Las Vegas

Sky have kicked off some new series of US dramas, this is season two of Las Vegas – a glitzy show based in a casino. I like this, it follows the Montecino Casino security team and their boss played rather well by James Caan. The most entertaining parts are usually the completely ridiculous technology that […]

Elephant

Gus Van Sant’s movie about a normal day in a high school that is anything but normal. Based on recent school shootings in the USA this follows life in a school in Portland Oregon. Using steadicam it has great cinematography that follows the kids around the school halls, replaying aspects of the day as various […]

They Came to Rob Las Vegas

This movie from 1969 is a pretty cool heist movie. I kinda like the 60’s cheesy music, along with everyone smoking and calling each other ‘cat’ but this is also a good story which involves robbing an armoured car in the desert, they actually bury it underground and fool everyone for a while. Lots of […]

The Commander – Virus

This was a two part (3 hour) TV crime drama written by Linda La Plante and starring Amanda Burton. I enjoyed it and thought that the idea of a hacker changing medical records was more creative and scary than the usual hacker stuff. All in all not a bad show. ITV Colour ***

Derren Brown: Messiah

Caught up with this tonight, from Friday – Mr Brown visits the USA to meet various leaders of differing belief systems that range from UFO abductees to Mediums and Christian church leaders. The aim is to see if by using his skills he can fool each one of them into endorsing him. As the show […]

I Spit on Your Grave

Yikes. Video Nasty time – I was interested in seeing if this was as shocking as it was when I saw it back in the early eighties. Also known as Day of the Woman this was a really notorious movie that fell foul of the whole video nasty thing at that time. I was trying […]

Without a Paddle

Nice buddy movie about three dudes who, following a friends funeral, go on a search for hidden treasure! Some good gags – the white water rafting was funny as was the scene where the rednecks were singing “do you really want to hurt me” modified to “Yes, we really want to hurt you!” Cool. UGC […]

Cold Case

Caught up with 4 episodes of this show from season one seeing that season two kicks off later this week. It’s a great show with Detective Lilly Rush investigating various old and cold cases. Very stylised with some good characters and great music. Episodes: Sherry Darlin’ > Hubris > Glued > The Letter DVD-R Colour […]