I honestly can’t think of a single Dr. Seuss movie since the classic animated Grinch era that’s been any good at all. I’m a pretty big Dr. Seuss fan, too. But I could only stomach a few minutes of the truly awful Cat in the Hat adaptations. And now we get The Lorax, one of […]
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Alyssa Rosenberg is watching the first season of X-Files (for the first time!) and thinks the show can’t quite decide whether it wants to be more about science or more about magic. The show is best, she argues, when it’s about science: I think the show, at least what I’ve seen of it so far, […]
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This quotation from the Dalai Lama has been making the rounds. It’s one of those irksome sentiments that sounds really wise and profound and makes all of us sort of cringe in self-examination. Or worse, causes us to look outward at “humanity” and think to ourselves, “Yes, all these people are living for tomorrow. They […]
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Since I’ve been blogging about The Wonder Years and The Simpsons recently, I think this picture is appropriate: I’m not sure if it’s actually the case, but there’s no doubt in my mind that Milhouse from The Simpsons is based on Paul Pfeiffer from The Wonder Years. The resemblance is way too striking and uncanny […]
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I have a confession to make: I never watched The Wonder Years as a kid. This is weird because it began airing in 1988 when I was seven years old. Oh, I’d catch an episode here and there, and I watched The Princess Bride which had Fred Savage basically playing the same kid, but I […]
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Sesame Street is hands-down the best children’s program on television today, and it has been basically since its inception. It’s tackled all sorts of important issues, from racial diversity to the importance of the letter “E” and the number “4.” Now, the producers of Sesame Street are tackling one of the most important, and most […]
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This is quite extraordinary:
Interesting casting news:
Two of the most important roles for the upcoming second season of HBO’s "Game of Thrones" have been cast, with producers snagging their Stannis Baratheon and Melisandre.
According to EW.com, Stephen Dillane and Carice van Houten have landed the key parts.
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A Tony winner for "The Real Thing," Dillane also earned an Emmy nod for his work as Thomas Jefferson on HBO’s "John Adams." His feature credits include "King Arthur," "The Hours" and "The Greatest Game Ever Played."
Van Houten had her breakout role in Paul Verhoven’s "Black Book." She’s subsequently been seen in "Valkyrie" and "Repo Men."
I started reading A Dance with Dragons last night. I’m only barely in, but it’s good so far.
I was thinking about the TV series again, and it’s interesting that they chose to call the Others “White Walkers”. I wonder, if Lost hadn’t been so recent or so popular, would they have called them Others as they’re called in the books? I can see why they’d change it for the show, even though I think it would be kind of cool to have Ben and the smoke monster north of the wall.
And I just stumbled on this, which is hilarious. This is how we get from Game of Thrones to The Goonies in three paragraphs.
Seriously, what the hell else am I supposed to do on Sunday night?