Ok, OK, OK, I know we missed another podcast but we have a good excuse honest.
I am based in Malaysia whilst Uncle Ben is in the UK and to do the show we need a decent Skype connection and on Sunday night we didn’t get it. We tried we really did but it sounded like Ben was blowing bubbles in a tin. So after 15 minutes or so we pulled the plug. So, well next week! Yes, we will almost certainly record a new show this Sunday evening ready for you on Monday.
Until then here is a quick catch-up on some stuff I have watched, If you want long reviews of shows you gotta listen to the show because that’s Uncle Bens forte. I don’t remember detail, I watch films on my computer on a screen that’s to my right whilst playing poker, surfing porn or facebooking. So, I miss lots of detail. Occasionally things will grab me and I will give my full attention.
Let’s start with Rogue (season 1) a 2013 TV series starring Thandie Newton, Marton Csokas and Joshua Sasse.
Apparently and according to IMDD.com
“Grace, a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective, is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s mysterious death. In her quest for the truth, Grace finds herself striking out on her own and falling deeper into the city’s most powerful and dangerous crime family. As Grace struggles to become the wife and mother her family now needs, her life is further complicated by a forbidden relationship with crime boss Jimmy Laszlo. In order to stay alive, Grace needs to help Jimmy find the traitor in his midst, while knowing he may have played a part in her tragedy”. Written by DirecTV Publicity
I wouldn’t know I got bored about 20 minutes in. I may go back and try again one day (but then again no). It just looked uninteresting, badly acted and written IMHO.
Next up is Fire with Fire Starring Josh Duhamel, Rosario Dawson with Bruce Willis and 50 Cent.
This film was OK, I am not in anyway convinced that Duhamel is an actor of any note and he could easily be replaced in almost any film I have seen him in with a first timer and I don’t think you would notice. Rosario Dawson on the other hand would be missed. Bruce does a great job in this small role and 50 Cent, well 50 cent is 50 Cent! Vincent D’Onofrio does a seriously enjoyable job. The film is no masterpiece in fact it’s pretty awful at times and totally unbelievable, but its loaded with action which kept me engaged. I certainly would not spend money to watch this at a cinema or indeed would be happy if I had paid for a full price DVD, but I didn’t so there!
Now of course if you buy the real DVD what you don’t get is a DVD that wont play, that’s the situation I had with House of Cards, I watched the first two episodes and then the crappy pirated disc failed, so to finish the series I gotta go shopping again! From what i have seen so far this is a f**King excellent series. Kevin Spacey is simply excellent in this very well written remake of a 1990 British political drama of the same name. For once the Americans have done a really good job transplanting it in the USA.