Despite numerous assurances that last night would be the end of Life on Mars, the BBC has confirmed a “sequel” - I think they mean spin-off but are too ashamed to use those words - starring DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister), the star of the show, this time in 1981 and in London. They […]
A pretty good series, heavily watered down by them playing silly buggers with the final hour. Yes the “John Leslie” bad guy was funny and they get major kudos for the Robocop reference but other than that the episode was a sad (as in poor) end to a good series. Let me break […]
I can proudly reveal the ending to Life on Mars tonight. How? Because, although it is highly enjoyable, it’s quite predictable when the do a plot. Usually they just introduce a new fact 15 minutes from the end that helps them solve the case. For those who don’t want to know […]
The Unit, an excellent show about the uber-secret Special Forces unit Delta Force, has been picked up by Bravo for screening in the UK this Autumn. The show is based on the book Inside Delta Force written by the special unit’s former Command Sergeant Major Eric L. Haney and is created by Pulitser Prize […]
The film has now been seen by the critics. The words being used are “dud”, “stodgy”, “grim” and “wieldy”. The plot is described as “cumbersome” and “plodding”, while Tom Hanks gets called “wooden”. Daily Variety attacks the film as “an oppressively talky film that isn’t exactly dull but comes as close to […]
Very sad news. The Simpsons has been renewed for a further two seasons. This year, half way through an episode, I actually turned it off and said out loud “this is *shite*”. I’d actually physically had enough. For almost five years now I’ve been bitching saying that the show had gone on […]
I am delighted to confirm that The Shield *will* be back this year. On Tuesday there is a big season finale on the US channel Fx and it is being billed as bringing everything round to conculsion, notably the resolution of the massive incident in the very first episode. Shawn Ryan was interviewed […]
Not a phrase you usually associate with Sir David Attenborough but the morning before Planet Earth launches on BBC1 (Sunday at 9pm, repeat on Saturday at 6.30pm on BBC2) he said the series contains footage that will “blow your mind”. Do you know what? He’s exactly right. The first episode showed a […]
STOP!!! I’ve just learnt that most of these DVD rentals are available through quidco.com, an affiliates site that gives the money they earn back to you! All you need to do is register with quidco.com and go to the Entertainment section and then DVD rentals. You can now click on the links and […]
I’m a bit too late to remind everyone that the excellent BBC Four show, The Thick of It, will now be shown on BBC2 on Monday nights. The first series (only three episodes) have already gone, but the second series starts this Monday, 23rd Jan at 10pm. It is some of my good […]
I watch the Christmas shows of Little Britain and The Green Green Grass and never even flicked one half smile during the very long one and a half hours. At least last year’s The Office Christmas show was an interesting storyline if sadly no jokes or humour of any known kind. John Sullivan […]
It’s true, I caught a few seconds of his “Deal or No Deal” show today (interesting concept) and heard him say the guy in the chair still could have “one pence” in his box. That’s impossible! Pence is plural, penny is the singular. Noel, when you get around to reading this, here’s […]
I’d just watched Le Transporteur at the weekend and it was okay, let’s say 3 briefcases out of five. The end was rather annoying, everyone turning up in the middle of nowhere at exactly the right time to save Frank (the main star). Last night we went to see Transporter 2 (notice the […]
Despite what my timesheet says (I’m number six), I am not a number, I am a free man. Last week I started re-watching the classic series, The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoohan. Today I learn that Sky and Granada are going to re-make it and bring us more episodes! In true Prisoner style […]
Nochnoy Dozor is a huge Russian film that is the start of a trilogy, based of novels of the same name. A thousand years ago a war started raging between Light and Dark (Others). They were equally matched Gesser, (the/a god), called a halt to it and brought in a sort of police […]
How can I watch Corpse Bride and not let the fact that we both saw the movie for free at a special preview screening before the film’s officially released influence my review? I shall try… ahem. Best movie of the year. I’ve looked back over all the films I’ve seen this year […]
As of this Saturday, BBC2 will never be the same again. Having lost Larry David’s semi-improvised Curb Your Enthusiasm to More4 (kudos to them though for making it available on Freeview), the BBC have more than recovered by getting Family Guy from the third series and putting it on directly after American Dad in […]
One the films I considered during the festival but then found out that it’d be released shortly afterwards and I could watch it for a damn sight less! Sei Mong Se Jun is about a teenage photography student (Jin) is bored with her pictures (and talent) but then sees a fatal car crash and […]
I’ve been waiting for Hauru no ugoku shiro for a very long time, the hype surrounding it is huge. Disappointing is a word I could not use to describe this film. ‘Mesmerised’ and ‘in awe’ would explain quite well how I felt throughout the whole film. The genius of the director is […]
I heard about Wolf Creek a few months back and hoped it would be in the EIFF but it wasn’t. As we drew closer to the cinema release it is advertised on so many buses it’s untrue (despite being an 18 cert and clearly labelled as a horror film). I was right to […]
Snuff Movie kept every guessing until the very final seconds of the film to try to understand it. Written and directed by Bernard Rose (of Candyman fame) the plot is very twisted and you often feel split as to what is actually happening and that’s exactly where the problem lies. Because you are detached trying […]
P is mid-ranking story of witchcraft and evil spirits. A young Thai girl has to go to the city to pay for care for her grandmother (back in the “jungle”) and so gets a job in a brothel / show bar for tourists. After being shunned she uses the spells her gran taught […]
Antikörper is very slick German serial killer film that keeps you thinking all the way through the film. The film starts with the brutal capturing of the serial killer and then takes us to a small German town which is the focal point of the film. A young girl was killed there and […]
This film gets a bit of leeway because there are two scenes using CGIs and because of the post-production costs they are not very impressive. The reason for that is this film was scripted and produced then scrapped. It has nothing to do with the Studio system (as Paul Schrader went to great […]
The first and only film British film made to the Dogme principles. Heard everyone of all ages (including Dave Fulton) coming out of this film (before I went in to see the appaling Robert Carmichael) chatting saying that this film was “excellent”. As if further proof were needed, take a look at IMDB. […]
Phill Gillespie’s Web Log at PhillG.com is 2005 Phill Gillespie. Theme is based on
Rin by Khaled Abou Alfa and Joshua, enhanced by Phill Gillespie.
You can syndicate
both the entries using
RSS and the Comments (RSS)
.
xhtml 1.0 trans /
CSS .
Proudly powered by WordPress.
