Sunday 31 October 2010

Sunday Smile

This starts slow but keep watching, it's random, it's genius.

Thursday 28 October 2010

Trailer Of The Day : Scream 4

I rate the first two and the third is diverting enough so I quietly excited about the upcoming return to Woodborough.

Saturday 23 October 2010

Trailer of the day : Drive Angry

The Cage gets even more B-movie crazy on us...

Sunderland vs Aston Villa



Villa will count themselves unlucky to come away from this one with a defeat as in truth they dominated large parts of the game, keeping Sunderland penned back in their own half of the field for the duration of the second half in particular.

With Ashley Young and even Heskey proving constant threats. Sunderland played in well in bursts with once again Al-Muhammadi proving a handful on the wing. However Darren Bent was subdued and found his touch loose on a few occasions, though Cattermole once again managed to balance aggression and competitiveness.

But in defence Sunderland looked nervous and conscious of the pace within the Villa side, Turner in particular had a poor game as he constantly played the ball out of touch or straight back to his opponents.

The decisive goal game in the first half as Steed Malbranque made to it to the touch line and saw his cross put through the back of his own net by Villa's Dunne. Welbeck and Elmohamady both came close to adding to Sunderland's tally in the first half but after the break it was all Villa (although Bent was denied by an excellent challenge by Dunne when set free behind the Villa backline)as Sunderland throw bodies on the line and rode their luck during some vaudeville defending.

So not the level of performance of the last few games but the win will do the side good and Gyan appears to be getting close to full fitness and did enough to suggest a good partnership can develop between him and Bent during his spell on the field during the second half.

Wednesday 13 October 2010

Slighty odd but captivating video of the day

The official video for a song called 'Remains' by Maurissa Tancharoen which was co-written by Jed Whedon and featured in Dollhouse. It's a strange one but absorbing and features Fran "Topher" Kranz

Saturday 9 October 2010

You don't have to be Mad..

Now having made my way through a good chunk of Mad Men I can say that I do like the show (even though it does tell my brain smoking is so cool) and I'm fascinated by Don Draper and Betty. Jon Hamm and January Jones both seem to be deservedly on the fast track to bigger things as both are excellent. Hamm brings and easy charm to Don with enough going on to convince you something is not as it seems below the surface whilst Jones bring a strength to the fragile seeming Betty.

It did take me a long time to recognise Vincent (Angel's Conner) Kartheiser as the vile little Pete Campbell. A man who will sleep with the new girl the day before his honeymoon and appears to be bored and contemptuous of his wife whilst desperately trying to suck up to all those around him. And yet watching this horrid man is compulsive as he strains to be top dog.

And it seems interesting times are ahead with the mystery of Don's background, the looming shadow of Nixon and Kennedy and just how far Peggy can go in a man's world.

If you've not checked it out yet I recommend it.

Wednesday 6 October 2010

Trailer Of The Day : True Grit

The Coens return to make a proper western after the success of their 'modern' Western. This one could well be outstanding...

Tuesday 5 October 2010

Sarah Silverman : Jesus Is Magic

First up on the Sarah Silverman DVD check list is 2005's 'Jesus Is Magic' a stand up performance taping with a few other bits thrown in.

Here Silverman's stand up covers race, politics (sort of), sex, the holocaust and midgets. It's all of course filtered through a off kilter world view and wrapped in a series of gags that rise a laugh from wrong footing the audience or from making an exaggerated observation.

The is no real link between each topic as she jumps around the material but this does mean that each segment doesn't overstay it's welcome and you're quickly onto another angle.

Stand out stuff includes the observation that Jewish people shouldn't buy German cars, a discussion of the appropriate use of racist terms, a rendition of Amazing Grace and how to choose the religion of your child. Truly everything is fair game with even the events of September 11th employed in the routine (the domain name pay-off is brilliant)



Less successful are the embellishments around the stand up routine. Basically these segments are tiny bits of The Sarah Silverman Program (which is basically for these who haven't seen it like Curb You Enthusiasm based around a Jewish white girl with a a splash of surrealism) which unfortunately feel out of place when presented in such short bursts with no real indication of who anyone involved is (aside from Silverman)

The amped up song numbers work a little better as they add a little more pep to proceedings and allow for at least one good visual joke.

Now I'm sure this show won't change your mind if you don't like Silverman's sense of humour but I'd recommend it as a good place to start for those unfamiliar with her and for those already a fan it will have you chuckling away.

Sunday 3 October 2010

The Sunday Smile

It's the Muppets once again and this time they have friends!

F.Y.I

Just you know, I've put off doing a post about Sarah Silverman until I've had the chance to so research. In other words I'm waiting to get the DVDs of The Sara Silverman Show and her stand up to come after ordering them at the end of last week.