Monthly Archives: January 2012

Borgen S1 E7-8

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

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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Forbidden Planet (1956) [Blu-ray]

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

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 →

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The Sims FreePlay v1

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

This is a review of the very first version of the Sims FreePlay app which seemed to contain a lot of bugs swiftly addressed in subsequent releases. You should find the more recent review more appropriate for the current status … Continue reading →

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Borgen – S1 E5+6

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

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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Suits – S1 E1 “Pilot”

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

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 →

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Sherlock: The Hounds of Baskerville and The Reichenbach Fall (2012)

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

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 →

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Borgen – S1 E1-4

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

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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Les Misérables in Concert – 25th Anniversary (2010) [Blu-ray]

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

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 →

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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009) [Blu-ray]

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

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 →

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Downton Abbey (ITV)

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

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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Charlie’s Angels (2011)

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

It may seem the height of pointlessness to bother with a review of a series that was axed by its US network just four episodes into its run, but it’s the very speed of its demise that is the major … Continue reading →

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Endeavour – The Origins of Inspector Morse (2012)

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

This belated ‘prequel’ to one of ITV’s most beloved and successful drama franchises of all time was certainly at the most classy end of the channel’s Christmas holiday output. And it certainly oozed top production values in its incredibly faithful … Continue reading →

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Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (2012)

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Sherlock is back! I confess that I’m somewhat amazed by how stunningly successful and popular the original 2011 three-part series was, the character of Sherlock Holmes having been done to death so many times that you could almost hear people … Continue reading →

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Cowboys and Aliens (2011) [Blu-ray]

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

Given that this film was given a very public dressing down by the head of the studio that produced it, I’d oddly had high hopes of riding to its defence. Said Ron Meyers, President of Universal Studios about Cowboys and … Continue reading →

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