Monthly Archives: February 2012

Being Human S4 E3 – “The Graveyard Shift”

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

Contains spoilers for the series so far. After my notes on the season opener, I thought it only fair to report back on how season 4 of BBC3′s supernatural drama Being Human is faring with its new-look line-up. It’s still … Continue reading →

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The Black Hole (1979)

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

I was watching “The Impossible Planet” on BBC last week, an old episode of Doctor Who (which is to say, season 2 of the rebooted franchise and not the classic serials), and it occurred to me how much the story … Continue reading →

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The Avengers S4 E14 – Silent Dust

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

I still think of Taking The Short View as my “new” blogging venture, so it was a bit of a surprise to to realise that in fact we’ve just passed the first anniversary of the very first post. That had … Continue reading →

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Let Me In (2010) [Blu-ray]

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Contains some spoilers, both for “Let Me In” and for the original Swedish film “Let The Right One In”. Let Me In is one of those films that it would be easy to despise on principle sight unseen, seeming as … Continue reading →

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Being Human S4 E1 – “Eve of the War”

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Contains spoilers. Some really, really big ones. You have been warned. When last we left BBC3′s cult series Being Human it was with a very big problem: the arc of season 3 had inexorably built up to the point where … Continue reading →

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Borgen S1 E9-10

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Contains spoilers for the final two episodes. Well, any concerns that I had that the show was giving Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen) an unfeasibly easy ride of it early in the season have been comprehensively dismissed by the frankly … Continue reading →

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The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

I have a strange liking for The Castle of Cagliostro, the first feature animé film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animator who went on to co-found the legendary Studio Ghibli and to make the Oscar-winning Spirited Away … Continue reading →

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Drive (2011) [Blu-ray]

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Drive is essentially a character piece in which the main protagonist starts off having almost literally no character whatsoever. He is completely blank and unemotional. He has no name that’s shared with us. His history starts when he walked into … Continue reading →

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