Category Archives: Film

A Clockwork Orange forty years on – and its parallels to Misfits

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Cora

As of yesterday, I can strike another film from my “Must watch someday” list, because I finally managed to see A Clockwork Orange. I read the book by Anthony Burgess years ago, but I never saw the film until now, … Continue reading →

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Awards and Elections – and some Analysis

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Cora

The ankle is still swollen but otherwise much better. At any rate, I can walk almost normally, though I’m still careful about stairs, particularly when carrying things up and down the stairs. Otherwise, this weekend was the weekend for awards, … Continue reading →

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Last Chance before the Apocalypse Links

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Cora

I had a really shitty day. My students acted up (well, some of them) and I had to reprimand the same girl first for talking on her cellphone in class and getting stinky when I asked her to stop and … Continue reading →

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Tired Linkdump

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Cora

I’m really tired today and not in the mood for a longer post, but here is a linkdump: Theodora Goss has two lovely posts about reading protocols and finding or rather rediscovering the joy in writing. The Independent asks: Is … Continue reading →

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2011 Hugo Nominations

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Cora

The Hugo Award nominations for 2011 have been announced. As with this year’s Nebula Awards, we have a nicely diverse slate of nominees in the fiction categories. There are women nominated in all fiction categories and for the Campbell Award, … Continue reading →

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Fictional Riches

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Cora

Who would have thought that Forbes Magazine, that indispensable prop carried around by business students hoping to impress girls (I was that girl and distinctly unimpressed), had a sense of humour? But they obviously do, since they published this list … Continue reading →

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Yes, we had electricity back in the dark ages

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Cora

One of my students has recently become obsessed with The Poseidon Adventure (a.k.a the disaster film about the capsizing luxury cruise ship). He keeps drawing the Poseidon about to be hit by the monster wave and fantasizes about making a … Continue reading →

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Darth Vader backs Nuclear Power

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Cora

I just posted a nuclear power news roundup over at the ABC Buhlert blog. Among other things, I also posted a link to this news story about an anti-nuclear power protest march right here in Bremen with some 8000 protesters. … Continue reading →

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Story trumps science, every time

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Cora

The SF Signal Mind Meld asks several SF writer how important plausible science is for science fiction. The consensus is: Yes, plausible science is somewhat important, but characters, plot and storytelling are more important. This shouldn’t come as a surprise … Continue reading →

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Last of the Great Hollywood Divas

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Cora

Or should that rather be “divae”? Anyway, Elizabeth Taylor died yesterday aged 79. I first heard it on the radio, while driving home from school. The radio obituary made a really dumb error, too. They said that Liz Taylor had … Continue reading →

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