It’s Hammer Time!: Quatermass II (1957)

Well, Hammer have taken me a little bit by surprise this week by uploading some more movies, so in a change of plans, here’s the wonderful Quatermass II for you to enjoy. The sequel to The Quatermass Experiment, it needs no introduction, but in case I’m wrong on that, not only can you read that previous entry where I do introduce it, Hammer historian Marcus Hearn will tell you more about it first when you click on ‘Play’.

Personally, I think it’s the better of the three Hammer Quatermass movies: Quatermass comes across as less of a dick, it’s got Sid James and William Franklyn in the cast, and it’s faster paced.

You don’t need to have seen the first to know whats’ going on so enjoy!

Sitting Tennant

Friday’s Sitting Tennant (week 40, 2012)

Hebbie's Sitting Tennant

Sister Chastity's Sitting Tennant

Toby's Sitting Tennant

Does anyone here understand sign language?

  1. Hebbie: 40
  2. Sister Chastity, Toby: 30

Sitting Board of Winners 2012
January
Hebbie, Sister Chastity

February
Sister Chastity

March
Sister Chastity

April
Sister Chastity, Shilohforever

May
Hebbie, Sister Chastity

June
Hebbie, Sister Chastity

July
Hebbie

August/September
Toby, Sister Chastity

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 and doesn’t obviously infringe copyright, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery. Don’t forget to include your name in the filename so I don’t get mixed up about who sent it to me.

The best pic in the stash each week will appear on Tuesday and get ten points; the runners up will appear on Friday (one per person who sends one in) and get five points.

Each month, I’ll name the best picture provider and then at the end of the year, the overall champion will be announced for 2012!

US TV

Look! It’s Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter!

In case you don’t know, NBC and Bryan Fuller – the man responsible for Pushing Daisies, many of the best episodes of Heroes and the forthcoming failed reboot of The Munsters, Mockingbird Lane – is working on Hannibal, a prequel to both Silence of the Lambs and one of my favourite movies, Manhunter, in which everyone’s favourite cannibal serial killer Hannibal Lecter/Lecktor pals around with his future nemesis, Will Graham, solving crimes for the FBI.

Starring Mads Mikkelsen from Casino Royale as Hannibal Lecter, Hugh Dancy as Will Graham, Laurence Fishburne as Graham’s boss Jack Crawford and Gina Torres as Crawford’s wife, it’s due next year and here are some of the first pictures from it. I’m not sure about Hannibal’s dress sense – maybe it’s set in the 70s? – but it’s exciting to see him all the same.

Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter

Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter

Laurence Fishburne and Hugh Dancy in Hannibal

James Dancy as Will Graham in Hannbial

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Friday’s “Arnie’s Legend of Conan, Channel 4’s new line-up, more Chicago Fire and Bravo’s cola wars” news

Doctor Who

Films

Trailers

  • Trailer for A Good Day To Die Hard
  • TV spot for Breaking Dawn – Part 2

UK TV

  • ITV3 acquires Global’s Bomb Girls
  • Channel 4‘s autumn and winter line-up
  • June Brown and Dawn French to star in Sue Perkins’ Heading Out
  • Trailer for series 4 of Misfits

US TV

  • Five more scripts for Chicago Fire
  • Wednesday ratings: Chicago Fire up 20%, Nashville steady, Arrow down 15%

US TV casting

New US TV shows

  • USA developing legal drama Shadow Counsel
  • Bravo developing Cola wars drama

New US TV show casting