Posted on May 27, 2009 by Darren
While waiting for the 24 finale last night, my brother and I checked out what we had on DVD. We caught The Incredible Hulk, one of the blockbusters that seems to have unfairly become lost in the mix last year. It didn’t fail as spectacularly as Speed Racer, nor did it soar as high as Iron Man or The Dark Knight. Not expecting much, we found ourselves quite enjoying it.
It's not easy being green...
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Posted on May 27, 2009 by Darren
So, after a technical malfunction last night left us all watching The Mist, we caught a repeat of the 24 season finale last night. I have to say, I quite enjoyed it, as I quite enjoyed the whole day. It’s the first full season my brother has sat through, and my aunt and uncle seemed quite impressed with it too. I’m not sure how the whole season will rank up there in the pantheon of 24 seasons, but it was at least very watchable.
Jack Bauer helped U2 find what they were looking for.
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Filed under: Television | Tagged: 24, day 7, jack bauer, jon voight, jonas hodges, keifer sutherland, president taylor, season 7, Television, terry jones | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 26, 2009 by Darren
How does Stephen King do it? He manages to churn out an astonishingly prolific back catalogue, but maintains a reasonably high quality. As with all authors, he soars above and he dips below, but – taken on average – he is a very strong writer than manages to churn out up to four books a year. How does the man do it?
It's good to be the King...
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Posted on May 26, 2009 by Darren
Our recording of the 24 season finale failed last night. We’re hoping that Sky will put the two-hour episode up on Anytime, like they did with Lost. It’s not all bad though, figuring we’d prepared the snacks and beverages, we decided to see what was on to watch. We settled on The Mist, a small-scale horror movie based on the Stepehn King novella. Our random selection of films from Anytime has never been particularly lucky, so were we impressed with our choice of horror film?
We had a picture to go with the film, but it was just too intense...
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Filed under: Non-Review Reviews | Tagged: frank darabont, horror, non-review review, review, stephen king, the mist, the shawshank redemption | 9 Comments »
Posted on May 25, 2009 by Darren
On seeing the new Star Trek, I decided to dig into my old DVD’s and review my personal favourite of the Original Series movies. The cliched choice is The Wrath of Khan, and it is indeed awesome, but I’ve always had a soft spot for The Undiscovered Country, despite its abuse of Shakespeare. So, having just witnessed Kirk and Spock’s first voyage, what did I make of their last?
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Posted on May 25, 2009 by Darren
It was Jack Nicholson himself who reportedly recognised Jim Carrey as the Jack Nicholson of his generation. That’s high praise indeed, particularly when you consider the size of Nicholson’s ego. It’s true that Carrey is a very talented actor – his slapstick ability is unmatched in the modern day and age, and he seems able to invest a huge amount of humanity in his dramatic characters. Still, despite my faith in his dramatic abilities, I’m not sold on the Jack Nicholson comparison. Partially because Carrey looks far less scary than Nicholson does (Stephen King famously denounced The Shining because he felt that the audience never doubted Nicholson would go axe-crazy), but also because despite Nicholson’s prolific Oscar track record, Carrey has yet to secure even a nomination. Maybe I Love You Phillip Morris will be that film.
Carrey is very good at doing fake smiles...
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Posted on May 24, 2009 by Darren
Never afraid to jump on the bandwagon, we were so impressed by the movie that we’ve seen, we thought we’d write a list of the aliens and creatures that we want or don’t want to see in the proposed sequel. Part of me really hopes that JJ Abrams continues to breath originality back into the series, but there are also a lot of very cool aliens out there in the big Star trek universe. Here are a few of the many, many characters and species we can see being considered for an appearance.
Balok was shocked he didn’t make the list…
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Filed under: Movies | Tagged: aliens, andorians, cardassians, gorn, jj abrams, khan, klingons, romulans, star trek, star trek franchise, star trek sequel, tholians | Leave a comment »
Posted on May 23, 2009 by Darren
You can’t make this stuff up.
Another one of those movies we hadn’t heard about until Dad brought them home from the videostore, but this time in a good way. A look at the hunt for war criminals in the aftermath of the Serbian war, it’s glib and well-acted, if a little illogical and preachy in parts. As far as war-reporter films go, this one is solidly in the middle of the pile, but there are worse places to be.
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Posted on May 23, 2009 by Darren
I saw Star Trek last night and was quite impressed – it is one of the best movies in the franchise (albeit not the best). It riproared effectively and gave us a brilliant look at the Kirk/Spock relationship, which is one of the oddities of the show – how such an impulsive, womanising and irrational man would develop a lifelong friendship with such a stoic and logic individual was always a slight mystery to Star trek fans. Still, there is a world of difference between the television shows and the movies, and I wonder if we’ll ever see another Star Trek show back on the airwaves?
The original original crew...
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Filed under: Opinion | Tagged: battlestar galactica, deep space nine, enterprise, gene roddenberry, jeri ryan, jj abrams, patrick stewart, ronald d. moore, star trek, star trek: deep space nine, star trek: phase II, star trek: the next generation, star trek: the original series, star trek: voyager, Television, the next generation, voyager | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 22, 2009 by Darren
I finally caved. I went to see Star Trek and I dragged my girlfriend along for the ride. I was cautious, hearing two separate opinions about the film: the mainstream media’s orgasmic delight at being offered a premium piece of geekdom for their visual pleasure and my work colleagues’ enjoyment of the film, but lament that ‘it just wasn’t Star Trek’. Who was right? Well, they both were.
Like the Enterprise itself, the new Star Trek is a carefully constructed engine that takes a while to build up momentum, but has a phenomenal top speed
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Filed under: Non-Review Reviews | Tagged: dark knight, eric bana, first contact, iron man, james t. kirk, jj abrams, non-review review, review, spock, star trek, star trek franchise, the wrath of khan, uhuru | 14 Comments »
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