Bound

The Wachowski Brothers' first feature - and doesn't it show? Lots of stylish stuff zooming along phone leads with swishy sound FX. Regrettably I feel the film is a triumph of style over substance. I thought I was going to have to switch off after half an hour because they seemed to be lingering for too long on the lesbian sex scenes. If I want to watch lesbian sex scenes there are other places I can go. Fortunately the action got ramped up with the introduction of a pair of secateurs and once the girls had hatched their plot things got more and more exciting. So it was worth watching. Jennifer Tilly is always fascinating - I particularly remember her turning Henry Goldblume's head in Hill Street Blues - as is Gena Gershon. But at the end of the film - Do you know what the difference is between you and me? Neither do I. - I was left with a feeling of emptiness that I presume the scriptwriters also felt. Which I guess sums up the picture. (Film4)

Pride and Prejudice

The one starring Keira Knightly. Really enjoyed it. Lots of filmic stuff like the ball, where everyone disappears except Lizzie and Mr Darcy, and the bit on the swing where you see a year go by as she twists herself round. Brenda Blethyn was as annoying as she could be as Mrs Bennet and Donald Sutherland is God: seemingly ineffectual until the moment it mattered - when he was as solid as a rock. The stately homes of England were lovely - as was England. The smouldering quality that I had been led to expect from Mr Darcy was not there. Which made it all the more plausible that he should do what he did and Lizzie would react the way she did. Well played. There is a heap of information about P&P here. (DVD)

Miscellany

Haven't had time to watch a complete film since Pete's Bath Film Festival though have watched various programmes, including episodes of Hack, Desperate Housewives, South Park (especially liked the one where Cartman was arrested by the FBI for a hate crime because he threw a stone at Token, a black kid, for calling him fat), Doctor Who (the one with Marc Warren and Peter Kay) and the last episode of Heaven's Kitchen, which I picked up each week from UK TV Food.