Live at the Apollo
5x01 (4/12/09 edition)
Didn't think we'd see this again, after Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow seemed to replace it. But I swear it used to be longer than half an hour...
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Spooks
8x03 Episode 3
An exemplary episode, even if it once again stretches credibility -- a given with Spooks these days, I suppose. It's also one of those episodes where one agrees with the terrorists, to at least some degree, which is always an interesting conundrum; particularly for the writer I should imagine.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Films
Fatal Instinct (1993)
[#86 in 100 Films in a Year 2009]
Ah, iTunes' 99p Film of the Week, what randomness thou dost produce.
[#86 in 100 Films in a Year 2009]
Ah, iTunes' 99p Film of the Week, what randomness thou dost produce.
Magazines
Radio Times 19 December 2009 - 1 January 2010
Ah, the legendary (their word) Christmas issue.
I do love the Christmas RT. Every year it's an epic of a magazine, stuffed to bursting (literally -- the cover's two-thirds off mine already) with previews, interviews, reviews, other 'views, the film guide and, of course, two whole weeks' worth of TV and radio listings.
Today, I've managed to make it as far as what is ostensibly the point of the magazine: the actual TV listings section. Tomorrow, maybe I'll reach the end... but there may not be enough hours in the day...
Ah, the legendary (their word) Christmas issue.
I do love the Christmas RT. Every year it's an epic of a magazine, stuffed to bursting (literally -- the cover's two-thirds off mine already) with previews, interviews, reviews, other 'views, the film guide and, of course, two whole weeks' worth of TV and radio listings.
Today, I've managed to make it as far as what is ostensibly the point of the magazine: the actual TV listings section. Tomorrow, maybe I'll reach the end... but there may not be enough hours in the day...
shameless eBay self promotion: update 2
So, I'm still selling a bunch of stuff on Popular Internet Auction Site eBay. I promise I'll stop advertising it once it's all gone.
Anyway, here's what there is. Stuff being bid on in is emboldened, sold stuff crossed out. Updated as-and-when.
'Exclusive' & New DVDs
300 Special Edition, with The Art of the Film mini-book
Crash (2004) new
Wanted with mini-comic & exclusive website access code
Films on DVD
The Da Vinci Code Special Edition
Dark City (theatrical cut)
Dark City: Director's Cut (US Region 1)
The Fountain
Highlander 2-disc 'European edition'
Marnie
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Special Edition
The Ultimate Mummy Collection including The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns
No Country For Old Men
Nosferatu (1922) Special Edition
Predator
Underworld Special Extended Edition
Underworld Evolution
Masters of Cinema DVDs
#1 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
#71 Mad Detective
TV on DVD
Band of Brothers in original tin packaging
The Complete Fawlty Towers 3-disc set
The Sopranos Series 1 Collector's Edition
The Sopranos Series 2
The Sopranos Series 3
Books
From Russia With Love (Penguin Modern Classics edition)
You Only Live Twice (Penguin Modern Classics edition)
Sold
Batman Begins Special Edition
The Dark Knight Special Edition with mini-comic
Fight Club Definitive Edition (uncut)
Ghostbusters 15th Anniversary Edition
The Great Dictator 2-disc edition
Highlander Immortal Edition
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition
Monty Python's Life of Brian The Immaculate Edition
Se7en 2-disc edition
This is Spinal Tap Special Edition
Zodiac: Director's Cut
That's all for now. I'll aim to update this when things sell.
Anyway, here's what there is. Stuff being bid on in is emboldened, sold stuff crossed out. Updated as-and-when.
'Exclusive' & New DVDs
Films on DVD
Masters of Cinema DVDs
TV on DVD
Books
Sold
That's all for now. I'll aim to update this when things sell.
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
TV
Gavin & Stacey
3x02 Episode 2
Plot description, essentially: they order a curry. Yet it's still brilliant!
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Have I Got News For You
38x07 (4/12/09 edition; uncut repeat)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
23x10 (2/12/09 edition)
Yes, last week's, in which Dermot O'Leary made for a surprisingly effective host, particularly with the X Factor voice over gags.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
QI
7x02 Ganimals
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Wallander [Swedish]
1x04 Mörkret (aka The Overdose)
3x02 Episode 2
Plot description, essentially: they order a curry. Yet it's still brilliant!
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Have I Got News For You
38x07 (4/12/09 edition; uncut repeat)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
23x10 (2/12/09 edition)
Yes, last week's, in which Dermot O'Leary made for a surprisingly effective host, particularly with the X Factor voice over gags.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
QI
7x02 Ganimals
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Wallander [Swedish]
1x04 Mörkret (aka The Overdose)
Films
Paths of Glory (1957)
[#85 in 100 Films in a Year 2009]
Starring Kirk Douglas, who (as IMDb tells me) happens to be 93 today. And to double the amusement, he was born in 1916, the year this film's set. You have to wonder if someone at Channel 4 planned this...
[#85 in 100 Films in a Year 2009]
Starring Kirk Douglas, who (as IMDb tells me) happens to be 93 today. And to double the amusement, he was born in 1916, the year this film's set. You have to wonder if someone at Channel 4 planned this...
Articles
Ashes finale will explain Life On Mars by Neil Wilkes
(from Digital Spy)
I always thought it would've been braver to do the first season of Ashes to Ashes as Life On Mars Series 3 -- a complete change of setting and main character in your third season is both barmy and brilliant.
This is the headline news story from Digital Spy's new interview with Matthew Graham (co-creator of Mars and Ashes), which is worth a read for any fan.
Sight and Sound publish their Top Ten Films of 2009
(from MovieMail Latest)
This is literally just the list, re-reported by MovieMail. I think I'll have to see about getting the actual magazine now -- I do like a good Best Of list.
(from Digital Spy)
The idea is to unify the two shows... Series three [of Ashes to Ashes] unifies Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes and makes them one show. By the time you get halfway through series three of Ashes To Ashes, you will actually feel like you're watching series five of Life On Mars!"
I always thought it would've been braver to do the first season of Ashes to Ashes as Life On Mars Series 3 -- a complete change of setting and main character in your third season is both barmy and brilliant.
This is the headline news story from Digital Spy's new interview with Matthew Graham (co-creator of Mars and Ashes), which is worth a read for any fan.
Sight and Sound publish their Top Ten Films of 2009
(from MovieMail Latest)
This is literally just the list, re-reported by MovieMail. I think I'll have to see about getting the actual magazine now -- I do like a good Best Of list.
shameless eBay self promotion: update
As mentioned yesterday, I currently have a raft of items for sale on Popular Internet Auction Site eBay. Here's a list of what's currently on the go, now with stuff that's being bid on in bold (and sold stuff crossed out).
'Exclusive' & New DVDs
300 Special Edition, with The Art of the Film mini-book
Crash (2004) new
Wanted with mini-comic & exclusive website access code
Films on DVD
The Da Vinci Code Special Edition
Dark City (theatrical cut)
Dark City: Director's Cut (US Region 1)
The Fountain
Ghostbusters 15th Anniversary Edition
Highlander 2-disc 'European edition'
Marnie
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Special Edition
The Ultimate Mummy Collection including The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns
No Country For Old Men
Nosferatu (1922) Special Edition
Predator
Underworld Special Extended Edition
Underworld Evolution
Masters of Cinema DVDs
#1 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
#71 Mad Detective
TV on DVD
Band of Brothers in original tin packaging
The Complete Fawlty Towers 3-disc set
The Sopranos Series 1 Collector's Edition
The Sopranos Series 2
The Sopranos Series 3
Books
From Russia With Love (Penguin Modern Classics edition)
You Only Live Twice (Penguin Modern Classics edition)
Sold
Batman Begins Special Edition
The Dark Knight Special Edition with mini-comic
Fight Club Definitive Edition (uncut)
The Great Dictator 2-disc edition
Highlander Immortal Edition
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition
Monty Python's Life of Brian The Immaculate Edition
Se7en 2-disc edition
This is Spinal Tap Special Edition
Zodiac: Director's Cut
That's all for now. I'll aim to update this when things sell.
'Exclusive' & New DVDs
Films on DVD
Masters of Cinema DVDs
TV on DVD
Books
Sold
That's all for now. I'll aim to update this when things sell.
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
TV
Miranda
1x03 Job
1x04 Holiday
Still brilliant!
[Watch Job and Holiday again on iPlayer.]
Russell Howard's Good News
1x07 (3/12/09 edition, extended repeat)
[You can (still) only see the shorter version on iPlayer.]
We Need Answers
2x01 Women
How I missed the first series of this I'll never know, though to be fair it was only three episodes. It must've gone down well because this new run lasts thirteen. It's utterly, utterly barmy, but quite fun because of it.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
1x03 Job
1x04 Holiday
Still brilliant!
[Watch Job and Holiday again on iPlayer.]
Russell Howard's Good News
1x07 (3/12/09 edition, extended repeat)
[You can (still) only see the shorter version on iPlayer.]
We Need Answers
2x01 Women
How I missed the first series of this I'll never know, though to be fair it was only three episodes. It must've gone down well because this new run lasts thirteen. It's utterly, utterly barmy, but quite fun because of it.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Films
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2006)
[#84 in 100 Films in a Year 2009]
Following Transformers 2 and Inglourious Basterds, my catch-up of what I missed this summer continues.
[#84 in 100 Films in a Year 2009]
Following Transformers 2 and Inglourious Basterds, my catch-up of what I missed this summer continues.
DVD Extras
First Footage from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
and
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Sneak Peek
on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Blu-ray
The theme park (aka The Wizarding World of Harry Potter) looks suitably like a Potter fan's dream; Deathly Hallows looks entertainingly different to all the other films.
and
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Sneak Peek
on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Blu-ray
The theme park (aka The Wizarding World of Harry Potter) looks suitably like a Potter fan's dream; Deathly Hallows looks entertainingly different to all the other films.
new review at 100 Films
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
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.
every inch a Boy’s Own adventure, packing every facet of that genre of storytelling into its brisk running time. There’s secret bases, ray guns, giant robots, flying aircraft carriers, snow-bound Himalayan treks, creature-infested secret jungle islands, huge underground bases, space rockets, planes that are also submarines, tree bridges over impossibly deep gorges… If it’s part of the genre, it’s probably here
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.
shameless eBay self promotion
I currently have a raft of items for sale on Popular Internet Auction Site eBay. So tardy have I been in promoting these items here that some have already sold, while others are already being bid on. (Long-term readers may recognise some of the items from when I did this before, about 14 months ago.)
Here's a list of what I currently have on the go, then, in case anyone's interested. Several are already being bid on.
'Exclusive' & New DVDs
300 Special Edition, with The Art of the Film mini-book
Crash (2004) new
Wanted with mini-comic & exclusive website access code
Films on DVD
The Da Vinci Code Special Edition
Dark City (theatrical cut)
Dark City: Director's Cut (US Region 1)
The Fountain
Ghostbusters 15th Anniversary Edition
Highlander 2-disc 'European edition'
Marnie
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Special Edition
The Ultimate Mummy Collection including The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns
No Country For Old Men
Nosferatu (1922) Special Edition
Predator
Se7en 2-disc edition
Underworld Special Extended Edition
Underworld Evolution
Masters of Cinema DVDs
#1 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
#71 Mad Detective
TV on DVD
Band of Brothers in original tin packaging
The Complete Fawlty Towers 3-disc set
The Sopranos Series 1 Collector's Edition
The Sopranos Series 2
The Sopranos Series 3
Books
From Russia With Love (Penguin Modern Classics edition)
You Only Live Twice (Penguin Modern Classics edition)
Sold
Batman Begins Special Edition
The Dark Knight Special Edition with mini-comic
Fight Club Definitive Edition (uncut)
The Great Dictator 2-disc edition
Highlander Immortal Edition
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition
Monty Python's Life of Brian The Immaculate Edition
This is Spinal Tap Special Edition
Zodiac: Director's Cut
That's all for now. I'll aim to update this when things sell.
Here's a list of what I currently have on the go, then, in case anyone's interested. Several are already being bid on.
'Exclusive' & New DVDs
Films on DVD
Masters of Cinema DVDs
TV on DVD
Books
Sold
That's all for now. I'll aim to update this when things sell.
Monday, 7 December 2009
TV
Doctor Who [new]
4x16a Dreamland
Full-episode-length animated special, starring David Tennant (of course). More thoughts on this coming soon.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
The Graham Norton Show
6x09 (30/11/09 edition)
Yes, last week's.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Miranda
1x01 Date
1x02 Teacher
This is brilliant! Despite all the dross, sometimes we can still produce wonderful sitcoms. Also, loving the return of "You Have Been Watching..." -- fits perfectly with the show's style. Lovely.
[Watch Date and Teacher again on iPlayer.]
4x16a Dreamland
Full-episode-length animated special, starring David Tennant (of course). More thoughts on this coming soon.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
The Graham Norton Show
6x09 (30/11/09 edition)
Yes, last week's.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Miranda
1x01 Date
1x02 Teacher
This is brilliant! Despite all the dross, sometimes we can still produce wonderful sitcoms. Also, loving the return of "You Have Been Watching..." -- fits perfectly with the show's style. Lovely.
[Watch Date and Teacher again on iPlayer.]
Articles
Russell T Davies On The End of Time
and
More Wit And Wisdom Of Russell T Davies
and
Russell T Davies And The Line That Must Never Be Uttered
by Dave Golder (from SFX)
Three-part interview with nearly-gone Who supremo Russell T Davies, days one to three of SFX's Christmas Countdown, covering both the forthcoming 10th Doctor finale and some of his thoughts on his whole tenure. Even though he's been interview countless times over the years, not least in the past few months, there are still some new things for fans to learn.
And Davies certainly knows how to cater for his audience -- his mass press/TV interviews are perfectly fine for a general audience, but for SF/F mag SFX Davies' is thoroughly geek-friendly, referencing specific classic Who stories right from question one.
and
More Wit And Wisdom Of Russell T Davies
and
Russell T Davies And The Line That Must Never Be Uttered
by Dave Golder (from SFX)
Three-part interview with nearly-gone Who supremo Russell T Davies, days one to three of SFX's Christmas Countdown, covering both the forthcoming 10th Doctor finale and some of his thoughts on his whole tenure. Even though he's been interview countless times over the years, not least in the past few months, there are still some new things for fans to learn.
And Davies certainly knows how to cater for his audience -- his mass press/TV interviews are perfectly fine for a general audience, but for SF/F mag SFX Davies' is thoroughly geek-friendly, referencing specific classic Who stories right from question one.
Sunday, 6 December 2009
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).
[#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)
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.
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.
Saturday, 5 December 2009
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