My wonderful James bought me the DVD of Centurion, a 2010 film with a Roman setting, from the same director who made Dog Soldiers. It's brilliant, and you should watch it.

In many ways Centurion is similar to Dog Soldiers: Scottish landscapes, squad of soldiers, ever-present danger. But this is set in 117 AD at the northernmost border of the Roman ( Read more... )

I've probably said this before, but I just want to tell you how good the film Dog Soldiers is ( Read more... )

Last night I watched the best new film I've seen in a very very long time: Taken, starring Liam Neeson (2008).I hadn't heard of it before, but when I read the summary in the TV Times I thought it was worth a try: Liam Neeson's character is an ex-special forces type, his daughter is kidnapped in Paris, and he goes on a mission to get her back ( Read more... )

Fandom meme from cherish4:

( Cut for convention )

Primeval: First two episodes were pretty good, I thought. CGI has improved a lot since being taken over by the people who Dr Who. All my favourite characters are still there (Lester, Connor, Abby and Becker). Not sure about the new ones yet, but I sort of want Jess to hook up with Lester. Very nice to see Alexander Siddig too. I think maybe they ( Read more... )

On Friday, James and I watched Solomon Kane. Here's a spoilerless review ( Read more... )

This weekend, we watched two films that have a very strongly nostalgic place in my heart. Let me tell you about them...

(I'll only cut things that are proper spoilerish, the rest is safe.)

On Saturday night, it was The Empire Strikes Back. I've often said that this is my favourite of the Star Wars films, but to be honest I'm not sure I really can ( Read more... )

We ended up watching Star Wars (A New Hope) last night, for the first time in ages - over a year, maybe even two. It reminded me just how much Star Wars means to me, right from the opening where the music kicks in and it brought a little tear of happiness to my eye ( Read more... )

NOT all checked for work safety! In fact, if this is a concern, what are you doing checking LJ at work? :)

- Dr Who at the Proms (*SQUEEE!*)

- Andy Serkis to star as Caesar in Planet of the Apes (haven't looked at this story yet - please tell me Tim Burton isn't directing??)

- Second series of Garrow's Law starts filming (this is making me very ( Read more... )

Favorite childhood showConsidering how much of a TV lover I am, you can probably imagine how much TV I was brought up on - so again this is a difficult choice! I'm also a big fan of several current children's TV shows (Shaun the Sheep, Timmy Time, The Roman Mysteries, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and occasionally things like Bear Behaving Badly...), ( Read more... )