• As you might have noticed, I’ve been posting more movie reviews. I’m still going to be playing catch-up on those for a little while. With the last batch, I started something different. I’m alternating between the newest ones and the oldest 2008 reviews I still have pending. So, today I posted reviews for Smart People and The Ruins, the two most recent movies I’ve seen, as well as The Spiderwick Chronicles and Be Kind Rewind, which were the oldest of the 2008 films I’ve seen that were pending reviews. I’ll continue alternative like this until that gap is closed. There are still 14 reviews left in that gap for me to get posted. As always, you can see my current log of movie going, and the list of 2008 films is typically up to date, or close to. (both of those are always available in the Movies menu up top)
• I’ve been loving the new seasons of Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who so far. Both have had two episodes so far (if you’re up to speed with the UK debut of Doctor Who, that is). It’s so great to have them both back on the air. I look forward to the upcoming episodes of the show.
• Speaking of great shows, I need to put in a plug for Eli Stone. It’s a delightfully off-beat series, from Greg Berlanti (the man behind shows like Everwood and Jack & Bobby). It has a flat-out wonderful cast. Jonny Lee Miller is great in the lead as Eli Stone. I’ve always considered him to be an underrated actor, and he gets to do both great comedic and dramatic acting in this role. The fantastic Victor Garber is, as expected, great. Natasha Henstridge pulls off a tricky “straight man” role very well (though like everyone else, she gets to cut loose in the musical moments of the show). The biggest highlight for me, though, is Julie Gonzalo. She’s pitch perfect in the series, and I was thrilled to see her get this role after taking a liking to her in the final season of Veronica Mars (she was a new supporting character in that third and last season of Veronica Mars, one of the greatest shows in TV history). Her performance in the role is truly perfect, and she plays off of Miller brilliantly. This show is second only to Pushing Daisies as best new show of the year (followed by Reaper, Carpoolers and Chuck).
• While we’re on the subject of new shows of the season, I’ve got to begrudgingly admit that I’ve been liking Moonlight quite a bit. Despite all the things stacked against it, like seeming to be a rip-off of Angel (and other shows of the genre that have come before it) and all the behind-the-scenes shake-ups that the show went though during the lead up to and first handful of episodes, I have to admit that I’ve really been liking it a lot. In particular, the cast is excellent (primarily when you consider that almost all of them were replaced before it went to series). Alex O’Loughlin is quite good in the lead. Sophia Myles (who us Doctor Who fans will be familiar with) is fantastic as the co-star. And hey, we get another of the Veronica Mars cast in this series, the great Jason Dohring in a smaller supporting role (incidentally, Moonlight is exec produced by Joel Silver, as was Veronica Mars).
• So it’s official, the new X-Files film is to be titled The X-Files: I Want To Believe. It’s a nice title for us fans of the show, and I happily approve. This is still #2 on my list of most anticipated movies of the year. Can’t wait for July 25.
• Check out this hilarious video: An Engineer’s Guide To Cats (the “corporal cuddling” bit alone is worth it)
• This is so cool: an Apple IIGS converted into a laptop (yes, I’m a nerd)
• Speaking of nerds, here’s a particularly dedicated one
• Google Earth 4.3 has been released, with some nice new features.
• An amusing new Numb3rs commercial
• Some lunatic has done a scale model of Scrooge McDuck’s money bin
• Ever wonder what salt & pepper really look like?
• Now here’s a cool pool shot
• How bout a man who survived a 1,500 foot drop into Mount St. Helens? I’m not sure if he’s lucky or unlucky.
• Welcome back, Demonoid
• And here’s some entertainment for you feminists out there: the 1943 Guide To Hiring Women
• He’s dead, Jim

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