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Monday, 28 July 2008
TV
At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper
(26/7/08 edition)
Not that Ebert's even on it (hasn't been for the last two years, apparently, and currently replaced by Michael Phillips). Largely negative reviews for The X-Files: I Want to Believe and Brideshead Revisited, but much acclaim for Boy A, which was original on TV in the UK but has a (limited) theatrical release over here.
Doctor Who [new]
4x13a Music of the Spheres [special]
A special 7-minute scene written by Russell T Davies for this year's Doctor Who Prom. For copyright reasons it's relatively hard to watch legitimately (hopefully it'll be on the season four DVD set though), but then there's always the magic of YouTube these days. Find it with sound from the broadcast if you can -- it'll be worth it.
(26/7/08 edition)
Not that Ebert's even on it (hasn't been for the last two years, apparently, and currently replaced by Michael Phillips). Largely negative reviews for The X-Files: I Want to Believe and Brideshead Revisited, but much acclaim for Boy A, which was original on TV in the UK but has a (limited) theatrical release over here.
Doctor Who [new]
4x13a Music of the Spheres [special]
A special 7-minute scene written by Russell T Davies for this year's Doctor Who Prom. For copyright reasons it's relatively hard to watch legitimately (hopefully it'll be on the season four DVD set though), but then there's always the magic of YouTube these days. Find it with sound from the broadcast if you can -- it'll be worth it.
Films
Crash: Director's Cut (2004)
[3rd watch]
Despite a critical backlash following its Best Picture Oscar win, I still maintain this is a much better film than the distinctly overrated Brokeback Mountain -- a view apparently upheld by IMDb voters, where Crash is placed #177 on the Top 250 while Brokeback doesn't even figure.
[3rd watch]
Despite a critical backlash following its Best Picture Oscar win, I still maintain this is a much better film than the distinctly overrated Brokeback Mountain -- a view apparently upheld by IMDb voters, where Crash is placed #177 on the Top 250 while Brokeback doesn't even figure.
Articles
Batman's nemesis crowns dark tale by Michael Osborn
(from BBC News)
Little new in this brief article about The Dark Knight, with quotes from director Chris Nolan and stars Michael Caine and Christian Bale. If you haven't read much about the film, however, you may find something here.
(from BBC News)
Little new in this brief article about The Dark Knight, with quotes from director Chris Nolan and stars Michael Caine and Christian Bale. If you haven't read much about the film, however, you may find something here.
Art
Dali: Painting and Film
(at the Museum of Modern Art)
Special Exhibition of the loopy Spaniard's work. MoMA's website includes a (more limited) online version of the exhibition, accessible here.
Museum of Modern Art
A general wander around the museum, which has a few genuine pieces of art amongst an awful lot of dreadful tosh.
(at the Museum of Modern Art)
Special Exhibition of the loopy Spaniard's work. MoMA's website includes a (more limited) online version of the exhibition, accessible here.
Museum of Modern Art
A general wander around the museum, which has a few genuine pieces of art amongst an awful lot of dreadful tosh.
Sunday, 27 July 2008
Films
The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience (2008)
[#48a in 100 Films in a Year 2008]
This is the second time I've seen The Dark Knight. Read my first review of it, from a normal screening, here. (IMAX review now available too.)
[#48a in 100 Films in a Year 2008]
This is the second time I've seen The Dark Knight. Read my first review of it, from a normal screening, here. (IMAX review now available too.)
Saturday, 26 July 2008
Friday, 25 July 2008
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
TV
Mad Men
1x03 Marriage of Figaro
1x04 New Amsterdam
A well-paired, er, pair of episodes. Mad Men is the sort of on-going-story-based show (which most dramas seem to be these days, of course) that works well when watched in multi-episode chunks, because the storylines flow across episodes. Of course, it means the line between what happened when is harder to remember -- and there are obvious pacing issues in reducing a one-week gap to one-minute!
On another, related, note, Blu-ray is annoying -- the films/TV themselves may be pretty, but the slow games console-style loading times and ugly menus are a right pain.
1x03 Marriage of Figaro
1x04 New Amsterdam
A well-paired, er, pair of episodes. Mad Men is the sort of on-going-story-based show (which most dramas seem to be these days, of course) that works well when watched in multi-episode chunks, because the storylines flow across episodes. Of course, it means the line between what happened when is harder to remember -- and there are obvious pacing issues in reducing a one-week gap to one-minute!
On another, related, note, Blu-ray is annoying -- the films/TV themselves may be pretty, but the slow games console-style loading times and ugly menus are a right pain.
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Films
Presto (2008)
[#47b in 100 Films in a Year 2008]
Amusing Pixar short that's currently playing before WALL-E in cinemas.
WALL-E (2008)
[#48 in 100 Films in a Year 2008]
And Pixar's aforementioned latest CG triumph.
[#47b in 100 Films in a Year 2008]
Amusing Pixar short that's currently playing before WALL-E in cinemas.
WALL-E (2008)
[#48 in 100 Films in a Year 2008]
And Pixar's aforementioned latest CG triumph.
Monday, 21 July 2008
TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live
(18/7/08 edition)
Batman-centric, just like the whole of America at the minute. Understandable, mind, considering its quality, and that Maggie Gyllenhaal was a guest. So too were Ant & Dec -- more British hosts trying to conquer America. Also a very funny segment where things that didn't need censoring were bleeped/pixelated, turning clean things dirty. (Despite the name, Kimmel Live is "recorded tonight". Absurdity!)
(18/7/08 edition)
Batman-centric, just like the whole of America at the minute. Understandable, mind, considering its quality, and that Maggie Gyllenhaal was a guest. So too were Ant & Dec -- more British hosts trying to conquer America. Also a very funny segment where things that didn't need censoring were bleeped/pixelated, turning clean things dirty. (Despite the name, Kimmel Live is "recorded tonight". Absurdity!)
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