Friday birdblogging: pretty colors

I'm MaryAnn Johanson, writer and editor, and this is my scratch pad, idea-jotter-downer, portfolio and resume, and general hang-out blog.

• film/TV/pop culture critic at FlickFilosopher.com
• contributor, Film.com
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• member, Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• member, International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences

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• watch it: “The House in the Middle”
• female gazing at: James Franco
• ‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: ghost TARDIS in ‘Secrets of the Dragon Wheel’?
• Flipped (review)
• the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Apocalypse’
• trailer break: ‘I’m Still Here’
• question of the day: What actors will you watch in anything?
• female gazing at: Henry Fonda
• ‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: series six filming started today
• WWII in HD (review)
• watch it: “Kodak 1922 Kodachrome Film Test”
• color photos of a black-and-white world, part 3
• color photos of a black-and-white world, part 2
• color photos of a black-and-white world, part 1
• trailer break: ‘Buried’
• question of the day: Will the Great Recession force Hollywood to be more creative?
• reasons to subscribe at $1 per month: Part IV
• cinematic roots of: ‘Going the Distance’
• cinematic roots of: ‘Machete’
• cinematic roots of: ‘The American’
• deep thought (re the decline of Syfy)
• retro trailer: ‘Children of the Damned’
• the end of torture porn?; the end of the Internet?; what TV viewers want more of (and what they're going to get instead); more: leftover links
• ‘Moon’ and ‘Doctor Who’: “The Waters of Mars” are 2010 Hugo winners
• about the voting up and down of comments
• my reads: ‘Death from the Skies!’ by Philip Plait, PhD
• Saturday cute: Jack Sparrow playing Magic the Gathering with Greedo
• a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “Waldorf Stories”
• question of the weekend: What widely accepted practice, custom, or societal norm do you regard as irrational, absurd, offensive, silly, nonsensical, counterproductive, or morally wrong?
• Friday night fortune cookie: Cameron Mitchell says...