Archive for the 'Movies & TV' Category

It’s quite a bit later than last year, but Christmas is finally upon us. The shops are starting to fill up with Christmas tat and the adverts have started on TV in a big way. I wonder if the “economic downturn” (read that as “the consequences of some super greedy bankers playing silly [...]

Two years ago LOVEFiLM.com released their first image “hiding” 100 film titles, and they’ve done it again. Here’s the new one for you to start sharing with your friends and spending endless hours debating over.

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So what films can you find?

Tonight I was flipping through the channels on our Sky box (I don’t subscribe, I just see what I can get for free) and stumbled upon “Urban TV” showing a dreadful South African drama - “Jozi - H”. It’s apparently a medical drama set in “Johannesburg’s trauma unit” in a kind of ER style. [...]

Christmas isn’t Christmas without certain things, and one of those things is the old classic kids movie The Snowman. The most well known part of the whole movie is when the boy and the snowman go “flying through the air” - sing along everyone… “We’re walking in the air…”.
Unfortunately it’s not on TV [...]

Last night, whilst waiting for the re-run of Wednesday’s Heroes (brilliant TV series) episode, I encountered The Mighty Boosh on BBC 3 for the first time. Well, encountered probably isn’t the right word, I’ve heard about it before, but never actually watched a full episode from start to finish.
Now I have, I’m not sure if [...]

As is common in a lot of households in the UK, Sunday evenings at 8pm is TopGear time. For those who don’t know, TopGear is the best car program I’ve ever seen and it’s broadcast on BBC 2 every Sunday at 8pm. This week’s episode has got to go into the history books as [...]

If you’re quick you can get yourself an invite to try out Joost - the IPTV P2P software. I’ve got my invite and I’m now about to give it a spin and see how good this really is. Check out whats on - looks quite impressive. Oh, and one quick warning from [...]