Me?  I hated both, straightaway.

They've been repeating series 2 on the BBC, and I've just seen the final episode again.  MrsDonk and I are convinced that Moffat and Gatiss had NO IDEA how they were going to resolve this one, merely that they would give themselves nearly two years to work it out subsequently.  I fear that the revealed solution is…

Fuckity-hello.

TROELS.

It's the Wales of the East!

If you do have any kind of (genuine) interest in Caribbean cricket and its relationship with the ex-colonial independence movement, apartheid in South Africa, Tony Grieg's famous "grovel" comment, and wicked wicked reggae, then try your best to get hold of 'Fire In Babylon', a documentary that came out a couple of…

Come come, the cricket World Cup isn't … you know … cricket.  It's the pyjama game, dear boy.

It's ok. It's pretty creepy at times, and the acting across the board is top drawer. Unfortunately it is a bit trope-heavy, and some lines of dialogue have made it through countless re-writes, director's nods and actors' consciousnesses without being laughed out of the room. Such as when Anderson says, "He will ……

In the UK, today is a Bank Holiday. We call them Bank Holidays. It means the banks don't open, so hardly anyone else goes to work. (See Blur's "Bank Holiday" for an apt summary of what they're like).

Cookie Monster and Savage Love are such a good match. I genuinely don't find it weird to read sentences like this any more:

There would have to be a General Election, which, given the current polling, no party would win outright. We'd then be in the decidedly odd situation of another coalition (probably led by Labour this time) and the Lib Dems staying in government even though everyone hates them.

Forbrydelsen, the original The Killing, is absolutely superb. Twin Peaks-inspired at first, but rapidly becomes a study of one family's grief and recovery, whilst never forgetting the thriller elements of a good police procedural. Plus sweaters.

I've seen it twice, both times a while ago, and I have a nagging sensation that there's an insinuation that the Gandolfini character is a heavily closeted gay man.  Who retracts from his Gore Vidal line in case in puts more suspicion on him.  What would have given me that idea?

"Well, if it isn't Humpty Numpty - "
"What is this, surround bollocking?" 
"With due respect, I hadn't finished.  If it isn't Humpty Numpty sitting on top of a collapsing wall, like some clueless … egg … cunt.  Now I'm finished."

Saw Navigator in the cinema with my mum and my younger brother (he would have been six, I was eight). I was an easily-embarrassable prude as a kid. At one point in the film, someone says "Shit". Everything went black. My vision shut down, my hearing went. My only sensation the rush of hot blood through my skull.…

Dear Doctor Dik,

You know it will, that's the way he RAPS.

I always thought of it as "I Made a List".

Found it: http://www.sundance-london….
Only three shows and one's already sold out.

'Timecrimes' is the best time-travel film that will ever be made. It's the closest to paradox-free I've ever seen, it's scary, it's funny, it's sexy. I worry that a remake would be awful.