few come within the compass of my...”
– Titus Andronicus (1588) by William Shakespeare
Jun 2nd