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I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.
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Bank holiday weekend film reviews

26 May 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

We caught up on a few movies over the Bank Holiday weekend. Here’s a few one line reviews.

  • The Da Vinci Code: Possibly the longest, silliest film made in human history
  • The Changeling: Excellent, with that Mad Men-eque quality of “I can’t believe sh*t like that really happened”
  • The Yes Man: Fun, perfectly cast and Zooey Deschanel is as wonderful as always, but the 18-year-age gap between her and Jim Carrey was just so icky
  • Kate and Leopold: Otherwise known as “Sabretooth and Wolverine: The Early New York years”, this was gentle but sweet, well researched for its historical details but daft in modern times
  • Star Trek: The Motion PIcture (Director’s Edition): Lots of Robert Wise/Douglas Trumbull repeating their classic work on The Andromeda Strain et al, but still desperately boring – and there’s almost minimal difference between director’s edition and regular edition as far as I can see.
Dick Heads

Dick Head (from Toby): Thornton

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Thornton

Toby’s done it again, ladies, and given you another Dick Head to stare it. It says Thornton on it, so North and South? It’s usually North and South.

Captions, haiku or anything else Richard Armitage’s head (and body) inspires in you and can be set down in writing, please.

Got a picture of Richard Armitage’s head, preferably wearing a hat? Then leave a link to it below and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the “Dick Heads” gallery

Tuesday’s Whedon-free Buffy news

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Doctor Who

  • Details of DT’s appearance in The Sarah Jane Adventures [minor spoilers]
  • New animated Who on the way, featuring DT and Georgia Moffett
  • Regeneration will be complicated [minor spoilers]

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