1.  The 2008 remake of The Andromeda Strain is really good.  To clarify, it's really good if you happen to like serious people, all of whom are very clever, sitting around a table in an underground silo trying very very hard to make sure we don't all die.  Oh and there are nukes.  And the cast is ridiculously good (Andre Braugher, Christa Miller, ( Read more... )

Those of you who are ( Read more... )

I'm watching Bonekickers episode 3.

And it's not terrible.

It's not, by ANY STRETCH of the imagination good, but it's not terrible.  Starting to have more of the National Treasure kind of vibe they seemed to be promising initially.

   Should be sitting on the iplayer at www.bbc.co.uk for the next week, and will, if there is any justice, be getting the same repeat schedule as Phoo Action (ie, basically nightly ( Read more... )

Those of you who've known me for a while will know that I have a big, chunky, wide soft spot for American cop shows.  Or, more specifically, GOOD American cop shows and police procedurals ( Read more... )