Monthly Archives: June 2011

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea S1/The Time Tunnel

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

British DVD distributors seems to have unearthed the Irwin Allen archives in 2011, given the way they’re releasing the producer/director’s 1960s television series at such a clip of late – albeit some four or five years after they made their … Continue reading →

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The Mentalist S3 E23/24: Strawberries and Cream

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

The Mentalist is a curious little show. Even in an era flooded with light and mainly fun “cop shows” – shows like the delightful Castle, or the always-entertaining NCIS franchises – this one comes over as the lightest, frothiest and … Continue reading →

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All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

I really wish I could come up with a coherent review of the three-part documentary All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace by Adam Curtis that aired recently on BBC2, but coherence defeats me. I don’t feel too badly … Continue reading →

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Attack the Block (2011)

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Writer/director Joe Cornish hasn’t made it easy on himself as far as feature film debuts go. To start with, he’s trying to do a science fiction alien monster movie on a British indie film budget, shooting it in a council … Continue reading →

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2012 (Blu-ray)

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Director Roland Emmerich and his collaborator Harald Kloser are used to blowing up the world: they did it with aliens in Independence Day and the environment in The Day After Tomorrow, and along the way wrecked a fair portion of … Continue reading →

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Dr Who S6 Ep7 – A Good Man Goes To War

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

Contains some oblique spoilers, sweetie. And so the first half of this year’s “double mini-series” season 6 of Doctor Who has come to an end, allowing us time to pause and reflect about the season overall. But before that – … Continue reading →

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Senna (2011) – life on the edge, and over it

Posted on June 3, 2011 by

I haven’t always been an F1 fan. There was a time when the sport came on TV and I, too, rolled my eyes at the very idea of watching toy cars go round and round in circles for two hours. … Continue reading →

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Primeval S5 E2

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

What on earth just happened to Primeval, ITV’s dinosaur-hunting Saturday night family program intended as some sort of answer to the dominance in the market of Doctor Who? Those with a long memory might recall that the series was briefly … Continue reading →

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