Month: September 2014
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TV Episode Review: “Doctor Who” “Listen” (08.04, 2014)
Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Douglas MacKinnon “Question: Why do we talk out loud when we know we’re alone? Conjecture: Because we know we’re not.” While the Doctor’s speech about evolution in the teaser is rather inaccurate (Evolution doesn’t “perfect” things. It’s a messy process that is only concerned with getting “good enough” results.…
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Movie Review: “Fading Gigolo” (John Turturro, USA 2013)
I can’t ignore a Woody Allen project, or even someone else’s project on which he is working, even if it’s only as an actor. And John Turturro is a good actor, even if I have to admit that I had not seen any of his previous films as a director (Who did?). Even the film’s…
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TV Episode Review: “Doctor Who” “Robot of Sherwood” (08.03, 2014)
Written by Mark Gattis Directed by Paul Murphy Here is a list of all of the writers from season one of Doctor Who who are still writing on the show: Steven Moffat and Mark Gattis. Gattis first appeared writing a memorable episode called “The Unquiet Dead,” in which the Doctor encountered a great skeptic in…
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