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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Borgen S1 E7-8
Borgen unexpectedly found its mojo again this week, with two compelling stories that managed to pick up some on the very points I’ve been urging them to address of late. “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil” had … Continue reading
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Tagged Borgen, Danish television, Denmark, Mikael Birkkjær, Sidse Babett Knudsen
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Forbidden Planet (1956) [Blu-ray]
I’m sure I’ll get flak for saying this, but it seems to me that in the first seventy years of motion picture history there were only three or four films that you could remotely describe as being serious classics in … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged Anne Francis, Forbidden Planet, Leslie Nielsen, science fiction, Walter Pidgeon
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The Sims FreePlay
I’ve never been much of one for computer games on any platform; about the only one I’ve played fully through to the end was Tomb Raider on the original PlayStation. Having an iPhone and iPad has meant I’ve picked up … Continue reading
Borgen – S1 E5+6
This is a follow-up to last week’s longer review of first four episodes of the series; if you haven’t already, do check out the end of that post for two excellent comment contributions from k dw from the perspective of … Continue reading
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Tagged Borgen, Danish television, Denmark, Sidse Babett Knudsen, West Wing
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Suits – S1 E1 “Pilot”
Freeview channel Dave has become so synonymous with endless reruns of BBC light entertainment programmes like Top Gear and comedy panel shows such as Mock The Week, QI and Room 101 that it’s frequently lampooned for it on those very … Continue reading
Sherlock: The Hounds of Baskerville and The Reichenbach Fall (2012)
Having previously reviewed the first of the three stories of this second series of Sherlock I think I said all I wanted to about the series as a whole, which allows me to aim to keep this follow-up to a … Continue reading
Borgen – S1 E1-4
Borgen has impossibly large shoes to fill, coming as it does from the same Danish broadcaster as Forbydelsen and even sharing several supporting cast members, as well as being slotted into the same Saturday night double bill slot on BBC4 … Continue reading
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Tagged Borgen, Danish television, Denmark, Forbrydelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, West Wing
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Les Misérables in Concert – 25th Anniversary (2010) [Blu-ray]
After enjoying the 25th anniversary production of The Phantom of the Opera a couple of months back, I was lured into wanting to watch the equivalent birthday celebrations of another long-running hit musical, Les Misérables. Unlike Phantom – which I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Shows
Tagged Alfie Boe, Les Misérables, Matt Lucas, musical, Nick Jonas, Ramin Karimloo
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009) [Blu-ray]
Let’s say this clearly, right upfront: I’m referring here to the original Swedish adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s bestselling crime novel, and not to the more recent American version directed by David Fincher. I took a while to watch this even … Continue reading
Downton Abbey (ITV)
One Christmas programme I didn’t post a review of was the festive double-length edition of Downton Abbey, one of ITV’s current biggest programmes domestically and a runaway international success as well. I didn’t write about it partly because it’s critic-proof … Continue reading
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Tagged Downton Abbey, Hugh Bonneville, Julian Fellowes, Maggie Smith
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