Blog entries from April

Further Notes on The Dark Knight Rises

April Yorke — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:43:30 +0100

I've already written 1000 words on this picture, so it's a little ridiculous that we find ourselves here again. Ah, well, I have a lot more thoughts and reactions to the movie as a whole, which will now take the form of bullet points as I am all essayed out. This probably goes withou...

Michael Fassbender is my kind of robot

April Yorke — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:36:30 +0100

There's a new promotional video out for Prometheus. It's a commercial for David, Michael Fassbender's character, who is apparently a robot that you can buy to do the shit you can't get your employees to do. Now, if I were a robot designer, I might make a robot that looks like Michael Fassbender.

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On the other hand, I find myself intensely distracted by the crease forming in his forehead...

Call for directors: Catching Fire

April Yorke — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:23:24 +0100

Really? Do we need to go through this again? Seems Lionsgate is going all Twilight on The Hunger Games, bringing in a new director for the second installment.

Okay, this was probably always going to piss me off, given my stated preference for Gary Ross (btw, I rewatched Seabiscuit the other day, and it was as great...

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter got a better trailer

April Yorke — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:44:46 +0100

Good news, guys! As suspected, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter's second trailer, a.k.a. not the teaser trailer, did a much better job at convincing me to see the movie. Even "Are you a patriot or a vampire?" makes sense now! See for yourselves:

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See! It's 'cause the vampires apparently want to take over America. Plus it sounds like it's about Lincoln's exploits from before he was...

Best of the Week: March 12-16, 2012

April Yorke — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:30:43 +0100

At (Cult)ure we're in the business of producing written words, but that doesn't mean that we don't enjoy things like spoken words or words set to music or things that don't have words at all. So each week we'll bring you a small collection of non-written things that we enjoyed.

Best Podcast: Mike & Tom Eat Snacks, "Episode 52"

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Best of the Week: March 5-9, 2012

April Yorke — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:41:24 +0100

Best Podcast: The Sporkful, Call In Smorgasbord: Grizzly Dan and PB and Honey

T...

5 reasons why the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter trailer is ruining a perfectly good movie

April Yorke — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:54:17 +0100

YouTube just served the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter trailer up to me, so I took a big bite. Boy, does it make me not want to see a movie that I previously wanted to see.

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1. I have no idea what the story might be.
Chances are that there will be another (probably many other) trailer closer to the release date that gives away more of the plot. But the reason I wish I knew...

Best of the Week: January 30 - February 3, 2012

April Yorke — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:18:43 +0100

Best Podcas...

Best of the Week: January 9-13, 2011

April Yorke — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:26:18 +0100

Best Podcast: On Being, "Roseanne Cash"

Maybe I was always...

2011 (Cult)y TV Outliers: Treme's Sonny

April Yorke — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:44:27 +0100

No sooner did we publish the (Cult)ys, our first annual ridiculously specific TV and cinema awards, than all manner of other awards I could have given started to flow freely in my brain. I've decided to call these forgotten awards "outliers"* and post them as they come to me, so they can live in infamy (or just on the internet. One or the other). So, let's kick it off with . . .

1. Nucky marrie...

Gossip Girl's Sorry, But Her Love For You is Unconditional

April Yorke — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:06:28 +0100

CHAIR! So close, and yet so far. Yup, that's about what I got out to last night's Gossip Girl, "Riding in Town Cars with Boys." Otherwise, Nate and Serena make the same plan they always make, only Dan's in this time; Ivy finally finds a reason to get out of Dodge already; and Rufus cont...

Weekend Streaming: Roller Derby World Cup!

April Yorke — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:13:22 +0100

Team Canada has been AMAZING in the preliminaries for the FIRST EVER Roller Derby World Cup, winning all three games (against France, Sweden, and Brazil) to be seeded second (2nd!). You can find the schedule here (hopefully updated soon), and you can stream it live on Derby News Network here.

Fun fact: Two Rideau Valley R...

Merry Christmas Music!

April Yorke — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:26:40 +0100

Lauren's already kicked it off in the comments on the latest Mayfair chat, but, since it's December 1st and therefore the day I officially start listening to Christmas music of my own accord,* let's take a minute to share a couple of faves, shall we?

Up first is my personal favourite from A Muppet Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Present's song, "It Feels Like Christmas:"

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Secon...

Get Bella's vampire blow out for only $29.99!

April Yorke — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:15:45 +0100

Now, if there's one thing you noticed in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, wait . . . if there's one thing you noticed besides headboard breaking, Tebowing, and Edward cutting his child out of his wife's womb with his own teeth, it was that vampire Bella had one helluva blow out, right? She goes from beaten, malnourished famin...

Gossip Girl: Dair is a Distraction

April Yorke — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:27:44 +0100

Last night’s Gossip Girl, “Rhodes to Perdition,” didn’t follow up on the end of “All the Pretty Sources” even a little bit. You know, when Blair showed up at Empire and asked without really asking if Chuck was good all along, and Ed Westwick’s exquisitely exp...

Got $160? Better get Bella and Edward's place setting.

April Yorke — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:46:38 +0100

Oh, you guys. I know we're all in a tizzy to attend the nuptials of those two crazy kids (using the term loosely, of course), so I bet you're wondering what to get the couple who has everything (or can afford to buy it). The answer, I don't mind tell you, is a 10 piece dinner set for two for $160. I've been to...

The Vampire Diaries: Leverage

April Yorke — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:58:59 +0100

Despite rocking all over the place the week prior, Alaric is nowhere to be seen in last week’s The Vampire Diaries, “The Reckoning.” I guess he needed to recharge the AWESOME before dropping it on us again (next time!). In the meantime, Caroline’s obsession with d...

Vampire Diaries: Just a little S2 reminder before S3 starts tonight!

April Yorke — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:56:32 +0100

Here's something: I discovered/realized that I never posted or even wrote a recap for The Vampire Diaries' Season 2 finale, "As I Lay Dying," but I did keep my notes. I type them while I watch, as my viewing companions can attest. With the exception of correcting a typo or two, I've decided ...