Martin Conaghan

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'Watchmen' ... as Directed By Quentin Tarantino? (Cinematical)

Mar 10th 2009 10:37AM What you really need to see is the actual Saturday morning cartoon:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/485797

Zumba Phone: the Steorn Orbo of cellphones? (Engadget)

Jan 30th 2009 10:17AM Undoubtedly a hoax.

Discuss: Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' (Cinematical)

Oct 26th 2008 12:03PM Monkey. Man. Machine. Monolith.

Since the dawn of time, from ape to scientist, mankind has striven to reach the unattainable.

The numinous mysteries of the univers cannot be divined by technology.

Kubrick was a genius. 2001 is a work of art.

I pity anyone who has not experienced this movie on a cinema screen.

Discuss: What's the Best British Film Ever? (Cinematical)

Jul 1st 2008 3:47AM The Lavender Hill Mob.

Ealing cinema at its best.

Discuss: Hot Books Being Turned Into Movies (Cinematical)

Apr 9th 2008 7:16AM Ridley Scott has optioned Tom Rob Smith's debut novel 'Child 44' according to the author himself on BBC Radio Five Live's Simon Mayo show about two weeks ago.

It's set in Kruchev's Russia, and follows an MGB officer tracking down a child serial killer while the security forces pursue him for allegedly being a traitor.

The Resurrection of 'Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future' (Cinematical)

Aug 29th 2007 5:17AM There's only one way to do this film; make Grant Morrison's 'Dare' into a movie. Dan Dare as a pathetic old retiree trying to atone for his imperialistic past.

Genuis.

More 'Watchmen' Cast Leaked (Cinematical)

Jul 23rd 2007 6:35PM Ozymandias, not 'Oxymandias'!

Doctor Who: The Last of the Time Lords (season finale) (AOL TV)

Jul 5th 2007 4:07AM Comments #1 and #3: Wikipedia refers to Doctor Who as having "series", not "seasons". It's a British show, I'm British, it airs in the UK before anywhere else - and we call it a "series", not a "season".

Comment #5: The Rani is considered by most fans as a major Doctor Who villain, and was created in an attempt to develop an ongoing Doctor Who villain. It was only due to the show going off-air in 1989 that the character did not return. There's a difference between a "recurring" character, and a "major character". Having watched the episodes featuring The Rani as a kid, I'd call her major, seeing as how she's a renegade Time Lord and she basically killed the sixth Doctor.

Comment #5: Nothing indicated that the hand picking up the ring was The Master's wife, despite the red fingernails. Most reviews (including my own) have said it was possibly The Rani, although, as I mentioned, Russell T. Davies has denied this.

Comment #6: Most reviews of 'The Runaway Bride' said Catherine Tate put in a good performance as Donna Noble and would make a good companion. In fact, the Christmas special she appeared in was the third highest rated episode since the show returned, in audience terms, at the time (only "Rose" and "The Christmas Invasion" had previously scored higher). As for the CGI Doctor, in my review, I mentioned The Doctor's "ultra-advanced state of enhanced age" and "the considerable aged Doctor". I neglected to mention the actual CGI, because I felt it wasn't important to the story, other than as a visual gimmick -- much in the way most CGI is. I felt it didn't further the story much, although, I did mention that it "almost seemed like he would never return to normal".

Lost -- Desmond's little ditty explained - VIDEO (AOL TV)

Apr 21st 2007 5:55AM Alan - believe me, it's pronounced Sel-tik.

I'm a lifelong Celtic FC fan and a Scottish football journalist, so I can speak with some authority on this.

Life on Mars: Episode 3 (AOL TV)

Mar 13th 2007 9:02AM The reason I call it soccer is because the majority of the readers on this website are in the USA, and "football" means something entirely different to them.

I'm from Glasgow 'mate', I know the difference between "soccer" and football.