Double Your Dosage

I feel like I’m the only one who didn’t hate-watch Peter Pan Live over the weekend. I was genuinely excited to watch Alison Williams go at it as the hottest boy-girl who ever lived and Christopher Walken play Christopher Walken as Captain Hook. I’m in the UK, so unfortunately I couldn’t watch it live. I was scanning the reviews while I got my hair cut and then watched the clips as soon as they were uploaded to YouTube. I can’t tell you how I feel about the continuity or where

I want to be surrounded by porn people who love me for what I am, who say, "Where do you want the erection, where do you want the penetration?" Where it's not complicated. This golden sound bite was brought to you by Lars von Trier. Who else would say that? Nymphomaniac: Volume 1, which he wrote and directed, is a smorgasbord of sex, divided into five chapters. Though I walked in expecting a year’s worth of porn, what I got was a sex addict’s odyssey of her past conquests, an

All the boys who the dance floor didn't love And all the girls whose lips couldn't move fast enough Sing, until your lungs give out Because the remake was coming out this fall, I wanted to go as Carrie for Halloween. I spilled red juice and corn syrup on a pink prom dress and smeared red food coloring all over my face, arms and even my hair. My bathroom literally looked like a crime scene. I hadn’t celebrated Halloween for two years, so I was really proud of my handiwork. Aft

Has it lived up to your expectations so far? I don’t know, I was expecting Christian to be, you know, a bit bigger. By now everyone and their mother has seen the first official photos of Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan posing as their characters in Fifty Shades of Grey (click here for my review of this literary masterpiece). Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey are pictured with the tie and biting their lip in various poses. He broods. She is wide eyed and innocent. He is suit

I caught up with Ed Stoppard to talk about his role in this month's indie Papadopoulos & Sons by first-time director and his lontime friend, Marcus Markou. It's a riches-to-rags story: After losing their fortune in an ecomonic downturn, Anglo-Greek Harry Papadopoulos and his family are forced to move in with his estranged brother, eccentrically charming Spiros at his fish and chip shop. This story couldn't be more culturally relevant after the stock market crash and the Cypri

It’s hard for me to take sex addiction seriously, mostly because I always remember the Sex Addicts Anonymous scene in Blades of Glory. Gwyneth Paltrow’s character puts it perfectly in the Thanks For Sharing trailer: “Isn’t that just something guys say when they get caught cheating?” (Cough, Tiger Woods.) Apparently researchers share her skepticism: In a UCLA study of people um, obsessed with sex, their brains do not respond to sexual stimuli in the same way an addict’s would.

After years of dying to go, this April I finally took the tube down to the O2 to attend the Sundance Film Festival. This was its second year in London, where it screened films such as Mud, Upstream Color, Running From Crazy, Touchy Feely and Whiplash. I went to a screening of Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes. If I’d had more time I would’ve gone to see A.C.O.D. and The Look of Love too. Emanuel was a beautiful film. Very artsy, very Sundance. I’ll post a review in a separat

I’m probably nit-picking at the “Robsten” situation, but considering Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are already back together, nobody will care if I cover an area that’s been overlooked. Shortly after hearing about her affair with Rupert Sanders, I was reminded of a moment during Pattinson and Stewart’s commentary of Eclipse. Third-wheel Taylor Lautner couldn’t make it, and so it just sounds like a funny, uncensored chat between any normal couple. Anyway, the crucial bi

The James Bond films have circulated in my household ever since I can remember. My dad is a big fan, an obsession passed on by my late grandpa. Because he didn’t speak much English, my dad would translate the movies for him into Persian when they would watch together. Daniel Craig has been one of my dad’s favorite actors since Layer Cake, so it was a pleasant surprise when he made his debut as Bond in Casino Royale. I remember when we were little my cousin demanded his parent

My sister and I have been obsessed with visiting Australia for the past year. I want to do a trip after graduation, but I don’t think she can wait that long. Ever since Liam Hemsworth announced his engagement to Miley Cyrus, she is determined to find another Aussie, pronto. Yesterday she discovered a reality TV show that might tide her over until then. Bondi Rescue documents the daily lives of the Bondi Beach lifeguards as they deal with rescues, thieves, perverts, shark atta