Much of Torchwood: Miracle Day has been derided, here and elsewhere, for moving slowly. “When is something going to happen?”, people said. “Isn’t this just repeating itself? How many more episodes must end with a melodramatic declaration by Gwen Cooper?” Well, this episode definitely breaks the … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 6 – Dork Review
Torchwood: Miracle Day is now getting stuck into its second half, and there seem to be two major camps of opinion: the angry folk who think it’s just awful, and those who think it’s watchable but moving at a glacial pace. Thankfully, I fall into the latter category, otherwise these reviews would … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 5 – Dork Review
This week on Torchwood: Miracle Day, Oswald Danes takes centre stage at a rally, whilst the Torchwood crew break into an obvious death camp set up by the big evil corporation. This may sound like every episode so far, but could there be a more dramatic ending this time? After all, last time we … [Read more...]
A WWBW Special: The iPlayer relaunch and an event TV renaissance…
In the last couple of days, the BBC has relaunched its hugely, bandwith affectingly successful iPlayer, with a particular eye on the service being used on games consoles like the PS3, and - perhaps most importantly of all - smart TVs. So with a whole archive of programming available on more and more … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 4 – Dork Review
Ever watched one of those news broadcasts after something catastrophic has happened, where the reporter tries to become a poet, describing events in emotive, melodramatic prose, restarting the obvious again and again, never reaching a conclusion or making a valid point? Well, Torchwood: Miracle … [Read more...]
Torchwood – Miracle Day, The Hour and Fool Us: What We’ve Been Watching
We've now seen three episodes of both Torchwood: Miracle Day and BBC Two's not-actually-all-that-like-Mad-Men-after-all retro drama The Hour. So it's about the right time to give them a mid-series (or, for the very American Torchwood, mid-season) appraisal, don't you think? … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 3 – Dork Review
The third week of Torchwood is upon us, and I think we’ve got the basic point now. The Torchwood gang, all two of them, have arrived in America and recruited two discarded CIA operatives to make themselves feel less lonely. Now they must investigate why people are no longer dying. So, with ten … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 2 – Dork Review
After a first episode that was universally acclaimed as alrightish, Torchwood resumes with a poisoning, a TV appearance and a clunky melodrama moment at the end. And believe it or not, only one of those features Captain Jack Harkness. So does this constitute an hour of excitement? You’d think so, … [Read more...]
Show Me The Funny and The Apprentice Final – What We’ve Been Watching
It would make a lot of sense for this post to feature a picture of The Apprentice winner (spoiler alert!) Tom -- unfortunately I used a photo of him last time on the assumption that he would never win. But that's the only negative I can find about dorky Tom walking away with a £250,000 … [Read more...]
Arrietty – Dork Review
Arrietty is the latest movie from famed, popular and acclaimed Japanese animators Studio Ghibli, with a screenplay by its beloved founder, Hayao Miyazaki. It is also an adaptation of English children’s book The Borrowers, so presents us with a wealth of tiny people, misunderstandings, persecution … [Read more...]
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