Thursday 4 April 2013

TV

Game of Thrones
2x04 Garden of Bones
Sometimes, you can't resist racing on to find out the result of a cliffhanger; and sometimes, an episode's so good it seems wrong to sully it by going straight on to another. This is definitely a case of the latter. It feels like some things must be coming to a head next episode, but it's the only one of the entire season without a commentary track -- if it is pivotal, what an odd choice to skip it.

The Last Leg
2x09 (29/3/13 edition) [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]

Pointless
6x46 (16/5/12 edition)
Yeah, if I watch a daily game show fortnightly, I'll catch up in no time!

Veronica Mars
1x03 Meet John Smith
I liked the first two episodes, but this one really clicked for me.

Articles

Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
by Neil Steinberg (from Chicago Sun-Times)

Thorough obituary from his paper.


Roger Ebert Hails Human Existence As 'A Triumph'
(from The Onion)

Sweet but still funny, possibly the best thing The Onion has ever run.


Vale Roger Ebert: your greatest crime was loving movies too much
by Luke Buckmaster (from Cinetology at Crikey)

Ebert’s passion for cinema can serve as a reminder that it is always OK to love, like or enjoy a film no matter what it is or what anybody else says.


Finally,

I do not fear death
by Roger Ebert (from Salon)