Don't worry, I'm pretty sure Patrick has actually been in a coma since the car accident in 'Looking for a Plot'.

As razor blades were scarce during the war and she was working on the frontlines, I imagine she would get out of the habit. More importantly, I'm sure she has had plenty of other things to worry about since arriving in 18th century and it would seem odd for her to continue to make the effort to adhere to these higher…

Points knocked off for her hairless armpits.

I thought it was really excellent, I was far more enthusiatic about it than this review. The first half is so charming, full of little surprises and even an exhilatring race scene. The characters are all beautifully drawn, even Arbor's obnoxious elder brother is allowed space to reveal a little of his complex inner…

He was charm and charisma personified. Considering he was officially retired and all his best works were long passed, I'm surprised at quite how bereft feel at the news of his death. I've always felt that his body of work doesn't quite add up to what you'd expect of a man of his talents but I suppose he was too busy…

A few times in my life I have described an animated version of the story of Anne Frank as an analogy to explain how I'm still kind of sickened that they made that animated film about Princess Anastasia in the late 1990s with a reimagined happy ending. Sounds like this, however, might not be distateful but actually…

Every character got a perfect wee moment. It even managed to extract affection from me for Steve Cortez, a character who I never had any time for before. Almost tempted to do another play through focussing all my attentions on him, consider it Mass Effect 3: The Healing of Steve Cortez, all leading up to the moment…

I haven't seen this film in a good long time but the scene of people running blindfolded through a forest has always stuck with me.

Sounds like somebody trying to say 'Tarka Daal' with a mouthful of tarka daal.

It's creepy how much little "Victor" looks like a tiny, young Sam Neill. Same Mouth.

I found looking into Archer's lifeless blue eyes for a moment genuinely upsetting.

I too absolutely loved it. The use of crappy video was a stroke of genius, it blends seamlessly with archival footage and adds an immediacy I can't ever recall having experienced in a period piece before. And it was really, really funny; the moment I laughed hardest in the whole film was probably [mild spolier] when…

Darren Nichols is such a dandy. His outfits are so well chosen, just looking at him makes me feel genuinely slightly irritated…in a good way.

You're right, actually, that's rather lovely. But the music accompanying Richard's press conference? Can anyone jump in and defend that?

The theme music is perfect but the rest of the music they use in the series is distractingly weak. Hotel-foyer-disco-mix of Greensleves? oh dear… I vaguely recall a scene in Ellen's house in a later episode when she seems to be enjoying what one might call 'generic smooth jazz for people who hate music' while she sits…

I love the scenes between Geoffrey and Ellen in this episode. When the first encounter one another, I love the flat way Gross calls Ellen's name as she runs off, his tone sounds neither apologetic nor really appealling to her to return; he's just sort of…putting a name to her.

I saw a matinee showing of Amour at my local cinema. The rest of the audience was entiely made up of elderly people, I couldn't look any of them in the eye afterwards.

I saw a matinee showing of Amour at my local cinema. The rest of the audience was entiely made up of elderly people, I couldn't look any of them in the eye afterwards.

I think the new series of Peep Show has been strong so far, I've certainly laughed plenty.

I think the new series of Peep Show has been strong so far, I've certainly laughed plenty.