Thursday 6 November 2008

TV

8 Out of 10 Cats
7x10 (6/11/08 edition)
An appropriate degree of lambasting the General Public for complaining about things they've not even seen/heard.

Little Dorrit
Part 4 (of 14)

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
22x06 (6/11/08 edition)
Obviously taped in the wake of the recent BBC scandal, this Buzzcocks did a typically great job of extracting all the humour out of BBC shows needing to 'behave' now.

Films

Clockwise (1986)
[#76 in 100 Films in a Year 2008]

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
[#75 in 100 Films in a Year 2008]

Articles: James Bond

All James Bond-related articles today...

Children banned from cinemas for Bond film as adults demand peace and quiet by Colin Fernandez
(from Mail Online)
Well done, Vue! Very well done indeed. Shame it costs an extra 50p -- though, I'd pay that for the added peace & quiet! -- but at least they're intending to continue the move for some future releases.

'I wanted to make the Bond movie I always wanted to see...' by Devin Zydel
(from CommanderBond.net)
Director Marc Forster has one or two different things to say. For my musing on these endless interviews with the same people, see here.

Just what is the greatest Bond film ever? by Mark Oakley
(from Den of Geek!)
The idea is decent, the criteria intriguing, but the final reasoning weak and most of the conclusions wrong (in my opinion, obviously). It doesn't help that the limited films included make it over a decade out of date! I've been looking at a fair bit of Den of Geek today, and have concluded that it's all round a rather rubbish site.

Michael G. Wilson On Reinventing James Bond by Devin Zydel
(from CommanderBond.net)
The producer discusses the up & down nature of the franchise.