We all love films because we all need something that will take us away from the real world. Living our real lives is just so so so difficult. So last week we said keep your eyes peeled for Part 2. Well here is what to expect in films 2014 part 2. Continue reading
Why should you care?
It’s bloody brilliant, that’s why.
A fellow co-author of this website, Alice Rose, used to watch these live at the same time I was, we would feverishly text at the moments between one episode and the next. Being a public programme broadcast in Sweden and Denmark, the BBC has rights to it, there are no ad breaks, and you have to pay attention to the screen for the subtitles all the way through. This means opportunities to text or tweet about the show are few and far between.
Many people are thrown off the thought of watching a show if it involves subtitles (lazy), but I assure you the quality of the script and listening to the lovely Nordic languages more than makes up for it.
Last time around, the programme followed a “truth terrorist”, who was basically a mass murderer who was killing people to make a point about each of his victims (he poisoned a nursing home to point out how little we care about old people, for instance). It’s dark, twisted, and I cannot wait.
The two detectives on the case are a man from Denmark and a woman from Sweden. He spends his life trying to explain to her social etiquette, she’s hired as she’s brilliant, but mildly autistic, meaning she will come out with things like “we probably won’t find your son, by the way”, this sounds very dark, but this kind of humour in an otherwise murky series is often needed.
If you didn’t see Season 1, they’re all available on iPlayer for another week, and I’d strongly advise you watch this excellent series before everything restarts after Christmas. Set up iPlayer downloads on your computer every week, and enjoy. It is simply fantastic.
Here’s a trailer.
It’s here. It’s what all you Tolkien nerds have been waiting for, and don’t worry, it doesn’t disappoint.
The Desolation of Smaug follows on from The Unexpected Journey and follows the dwarves on their journey to obtain the Arkenstone again.
Even though the film is incredibly long (2 hours and 41 minutes to be exact), it’ll keep you entertained all the way through. Expect plenty of battle scenes, and a pop up from Legolas (yes, that beauty), along with a few other characters who were never in the actual book. However, unless you are a Tolkien geek you won’t really notice. The added characters don’t distract from the main story line though, and aside from a short mushy love scene, they’re a pretty good add from Jackson.
We recommend you see the film in IMAX for full effect, both for the background and for the characters themselves. Yeah yeah, the glasses will make your ears kill and the price is quite high but it’s worth it. The orcs are absolutely terrifying as usual (when are they ever not?) and Smaug (who you never actually realise is voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) intimidates you a lot more than you expect (I mean come on he’s just a dragon…And the necromancer).
Compared to the last film The Desolation of Smaug seems much more action-filled. It may leave you with a numb arse but you’ll be desperate for The Hobbit: There and Back Again.
HAPPY NEW YEAR’S FOLKS!
Here is BBC’s coverage of the London New Year’s Eve Fireworks 2014.
In Chinese terms, 2014 is the year of the horse. And if you’re out seeing in this new year tonight, this is hopefully something that won’t be featuring in your post-night-out kebab (that scandal is so 2013, after all).
But if you can’t actually decide what to do with your life tonight, there are an array of events happening across the city to bring the year in with a bang.
Many people like to try and reinvent themselves at the start of a New Year. But sadly, the people at Channel 5 don’t seem to have heard of “New Year, New You.”
In fact, New Year’s Eve is basically a day of the 1950s.
We all know New Year TV is a pile of crap compared to Christmas TV. It’s very rare anything remotely decent is on. However, we’re here to help you filter through the crap and hopefully find you a decent watch or 2, whether you’re having a night in or end up spending New Year’s day curled up in a corner bawling…
Always much anticipated, new year is the time when everyone tries (and usually fails), at making their new years resolution. But we’re here to make everything that little bit better, with a guide to the best ITV has to offer and the perfect opportunity for you to finish off that tin of Quality Street, if you haven’t already. Continue reading
As the New Year is upon us, we need to know what to watch on the last day of 2013 and on the first day of 2014. Again, this is where we come in. We did one for Christmas and we’re doing one for New Years because obviously we know what TV is all about.
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As 2014 draws nearer, we thought it’d be a good idea to remind you all what happened that made 2013 so special. Continue reading
Let’s be honest, it’ll be mostly shit.
But, let’s also try and be positive, it may now all be that bad.
I’ve tried to get together a list of the stuff which I think will be worth watching out for, the stuff you should be watching if you’re not, and compiled them into a sort of “list”.
Only Connect – BBC Four (moving to BBC Two) – This may look boring as hell, and also as difficult as trying to pull a nipple off, but it is actually brilliant. Watch an episode and I promise you it’ll intrigue you enough to watch the next episode on iPlayer, you have to find connections between seemingly unrelated objects. This is the hardest episode ever produced and is available on YouTube. You’ll also see how unbelievably British the whole affair is.
If you don’t get a single question right in that whole episode, don’t worry, no-one does. But isn’t it relaxing to watch, what with it’s nice music and lack of audience? I can’t stop watching it. The first few episodes of every series usually has a few easy questions and then you feel AMAZING having watched it and got a few right. So yeah.
Top Gear – BBC Two – This will invariably return, it always does. Despite it being presented by an idiot and his two much nicer friends, it’s always enjoyable to watch. I find myself increasingly wanting to watch the special episodes these days, and I’m not so bothered about the normal episodes. Judging by Idris Elba hosting a number of shows recently on BBC Two about Motor Racing, it looks like he’s up to take Clarkson’s job upon his eventual leaving of the show. This would make it actually perfect. In case you hadn’t gathered, I dislike Clarkson intensely.
Big Brother – Channel 5 – Am I the only one who stopped watching this once it moved to Channel 5? I actually stopped watching it before then. It’s apparently still around, though.
Sherlock – BBC One – This is a “modern” programme even my parents like (and that is seriously saying something, they hate most things they see), and I love it too. Returns early January, I can’t wait. Presumably he’ll actually be alive this series, I mean, he did die at the end of the last series and all that, unless they’ve got a morbid sense of humour I presume he faked his own death.
Yeah yeah so fashion is a big thing. Did you know that? No? Well then where have you been?
2013 has shown many fashion trends. Some quite nice: i.e. pastel coloured coats for example. Some not so nice and some that are so horrendous you want to bludgeon yourself in the head: i.e. wedge trainers. We’ll be covering vile fashion trends of the past year in an upcoming post, so keep an eye out if you want a chuckle.
Anyway, so what are the big trends in 2014 you ask? Well you fashionista devils you, here are our favourite collections and trends for Spring and Summer 2014: