Mansfield Park - Everything Austen ChallengeIt’s official; I’ve completed my first task for the Everything Austen Challenge! Today I watched BBC television’s 2007 version of Mansfield Park. Since I’ve also previously seen the 1999 big screen adaptation I thought I’d do a comparison of the two. Starring: 1999’s movie stars Frances O’Connor as Fanny and Johnny Lee Miller as Edmund. Being a child of the 80s and 90’s I was already well aware of who Miller was from his stint in Trainspotting. O’Connor was relati Continue reading
My Review of Doctor Who's 3x01: "Smith And Jones"Written by Russell T. Davies Directed by Charles Palmer Martha: “People call you ‘The Doctor’?” The Doctor: “Yep.” Martha: “Well I’m not. Far as I’m concerned, you’ve got to earn that title.” And as far as I’m concerned my reason to entertain Saturday evening television is back as the best Sci-Fi/fantasy programme is back on our screens. Now Torchwood was brilliant but flawed, Primeval a tad disappointing and as much as I enjoy Lost and Heroes, they still don’t hold as much resonance as this s Continue reading
My Review of Torchwood's 1x07: "Greeks Bearing Gifts"Written by Toby Whithouse Directed by Colin Teague Getting to the halfway point of Torchwood’s mostly excellent first season, it’s been pointed out that nearly ever episode has so far ripped something off or simply played homage from various TV series and movies. Even I can’t deny that but I don’t certainly begrudge the show from sampling as many others in recent times are also responsible of this. One thing I love about Torchwood is that unlike recent Sky One acquisition and rival since “Coun Continue reading
My Review of Doctor Who's 2x13: "Doomsday"Written by Russell T Davies Directed by Graeme Harper Dalek: “Daleks have no sense of elegance.” Cyberman: “This is obvious.” Hmm, you wait forty years (well, not myself – I’m only 21) for the meeting of two dangerous and destructive forces such as the Daleks and the Cybermen and when they do finally interact with each other, you as an audience expect and even want the bloodshed to come. I mean – they are the two deadliest Doctor Who villains in the series, both new and old. For their meet up Continue reading
My Review of Doctor Who's 2x12: "Army Of Ghosts"Written by Russell T Davies Directed by Graeme Harper Okay at the end of “Fear Her” last week my jaw literally hit the floor when I saw the trailer for this episode. Even though most of what I had seen, I already knew was going to happen thanks to the never ending tabloids and their relentless crusade to spoil everything and also I had kind of guessed one or two things as well. That being said I had to give props for the tantalising trailer for a TV episode in the world and when it comes to ex Continue reading
My Review of Doctor Who's 2x11: "Fear Her"Written by Matthew Graham Directed by Euros Lyn Chloe (to Trish): “I didn’t draw him like that.” Loneliness is the kind of thing that we as audiences can all relate to in one way or another but this episode takes that universal sentiment to a new level as our latest TARDIS trip see Doctor Who doing just what every other show has and will continue to do by exploring a dark underbelly in a simple neighbourhood. The sinister aspect of this episode being the disappearance of three children in nea Continue reading
My Review of Doctor Who's 2x09: "The Satan Pit"Written by Matt Jones Directed by James Strong The Beast: “Is that your religion?” The Doctor: “That’s my belief.” Is this one of the most water cooler episodes of the new Doctor Who so far this season? Not exactly what you would expect from a Saturday teatime slot but you know what – this is a good thing. For all the negative people out there who have moaned about this series playing safe, here is some truly spectacular evidence to contradict that statement. After this episode any “safe” and Continue reading
My Review of Doctor Who's 2x01: "New Earth"Written by Russell T Davies Directed by James Hawes Cassandra (as Rose to Chip): “Oh my God, I’m a chav.” Sorry, I heard about this line before I even seen this episode and thanks to its neat delivery by Zoë Wanamaker, I just had to use it to start my opening paragraph to this review. In an episode dealing with diseases, body swapping and human lab rats, there was certainly an interesting mixture of terror and fun in one here. Having Rose briefly say goodbye to Jackie and Mickey, both she and Continue reading
New TV on DVD Releases for the Week of June 30 2009Here is a list of the new TV DVD Releases for the week of March 24 2009 (for movie releases head over to Daemon's Movies ): Parker Lewis Can't Lose (The Complete First Season) Synopsis: The series depicts the tribulations of the title character Parker Lewis, a Santo Domingo High School student, for whom nothing is impossible. Parker often narrates in shows. Just like his best friends, Jerry Steiner and Mikey Randall and his girlfriend Annie Sloan, his prime concern is achi Continue reading
Doctor Who: Smith and Jones — A ReviewHere’s a thought: Doctor Who executive producer Russell T. Davies is a good writer – when he wants to be. That’s a bit hard for me to swallow considering such classically bad episodes as the two-parter “Aliens In London/World War Three” and let’s not forget “The Long Game” and a little “Boomtown”. He technically still is bad, but his style is slightly avoided in “Smith and Jones”, the series three opener which aired last night in the United Kingdom on BBC One . Doctor Who is a scien Continue reading
DVD Dishing: Mullets, Murders and all the best out on DVD and Blu-Ray todayEastbound & Down: The Complete First Season (2009), HBOIngredients: Danny McBride (Kenny Powers) Katy Mixon (April Buchanon) John Hawkes (Dustin Powers) Andrew Daly (Terrence Cutler) Ben Best (Clegg) David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, Adam McKay (Directors)Take one part mullet-sporting former relief pitcher turned substitute gym teacher and place in a Southern small town. Mix in strange characters, off-color humor and a multitude of NSFW one-liners. Expect complete character-dedication by scene-ste Continue reading
What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesdaya href="http://www.buzzsugar.com/3399179"img width=118 height=160 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/ons1/192/1922283/27_2009/1feb9d36ad5b4435_Two-lovers-web.large.jpg'/div/apAll of the new DVD releases hit stores (and a href="http://www.netflix.com/" target="_blank"Netflix/a) on Tuesdays. So each week in a href="http://buzzsugar.com/tag/what+to+netflix" What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday/a, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue./p pa href="http://www.netfl Continue reading
What to Netflix: New DVD TuesdayAll of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix ) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday , I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. Two Lovers This is the movie Joaquin Phoenix was supposed to be promoting on Letterman when he appeared to be losing it . His batty appearances at the time probably overshadowed the very good work he did in this aching drama about love and attraction. So, if you didn't catch this movie directed b Continue reading
Doctor Who: Army Of Ghosts/Doomsday — A ReviewThis first episode was fast, which I liked. It didn’t waste time dealing with what it had to deal with. Somewhere into the second, writer Russell T. Davies decides to go nuts. He brings back Alternate Pete Tyler (Shaun Dingwall), Mickey (Noel Clarke), and Jake (Andrew-Hayden Smith) from the other earth — as well as the Cybermen and the Daleks with a little Torchwood . This is a lot to take in, and not all of it seemed to fit. We open with Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) giving a short review of her Continue reading
Doctor Who: Fear Her — A ReviewI didn’t bother watching “Love and Monsters” the week before. I had given up on writing Doctor Who reviews and was very nearly going to quit the show itself. More so than last year, Series 2 has proven that the team behind the scenes has yet to gain a firm handle on the quality of the scripts they film. With Russell T. Davies behind the wheel, you can see some of his own episodes possibly don’t even go through a script reading. I was going to skip Matthew Graham’s “Fear Her,” the last stand- Continue reading
Doctor Who Should Go Solo For AwhileThis article was originally published on June 15, 2006 on Blogcritics . As reported by BC’s Daniel Woolstencroft, Billie Piper will leave Doctor Who at end of Series 2 during the two-part season finale, “Army Of Ghosts / Doomsday,” written by Russell Davies. Since the show’s return last year, a lot of people on fan sites have been at odds with her character (Rose Tyler) about whether or not she got too much attention compared to the main attraction – The Doctor. I hate to say it, but Rose en Continue reading
[DVD REVIEW] Secret Diary of A Call Girl: Season 2In the interest of honesty, I feel obliged to say that I didn’t think that Secret Diary of a Call Girl was going to be very good. All of the advertisements that I’ve seen for it have suggested that it’s here to pick up where Sex and the City (a show I have never had the slightest interest in watching) left off, and, knowing Showtime, I didn’t think that the whole concept was going to be done very tastefully. And I can admit that I was wrong. This show is actually pretty good, which has a gre Continue reading
Jonathan Ross Chat Show Nominated For AwardJONATHAN Ross's chat show was nominated for an award celebrating the best of the small screen today. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross is in the Best Entertainment Show category shortlist for the TVQuick and TVChoice Awards 2009. The show was rapped in November last year, when the BBC Trust found that an interview for Ross's show in which he made comments about the actress Gwyneth Paltrow included unacceptable offensive material. Meanwhile, Lauren Crace, whose EastEnders character Daniell Continue reading
Daily Tuna- Scarlett Johansson ’s sweet cleavage - Brooke Banx is tasty -What’s he staring at ? -Can you say Funbags ! - Holly Valance ’s got great legs - Tramp stamps -A day in the life of Tera Patrick -Cute blondie More Tuna: Miranda Kerr’s Hotness Is Infectious Billie Piper Topless Bikini Pictures Cheryl Tweedy Is The New Victoria Beckham Denise Richards Bikini Paddle Surfs Hilary Duff’s Boob Stop Inspect Continue reading
DVD / BLU-RAY Releases June 30, 2009JONAS BROTHERS THE 3D CONCERT EXPERIENCE BLU-RAYThe millions of fans of the teenage group sensation The Jonas Brothers can now take an up close look at their favorite group and enjoy their music with the release of “Jonas Brothers The 3D Concert Experience” on Blu-ray this June 30 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. The three disc deluxe extended edition can be seen in a stunning 1080P 3D picture that it is just spectacular for more family entertainment of this sold out concert experie Continue reading
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