River on the BBC shows the problem with
British telly drama. Finally got round to watching the BBC, trying to be Nordic Noir, six part cop drama series River, it was spoilt by the usual fault of the usual suspects. read the rest of this rubbish
Category: Media, TV & Film
Toxic ramblings about the media, TV and films.
I’m only here for four minutes
R.I.P. Bill Kerr. Been a bit slack in posting about Bill Kerr after he died last week, aged 92, shockingly slack when he was major part in one of my all time favourites. Hancock's Half hour. read the rest of this rubbish
Shazbot
R.I.P. Robin Williams. When the rumours of Robin Williams' death were confirmed yesterday it came as one hell of a shock. read the rest of this rubbish
Are there many of you French fellas in
Sheffield? The 2014 Tour De France Depart through Yorkshire were reet grand. read the rest of this rubbish
Tell the lads the Lloyds cash dispenser is not paying
off any more. read the rest of this rubbish
R.I.P Eli Wallach
il brutto. You want a convincing Mexican bandit send for the Jewish guy from Brooklyn, amongst a hell of a lot of other parts Eli Wallach, one of the greatest character actors, played two of the best in two classic films. read the rest of this rubbish
R.I.P. Rik Mayall
another piece of the childhood gone. Crude, rude, trashy, vulgar from Kevin Turvey to Bottom via The Young Ones, the Comic Strip and The New Statesman that was Rik Mayall's comedy and it made me laugh. read the rest of this rubbish
Don’t worry, I shall be back
we shall all be back. Following on from yesterday's post another great final line of a film. Leslie Howard's classic “'Pimpernel' Smith”. read the rest of this rubbish
Well I’d say she certainly had marvellous judgement, Albert
if not particularly good taste. A Tweet yesterday from Last Exit To Nowhere reminded me I hadn't seen the film “A Boy And His Dog” for ages. read the rest of this rubbish
That Ed Miliband picture with his wife
got me thinking. Where have I seen that before? Ah, yes it was the scene in Animal House with Babs Jansen and Greg Marmalard in lover's lane. read the rest of this rubbish