Tag Archives: Lucy Liu

Sherlock-U-Like: Joan As Police Consultant

Posted on 15/02/2013 by

[Contains sleuthy, violin-eschewing SPOILERS] Back in 2010, I was whining about the fact that no one had tried hooking Sherlock Holmes up with a female Watson, since cult 70s fave They Might Be Giants. Little did I know that just two … Continue reading →

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He Had It Comin’

Posted on 27/12/2012 by

I remember being pretty unimpressed when I watched Chicago (2002) on TV a few years ago, but during a second viewing on DVD I found myself really enjoying it… maybe that’s because I had some whiskey and sugar in me … Continue reading →

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Balls

Posted on 13/11/2012 by

When it was first released, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002), was savaged by the critics and cold-shouldered by the general public. To quote Wikipedia: “In March 2007, the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes ranked the film #1 among “The Worst … Continue reading →

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PunkWatch: Lucy Liu

Posted on 09/07/2012 by

[Contains SPOILERS... or does it? Yes, it does. Or does it? Yes, I’ve already told you it does.] Have you ever wondered what True Romance would be like without all the violence and drugs and suspense and passion and sweary … Continue reading →

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Fangs For Nothin’

Posted on 24/03/2012 by

Back in the day, I snarkily dismissed Heroes as a superhero show created by people who hated comic books, and were deliberately conspiring to make the genre as boring and bland as possible… in much the same way that the writer/director of … Continue reading →

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When Angels Fail

Posted on 02/12/2011 by

It was rather bizarre to see the E4 hype-machine making such a big fuss over the shiny new Charlie’s Angels series, since I already knew that back in the States the show had been cancelled shortly after the fourth episode aired, … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With Tribbianis

Posted on 18/06/2011 by

Clearly I have an addiction to buying bargain DVDs. Even with a teetering tower of cases already threatening to spill over and cause me a mild, toe-related injury, I still couldn’t resist picking up the first season of Joey (2004-2006), … Continue reading →

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Carrie on Sexin’: Season Four

Posted on 10/12/2010 by

Season Four of Sex and the City begins, as all great TV shows and movies should, with a Kirsty MacColl track! In this case it was “In These Shoes?”, from Tropical Brainstorm (2000), one of my fave albums of all … Continue reading →

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Chiaki Kuriyama as “GoGo Yubari”

Posted on 29/01/2010 by

Strange as it may sound, despite being an avowed fan of Quentin Tarantino and ass-kickin’ action chicks, it has taken me this long to finally get around to purchasing the Kill Bill flicks on DVD. It’s no secret that QT … Continue reading →

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Lucy Liu as “Mia Mason”

Posted on 24/04/2009 by

Okay, so once upon a time some bright spark greenlit a thirteen-episode order for a dramedy series called Cashmere Mafia, “following the lives of four ambitious women, who have been best friends since their days at business school, as they … Continue reading →

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