Not that I need any extra reasons to shudder at the mere mention of Atlas Shrugged, but discovering that it was among the favourite books of absolutely the worst person I've dated reinforced my belief in the popular observation that there's a link between enjoying the Ayn Rand novel and being an absolute twat.

I agree with this review. I saw this movie at film festival, and I really enjoyed it. It's a fun, delightful little movie that perfectly mixes the over-the-top macabre vampire lore with the banality of everyday life, resulting in a wonderfully silly, character-driven movie that never ceases being funny and doesn't…

I found this episode thoroughly depressing because I loved Tyreese, and I also felt like he died too soon after Beth. However, now that I think about it, I kinda do see a point in him dying at this particular episode. Tyreese was too kind-hearted to turn into the cold-blooded killer most of the surviving members of…

…Because they're entirely different people?

I don't think that this is an issue where clear lines could or should be drawn anywhere, but there are some questions of otherness and racial privilege at hand that should be considered.

I think he would make a fine Bond, actually. He does have that classy, old-fashioned charm and effortless confidence the character is usually associated with. He wouldn't look at all out of place zipping a martini in a tux and whispering double entendres to an attractive lady, or having a ridiculously long car chase…

I loved this episode. It's amazing how it managed to be a legitimately scary scifi-story and still manage to leave me with that warm and fuzzy feeling a good Christmas special is supposed to have. I hadn't been paying particular attention to news and rumours considering the cast of the next season of Doctor Who, so…

Aw, man. I knew that this wouldn't have been a Walking Dead midseason finale
without at least one major character death, so I was expecting blood. Still, I really wanted to see Beth survive, at least for now. I can appreciate the "Orpheus and Eurydice" quality of this tragic ending - the group goes through hell to…

One of my favourite tracks in my favourite album of one of my all-time favourite bands. I've seen Pulp live twice, and both shows easily rank high in the list of the best gigs I've ever seen. They played this song one of those times, and it was just a full on showstopper with its sensual build-up and explosive chorus.…

I love it how this show makes me go "Awww!" at scenes that would be creepy and downright horrifying in any other context. Daryl killing and burning the mother and child walkers (with a degree of respect for the dead they haven't bothered with for a long, long time) so that Carol would not have to do it and face the…

This just in! Villain in Hollywood blockbuster played by a renowned European thespian! In other news: name of German movie star consistently mispelled in American media! Would you believe it?

It's fooking Cook!

I was so into this project when Nick Cave was rumoured to write it. Is that still on? If anyone can breathe some real magic into this umptieth attempt to cash on the original The Crow film, it's him. The story already has all the classic ingredients of a Nick Cave & Bad Seeds song - a dead girl, thirst for revenge,…

Ah, Supernatural. I have so much love for this show, even though I can clearly see and mostly agree with the criticism presented in this article. Ten seasons in, I have not stopped following this show with interest and affection, even though the past four seasons haven't exactly been stellar. There's just something…

I thought it was barely watchable even as a kid. Not saying that my taste in cinema was exactly cultivated, but even back then Kevin Costner's performance made me cringe. The only reason I've seen it multiple times is Alan Rickman, who makes anything sort of watchable. His character is just as stupid as the rest of…

I think this genre started and ended with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The joke was already dead by the time Sense and Sensibility and Seamonsters was out. None of the the follow-ups (S&S&S, Android Karenina) are worth the read because they're not written as well as P&P&Z.

To be fair, Marvel doesn't have very many stand-alone female superheroes (which is a problem of its own). I think their most interesting female characters are all part of a team like X-Men, X-Factor, the Avengers or the Runaways. That doesn't mean they couldn't do a X-Men movie and have one of the female members of…

I used to hate Batman & Robin just as much as the next person, but recently I've discovered a sort of quasi-appreciation for it. It's like pure, crystallized awfulness, and there's something special about that. The whole experience of suffering through it - the way it runs smoothly and evenly through a scenery of very…

Aw, man. I thought we were finally going to be all nostalgic about the TV-show and refledt on how goddamn awful it was.

Fan rage! Free media coverage! Profit! And ten months later Marvel has reversed these changes, with male Thor wielding Mjölnir and Steve Rogers reclaiming the title of Captain America.