Meme of the week: your favourite bank holiday movie

Bank holidays are a time to gather round the television and grumble because it’s raining outside. Traditionally, it’s also a time for broadcasters to put on the same daft old movies they always show at Bank Holidays. Come Christmas, there’s The Great Escape, of course, but depending on the time of year, you may get to see North Sea Hijack, Juggernaut or one of the other old redoubtables. So today’s question is:

What’s your favourite Bank Holiday movie?

You can include movies on DVD if there’s one you always watch over the bank holidays.

As always, leave a comment with your answer or a link to your answer on your own blog.

Bank holiday weekend film reviews

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.

Tuesday’s Whedon-free Buffy news

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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Friday’s ta ta RTD news

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