Sunday 6 December 2009

TV

Top Gear
14x03 Episode 3
Yes, last week's. And I want one of those caravans.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Children of Heaven (1997)
[#83 in 100 Films in a Year 2009]
The film referred to in that wonderful Ebert article I linked to a while back (just under three months -- or a quarter of a year -- ago, to be exact).

new review at 100 Films

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Robert Shaw makes a terrific villain: calm, uncompromising, and British, the primary prerequisite of a perfect Hollywood bad guy. As the unlikely hero, Garber, Walter Matthau is a terrific foil at the other end of the phone, dryly sardonic as he attempts to effectually organise a dozen services.

Read the full review at 100 Films.

There are currently a whole pile of feature films in the review pipeline at 100 Films. As ever, updates here as and when they're posted.