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May 11

Cumberbock?

Me: (Waiting in line to buy gum, slowly becoming aware of the conversation behind me.)
She: We saw that movie too, we were so confused!
He: I fell asleep during it!
He2: All I could figure was, Colin Firth won the Oscar so he must be someone important in it.
He: Well, he *was* the bad guy...
She: I guess so...
Them: (Crosstalk)
She: But that Cumberbock guy was pretty hot stuff.
He2: Gary Oldman?
She: No, the younger one...

Mar 31

Because your Saturday afternoon needs a talk show cooking segment featuring Benedict Cumberbatch helping to make a scrambled egg dish.

Also, Benedict—the way you’re holding that chef’s knife makes me cringe.

Mar 22

Red Scharlach Points At Interesting Things: Ten Doomed Ideas For A Sequel To "Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch"

redscharlach:

(It’s only human to want to cash in on a successful Tumblr post, isn’t it? But sequels are never as good as the original…)

More reasons (as if you needed them) why Red Scharlach is one of fandom’s great assets.

Feb 1

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

lizlet:

ladysisyphus:

elzapan:

Benedict Cumberbatch portraying a convincing southern american woman.

Lord love a duck.

Holy crap.

I must know where this is from. Also, thanks to having a visual imagination, I can’t listen to this without immediately envisioning Cumberbatch resplendent in full-on Blanche DuBois drag. (This is not a bug; it’s a feature.)

Jan 31

In which the scene where George Smiley tells the story of his only meeting with Karla is explicated.

A couple of things strike me here. One is the actors’ voices; obviously what one does with one’s voice is a big part of the performance craft, but it’s really worth noting what Gary Oldman did with his voice for Smiley—it’s lower, rougher, with a slower pace than his out-of-character manner. The other is the shots that show just how much light there actually was on the actors in that scene—a scene which comes across as dark and barely lit in the film. Ah, movie magic. I really do love it.

Jan 24

sunnykindofwonderful:

Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy

Click on the photo for a whole batch of really terrific set and costume photography.

Jan 13

branduponthebrain:

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)

“Beware of head entrapment.”

…At some point I will stop being obsessed with the movie and the book and le Carré in general, but today is clearly not that day.

The men of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Also known as “your period movie costume porn for the day”. I do not have enough words for how much I love Bill Haydon’s brown corduroy coat, or Peter Guillam’s ties.

Jan 2

fuckyeahcaitlinmoran:

get-psyched:

Attention, méga-huge-spoilers pour ceux qui n’ont pas vu l’épisode 2x1.

(j’ai réussi à tenir des semaines sans le regarder \o/)

Big spoilers. Also, big hair.

Mark Gatiss: best-dressed man in television, y/n?

Dec 28

So I liked War Horse, which probably indicates that I’m insufficiently cynical/ironic or something. Among my many reactions: the desire to see a movie about this guy, the officer played by Benedict Cumberbatch.