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  • TV Episode Review: “Doctor Who” “Time Heist” (08.05, 2014)

    Written by Steve Thompson and Steven Moffat Directed by Douglas MacKinnon This episode has an interesting teaser. The Doctor gets a call on the TARDIS’s external phone and after he remarks that hardly anyone has the number, he and Clara suddenly awaken in a dark room with two others, the Doctor holding a memory worm…

  • 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.…

  • 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…