Day: 17 January 2011

UK TV

Review: Doctor Who – The Pandorica Opens and Being Human: Unofficial and Unauthorised

17 January 2011 Rob Buckley 10 Comments

Doctor Who: The Pandorica Open - Exploring the worlds of the Eleventh DoctorBeing Human: Unofficial and Unauthorised

Book: Being Human: Unofficial and Unauthorised
Author: Joanne Black
Price: £14.99
ISBN: 978-0956100030
Pages: 300
Publisher: Classic TV Press
Published: Way back in December. Sorry. Postal problems.

Book: Doctor Who: The Pandorica Open – Exploring the worlds of the Eleventh Doctor
Author: Frank Collins
Price: £14.99
ISBN: 978-0956100030
Pages: 251
Publisher: Classic TV Press
Published: Way back in December again. Sorry. Postal problems.

Let’s go a little bit different today and review a couple of books from Cambridge publishing company Classic TV Press (hopefully no relation to Cambridge’s Classic TV magazine, which folded before its first issue) that have been written by a couple of bloggers. As a bit of a contrast, one is on Doctor Who, the other is on Being Human, and one is really very good and one is really very bad. Take your bets on which is which before the jump.

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Shameless
US TV

What have you been watching this week (w/e January 14)?

17 January 2011 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Shameless

As you may have guessed by my infrequent posting last week, I was working my backside off so didn’t have time on Friday for "What have you been watching this week?" (aka "Your chance to recommend to friends and fellow blog readers the TV that they might be missing or should avoid – and for me to do mini-reviews of everything I’ve watched this week. Since we live in the fabulous world of Internet catch-up services like the iPlayer and Hulu, why not tell your fellow readers what you’ve seen so they can see the good stuff they might have missed?")

Sorry! But it’s here now.

So, after the jump, Cougar Town, Episodes, Kidnap and Ransom, Michel Roux’s Service, Modern Family, Shameless (US) and Southland. I’ll probably do proper reviews of Lights Out and Off the Map when I’ve caught up with them and I’ve already talked about The Cape. Oh, and we tried watching a bit of Wild at Heart on ITV but it was awful. Not making that mistake again.

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Random Acts

Random Acts of Ali Larter: the New Year

17 January 2011 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

So, Ali’s obviously on maternity leave. Being Ali, she’s less than a month from having given birth, but is already at charity parties, this time honouring James Franco on behalf of Art of Elysium.

All the same, let’s not over-stretch her.

Now maternity cover was being provided by Scarlett Johansson, but since she and Ryan Reynolds got divorced over Christmas, it’s questionable whether she’ll be able to help out any more. Either she’s partying away or she’s taken to cigarettes and booze. On the strength of these pics, I’d say let’s go with option two:

Scarlett Johansson and Moet

Definitely, and very randomly, option two:

Scarlett Johansson drinking Moet

Have you seen Ali Larter acting randomly? If so, let us know and we’ll tell everyone about it in “Random Acts of Ali Larter“

US TV

The best PR gift I’ve ever been sent

17 January 2011 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

So, sometimes PR people send you things or give you things in an effort to make you like them, their products, etc. Usually, this amounts to a free T-shirt, a mouse or a pen with the company’s name on it. In other words, a piece of environmentally unfriendly rubbish that ends up in the bin. However, Sky Atlantic’s PR has gone overboard and actually come up with some really, really nice – an old movie magazine from the 1920s to celebrate Boardwalk Empire with Steve Buscemi. Look: isn’t it beautiful?

Motion Picture magazine

Motion Picture magazine

Motion Picture magazine ads

So can I just say – everyone go and watch Sky Atlantic when it comes on.