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BBC to offer "series stacking"
(from the BBC Press Office)
"The BBC is to offer viewers the chance to catch up on every episode of some of their favourite series as 'series stacking' is introduced to BBC iPlayer and programme sites from 13 September 2008. Viewers will be able to enjoy any episode, after it has first been broadcast, for the duration of the entire series." Wonderful news, if you ask me.

The Dark Knight Breaks $500 Million by Chris Hewitt
(from Empire Online)
Yep, that Batman flick just keeps on rolling. "The Dark Knight passed the $500 million mark (that's US domestic, we're talking over $919 million worldwide) on Sunday... it still looks like the superhero phenomenon won’t hit the most-successful-film-of-all-time number one slot presently occupied by James Cameron’s watery epic, which grossed $600 million in the States back in 1997/98. Current estimates are that The Dark Knight will finish around $60 million short of that target... it won't even come close to beating Titanic's $1.8 worldwide haul." Not unexpected, but still a shame.

Film Review: Babylon A.D. by Jonathan Crocker
(from SFX)
"It’s only after some seriously clunky action scenes that it finally hits you: Kassovitz might have directed incendiary cult-fave La Haine... But that was 13 years ago. His last film was Gothika."

Mark Millar Talks Wanted 2 by Glen Ferris
(from Empire Online)
Reassuring, I must say.

Spooks Viewers Give Up the Ghost by Dave Golder
(from SFX)
"Spooks spin-off Code 9 is proving an almighty flop, with episode four having lost nearly two thirds of the viewers who tuned in for episode one. The series debuted on BBC3 with 810,000 viewers, but last Sunday only 288,000 tuned in. That’s fewer than anything that makes it into the top ten on Dave, and they’re all repeats."