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Film CXII
I'm shocked: this afternoon I went to see a film that I felt sure was one of the Top 100 - but actually isn't. Once Upon a Time in America is -and with good reason, it's one of the finest four hour movies I know. But The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Parently not. But you should grab any opportunity to see it on the big screen.
( CXII: Il Buono, Il brutto, Il Cattivo (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Sergio Leone, 1966) ) -
The Wire Series 5
Well, I accidentally watched the final episode today - having planned to save it for later in the weekend. If you've never seen the greatest tv series ever made, it's not a great place to start but set aside a week and work up to it.
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The Wire Season 4
I'd noticed various mentions by Charlie Brooker over the years of The Wire as the best tv show in the world .... evah, but didn't look closer becaufase it was on cable and I wasn't likely to catch it. Neither Channel 4 nor BBC picked it up, which is just as well because C4 would have shunted it off into the wee small hours (I assume they've decided ( Read more... ) -
More ITV drama
Has anyone seen Raines and got an opinion on it? It's a detective series in which the cop solves crimes in an unusual way - by talking to dead people. So not at all like Medium, Pushing Daisies or Randall and Hopkirk, Deceased then. There are only eight episodes so far, so maybe it's safe to give it a go. -
Brooker Shock Horror
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/14/channel4.television?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
Charlie Brooker has been commissioned to write E4's first scripted horror drama for broadcast in late 2008.
Several thoughts:
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Golden Globes
Atonement won? Yes, The English Patient all over again. Merchant Ivory direct The Usual Suspects. Am not happy. The TV winners look sensible as far as I can tell.
A spread around year: all shall have prizes.
Best film (drama)
Atonement
Best film (musical or comedy)
Sweeney Todd
Best director
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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