http://ambival.net/movies/shaun-of-the-dead Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 12 May 2008 15:16:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://ambival.net/movies/shaun-of-the-dead#comment-10445 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » Hot Fuzz Sun, 13 May 2007 13:08:23 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=118#comment-10445 [...] I’d kind of built up the struggle I anticipated having with this movie too much, really starting and ending with the title, which I still think is awful – just to get that out of the way first. While I couldn’t wait to see what Edgar Wright et al. did to follow Shaun of the Dead, I’m sure I wasn’t alone on this, I knew they’d be pushed to match its success let alone top it. [...] [...] I’d kind of built up the struggle I anticipated having with this movie too much, really starting and ending with the title, which I still think is awful – just to get that out of the way first. While I couldn’t wait to see what Edgar Wright et al. did to follow Shaun of the Dead, I’m sure I wasn’t alone on this, I knew they’d be pushed to match its success let alone top it. [...]

]]> http://ambival.net/movies/shaun-of-the-dead#comment-2488 Ambival.net » Television » Thursday Night Comedy … and sh*t … Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:39:21 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=118#comment-2488 [...] Addendum 2: First two episodes of Five Days weren’t too bad. Sarah Smart wasn’t in it nearly enough for me, but maybe that’ll change in further episodes … the ending of the first certainly took me by surprise. But anyway, how good is Penelope Wilton???? Between her fleeting moments in this and her role in Shaun of the Dead I could easily have a new fave actress. Give her a BAFTA TV award right now! Oh and there’s also a girl in this, I don’t know her name for sure but deducing from the IMdb credits and boards I think it’s Lucinda Dryzek, who I wouldn’t mind them replacing Emma Watson with in future Harry Potter movies – she’s a great actress, looks a lot like Emma, and it doesn’t hurt that she’s practically dressed here as Hermione is in Azkaban, lol. eab [...] [...] Addendum 2: First two episodes of Five Days weren’t too bad. Sarah Smart wasn’t in it nearly enough for me, but maybe that’ll change in further episodes … the ending of the first certainly took me by surprise. But anyway, how good is Penelope Wilton???? Between her fleeting moments in this and her role in Shaun of the Dead I could easily have a new fave actress. Give her a BAFTA TV award right now! Oh and there’s also a girl in this, I don’t know her name for sure but deducing from the IMdb credits and boards I think it’s Lucinda Dryzek, who I wouldn’t mind them replacing Emma Watson with in future Harry Potter movies – she’s a great actress, looks a lot like Emma, and it doesn’t hurt that she’s practically dressed here as Hermione is in Azkaban, lol. eab [...]

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