Monthly Archives: June 2014

I Don’t Know Why They Did It

Posted on 28/06/2014 by Dee CrowSeer

While watching I Don’t Know How She Does It (2011) on TV t’other day, I started getting a strange sense of déjà vu. With Sarah Jessica Parker narrating her character’s onscreen adventures, which were frequently intercut with various “talking head” … Continue reading →

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“A Somewhat Volatile Piece Of Hardware…”

Posted on 27/06/2014 by Dee CrowSeer

[Contains unconvincing dread-wigs and SPOILERS!!!] I likened the first season of CW’s Nikita to a “drunken game of Cluedo”, but season two seemed more like a drunken game of Buckaroo!, as the writers stacked increasingly silly plot-twists and convoluted character … Continue reading →

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Fox Force Three

Posted on 25/06/2014 by Dee CrowSeer

I don’t really buy music magazines these days, but I do take a quick look to see who’s on the cover from time to time, and this week I saw that Metal Hammer were offering two free posters with their … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Patsy Byrne (1933 – 2014)

Posted on 22/06/2014 by Dee CrowSeer

According to various sources, the actress Patsy Byrne passed away on Tuesday, at 80 years of age. Besides her recurring role as Malcolm’s snobbish mother in Watching, she’s probably best remembered for playing ‘Nursie’ (aka “Bernard”) in the second series … Continue reading →

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Numerous Bodies

Posted on 21/06/2014 by Dee CrowSeer

Watching the American crime comedy Miss Nobody (2010), I couldn’t help thinking of it as the anti-Amélie… there’s something very reminiscent about the colour palette, camera moves, overt quirkiness, and voice-over exposition… even the little smiles that the heroine directs … Continue reading →

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“Where Is Boom?”

Posted on 20/06/2014 by Dee CrowSeer

Aside from a few sight-gag chuckles, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) is deeply unfunny, and cursed with a very muddled premise: The self-aware, fourth-wall-breaking characters from a long-cancelled cartoon series are magickally transported into a live-action “real world”, which … Continue reading →

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“Look! The Pie!”

Posted on 17/06/2014 by Dee CrowSeer

[Contains convenient crusty distractions and SPOILERS!!!] The fourth season of Game of Thrones drew to a close this week… and, much like the average life-span in Westeros, it was bloody, brutal, and all too brief! Ten episodes a year really … Continue reading →

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Who’s Laughing Now?

Posted on 16/06/2014 by Dee CrowSeer

[Contains nonsensical engine parts and SPOILERS!!!] Skimming the TV guide yesterday morning, I decided to record Laughter in Paradise (1951) on a whim, little realising how much fun it was going to be. This classic British comedy stars Alastair Sim, … Continue reading →

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Falls Fail

Posted on 15/06/2014 by Dee CrowSeer

One show I apparently missed off my laundry list of upcoming sitcoms was Jennifer Falls, which premiered on TV Land last week. Jaime Pressly stars as ‘Jennifer Doyle’, a high-flying single parent with “anger issues” who loses her big city job, … Continue reading →

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Def-Con Fun!

Posted on 13/06/2014 by Dee CrowSeer

[Contains ghost-written memoirs and SPOILERS!!!] Rather than rest on its laurels, Veep changed things up for its third season, sending ‘Selina Meyer’ (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) off across America on the campaign trail… no longer content to just sit in her office, … Continue reading →

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