Reviews and stuff
It's been quite a film-y sort of time recently. I've managed to wangle my way into a number of screenings for free - some just because I'm great, but others because I actually have to - cuh - review the things. Anyway, while you don't get to see my detailed thoughts on Pirates 4 (bit crap) and Attack the Block (bit excellent), I now have reviews up of what are likely to be two of the best films I see this year: X-Men: First Class over at Film4, and Senna on Den of Geek. I also did a fluffy tie-in piece for X-Men at Den of Geek (in a confusing bit of crossover since it wasn't DoG I reviewed it for, but), looking at five other superhero properties that would make great "period piece" films - one for each decade from the '30s through to the '70s. Meanwhile, I also interviewed (well, co-interviewed) the director of Senna recently, but was a bit slow in getting the piece over to the DoG folk, so that probably won't be up there until early next week. Have a look, though, it's interesting stuff.
And also, although it was a few weeks ago, I'm quite pleased with my main contribution to the Doctor Who review canon this year (we'll ignore my sloppy, far-too-short and unfocused review of "Day of the Moon") - I've been waiting a long, long time for Neil Gaiman to write an episode of the show, so there's a good reason why my write-up of "The Doctor's Wife" is somewhat long and rambling. But I think I hit upon a nice theme with it, and that it's a good piece all in all, so... yeah.
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