Thursday 10 February 2011

TV

10 O'Clock Live
1x03 (3/2/11 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]

The Killing [aka Forbrydelsen]
1x06 Day 6
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Yes Minister
2x03 The Death List

Films

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
[#17 in 100 Films in a Year 2011]
The first of two new films to close out my David Fincher Week. I don't quite know why it's taken me so long to get round to this one, but it certainly has been a (relatively) long time -- the UK theatrical release was two years ago this week!

Articles

Sky News facing Sky Atlantic probe by Andrew Laughlin
(from Digital Spy)
Ofcom is to investigate whether Sky News broke broadcasting regulations governing editorial independence by giving "undue prominence" to the launch of the Sky Atlantic channel.
Ha.

Will Shane Black Direct Iron Man 3? by Borys Kit & Pamela McClintock
(from Heat Vision at The Hollywood Reporter)
I didn't even know Jon Favreau had stepped down. Black's a good choice though -- he wrote and directed the excellent Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which would seem to have more or less the right tone for an Iron Man film. He also wrote Lethal Weapon, but that was 24 years ago so let's not hold it against him.