Not technically that weird a title sequence, although you could argue the typeface is a bit odd, but I forgot what actual title sequence I was going to be doing today (I know it was something American for a change, but that’s as much as I can recall), so here’s Paperplay instead. I used to love them little spiders.
Articles by Rob Buckley
Tuesday’s truthful news
Doctor Who
- John Barrowman annoyed by Torchwood episode cut
Film
- What wasn’t in Star Trek
- Amy Adams to star in The Fighter?
- Trailer for Ricky Gervais’s The Invention of Lying
- Unstoppable stopped?
- Trailer for Gamer
Theatre
- John Simm, Ian Hart and Kerry Fox to appear in Speaking in Tongues
- Gareth Gates to star in touring Les Mis
US TV
- Promos for season three of Mad Men
- Showtime cancels Brotherhood
- Mental‘s Chris Vance to appear in four episodes of Burn Notice [spoilers]
- Virtuality gets rubbish ratings
- Greg Garcia heads for Fox
- Drea de Matteo joins Desperate Housewives
Sitting Tennant
Monday’s Sitting Tennants from Ms Rullsenberg, Sister Chastity and Ms Jaradel
It’s Monday, so Sitting Tennant reverts to “Ooh!” mode. Enjoy three pictures, one each from Ms Rullsenberg, Sister Chastity and Ms Jaradel.
- Rullsenberg: 33.5
- Sister Chastity: 28.5
- Jaradel: 25.5
- Rosby: 2.5
- Persephone: 1
Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below or email me and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery.
Every photo displayed on Monday (one per person who sends one in) gets a point, with a bonus point if it’s from the latest DT production; the best pic in the stash each week will appear on Friday and get three points.
You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on Friday’s Sitting Tennant photo, the best caption getting 10 points.
US TV
Review: Virtuality
In the US: Friday June 26, 8pm, Fox. Available on Fox On Demand
In the UK: Sky will probably nab it
Unless minor miracles happen, this won’t become a TV series. Yes, it’s from the brain of Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D Moore (well, “written by Michael Taylor; story by Michael Taylor & Ronald D. Moore”). Yes, Fox picked it up as a pilot.
But then they had second thoughts and left it to air as a TV movie.
It’ll also be a minor miracle because frankly, if you thought Battlestar Galactica was depressing, you’re not going to have a fun time with Virtuality. Here’s a 12 minute preview to give you the basic idea.
Film
Liam Neeson – the movies’ greatest martial arts actor?
So I was watching Taken again yesterday. It’s a cracking movie – you can always tell when an action film isn’t as dumb as the others when it gets described as a ‘thriller’ or an ‘action-thriller’.
In it, Liam Neeson plays a retired CIA agent whose teenage daughter gets abducted while in Paris. He has 96 hours to track her down before she disappears forever. Now, it owes an awful lot to the Bourne movies, from its gritty fights and its European locations to its camerawork and stunt scenes. But it definitely stands by itself as a film intended for grown-ups, and Neeson’s fantastic and the director lets him have some great moments to himself.
It also deserves a lot of credit for portraying the world of prostitution and trafficking in women as the horrific, miserable, squalid thing it is, rather than the usual glamourous Pretty Woman-esque view.
But it suddenly got me thinking. When exactly did Liam Neeson become the West’s greatest martial arts action star? Okay, he started off in Hollywood doing Dark Man, so it’s not like he was a stranger to action films. But over the last decade or so, he’s become a real martial arts star who is also a great actor at the same time. That’s pretty rare: in fact, he may be the movies’ greatest martial arts actor. What do you think?
After the jump, some of Liam’s recent fight scenes to prove my point – at least as far as the fighting’s concerned.
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