Maryland (2023) 1x02

Suranne Jones stars in this ITV drama. I missed 1x01. Stockard Channing co stars and Sue Tully directs. There is a cat and a dead mother with secrets. Jones and her selfish ugly sister learn their late mother had a lover and was into writing. There are reveals and yelling and grevious harm. This was kitchen sink misery. There ( Read more... )

Blithe Spirit (2020)

Dan Stevens stars in this remake. It is 1937 and there are moral faultlines and no narrative logic. This has no redeeming qaulities whatsoever. The hero (Stevens) is a sociopathic show pony. This was based on a play. The original film based on said play was better. The hero lives in an art deco house with his dreadful second ( Read more... )

A Touch Of Cloth III: Too Cloth For Comfort, part two
Jack is unfeasibly galling and his and Oldman’s relationship is fraught. This was utter claptrap and creates general tedium. Oldman does sloshed roaring. Jack has blasé disregard for Oldman with whom he had sex once. Oldman is libidinous and Jack is implausibly thick. The Healery is not a death ( Read more... )

The Mother Line
Nessa and some cave beast get it on until she ends up in another appalling situation. Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle bothers Nessa and her cut glass accent. She is too ripe with torments, ennui, madness and crudeness to care. There is plotting, a sniffer and various despairing nihilistic intellectuals. Ephra and Nessa yell. The plot is ( Read more... )

‘Gotham’ promo
Catwoman, Riddler, Jim Gordon, Penguin and a hint of the tired Joker. Looks good.

‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’ trailer
The sequel no-one wanted. The timeline has changed and the trio of morons (no John Cusack this time) go to the future of 2024. Looks offensive and stupid.

Best Lines:
“Smells like hatred.”

“A Scandinavian gay bar.”

“Like ‘ ( Read more... )

‘Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice’ teaser trailer
Mmmm. Why are Batman’s eyes glowing?

‘Cuckoo’ series 2 trailer
Cuckoo is dead and his son (Taylor Lautner) shows up. WTF?

‘The Walking Dead’ season 5 trailer
Rick picks ANOTHER fight. A dude wants to go to Washington DC. People power walk.

Best Line:
“We will make the dead die and the living will ( Read more... )

‘Under The Dome’ 1x11 promo
Yawn.

‘Rush’ TV spot
No.

‘Boss’ trailer
No.

‘City of Bones' promo
Jared Harris. Ugh.

‘The Butler’ trailer
Why is Oprah in this? Looks interesting despite her.

Best Lines:
“We’ve no tolerance for politics at the White House.”

“It’s his world. We’re just living in it.”

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It’s all played deadly earnest as Cloth is dedicated to his job and Anne Oldman has an expressionless face. There is a ridiculous chase, death via JCB and Tom Boss gets angry. There is a museum robbery, a bomb, death, a telethon in peril, an obvious baddie and a bizarre love twist. Sadly it was all really annoying and unfunny. Still I’ll be there ( Read more... )

The cop spoof returns! After a fatal bank robbery, Jack Cloth returns from retirement again, to go undercover. Meanwhile Anne Oldman is distracted by mayoral candidate Hope Goodgirl (Anna Chancellor of ‘Suburban Shootout’). Tom Boss the villain of the original is back in his old job. There is a nasty gangster to foil and this was witheringly wry. ( Read more... )

‘American Horror Story: Coven’ trailer
Okay then.

‘Thor: The Dark World’ trailer
This is very ‘Game of Thrones’ and better than the first one. Plus Jane slaps Loki. Thor takes his shirt off and this looks good.

Best Lines:
“Now you come to visit me brother.”

“I wish I could trust you.”

“That was for New York.”

“There was darkness, it has ( Read more... )