Rewind: ‘Enid Blyton’s Famous Five’ revisited
The Famous Five roam the South of England solving mysteries, having picnics and annoying Uncle Quentin with their boundless enthusiasm for just about everything.
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The Famous Five roam the South of England solving mysteries, having picnics and annoying Uncle Quentin with their boundless enthusiasm for just about everything.
Thing’s are tough for Mia (Chloë Sevigny) – the most likeable professional assassin since Francisco Scaramanga.
When buying anything from a megalomaniac überbastard, James Bond needs to know his man is up to speed with modern technology. Happily, Christopher Walken’s Max Zorin is clearly something of a computer whizz…
Recently, CultBox has been enjoying Google’s video for their Project Glass experiment, although this is possibly more to do with the fact that it uses Bibio’s wonderful ‘Lovers’ Carvings’ as a soundtrack than because we’re totally involved with the idea of augmented reality glasses. Yeah, this utopic vision of a voice-operated headset that controls all … >
Hell on Wheels isn’t anywhere near full tilt just yet, but it’s certainly picking up steam.
Sky Atlantic’s original drama series Hit & Miss continues next week, starring Chloë Sevigny as a transgender contract killer.
The act of saying the same thing over and over again until it has no meaning and sounds ridiculous has long since been elevated to an art form by politicians, but it’s sad to find MI6 caught in the same web of babble. Here, James Bond, M, Q and a plethora of baddies quote two … >
In the enlightened 24th Century, the hostilities between humans and Klingons have been sorted out, the petty squabbles that dogged Captain Kirk like a malformed toupee all forgiven and forgotten. Captain Jean-Luc Picard even has a Klingon as a trusted lieutenant, whose advice he receives gratefully and always acts upon. Except, of course, he doesn’t … >
In 2192, Planet Earth is in a dismal state, blighted by overpopulation and pollution, and the majority of its inhabitants have been forced to move off-world to orbiting space stations.
The combination of uneasy domesticity and dispassionate slaughter makes Hit & Miss compelling viewing from the off.