http://ambival.net/movies/vol-2 Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:25:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://ambival.net/movies/vol-2#comment-10529 Ambival.net » TV » Apologies to ITV Drama Thu, 17 May 2007 01:38:36 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=119#comment-10529 [...] Catherine Tate in “The Bad Mother’s Handbook” – well, I always knew she’d be good in this, even more than I knew Lee Evans would be good in anything he took his hand to. It’s the story and the supporting cast here that wowed me. I was properly hooked by this to my utmost astonishment. When I clicked on the Sky+ recording and saw the running time I was simultaneously relieved and wary – 90 minutes, which actually means around 75 if you count ads and credits. Short enough if it turns out to be rubbish; but not long enough to be anything but rubbish. How wrong I was. This packs in a great story that gets to the core of motherhood better than anything I’ve seen (as far as I could know or surmise; for the record, I’d put Kill Bill: Vol 2. at the top of that list). I particular loved the shy new boyfriend, and the subplot regarding Tate’s own super-neglectful parents was a beautifully tragic piece of icing. [...] [...] Catherine Tate in “The Bad Mother’s Handbook” – well, I always knew she’d be good in this, even more than I knew Lee Evans would be good in anything he took his hand to. It’s the story and the supporting cast here that wowed me. I was properly hooked by this to my utmost astonishment. When I clicked on the Sky+ recording and saw the running time I was simultaneously relieved and wary – 90 minutes, which actually means around 75 if you count ads and credits. Short enough if it turns out to be rubbish; but not long enough to be anything but rubbish. How wrong I was. This packs in a great story that gets to the core of motherhood better than anything I’ve seen (as far as I could know or surmise; for the record, I’d put Kill Bill: Vol 2. at the top of that list). I particular loved the shy new boyfriend, and the subplot regarding Tate’s own super-neglectful parents was a beautifully tragic piece of icing. [...]

]]> http://ambival.net/movies/vol-2#comment-10528 Ambival.net » Journal » Apologies to ITV Drama Thu, 17 May 2007 01:37:48 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=119#comment-10528 [...] Catherine Tate in “The Bad Mother’s Handbook” – well, I always knew she’d be good in this, even more than I knew Lee Evans would be good in anything he took his hand to. It’s the story and the supporting cast here that wowed me. I was properly hooked by this to my utmost astonishment. When I clicked on the Sky+ recording and saw the running time I was simultaneously relieved and wary – 90 minutes, which actually means around 75 if you count ads and credits. Short enough if it turns out to be rubbish; but not long enough to be anything but rubbish. How wrong I was. This packs in a great story that gets to the core of motherhood better than anything I’ve seen (as far as I could know or surmise; for the record, I’d put Kill Bill: Vol 2. at the top of that list). I particular loved the shy new boyfriend, and the subplot regarding Tate’s own super-neglectful parents was a beautifully tragic piece of icing. [...] [...] Catherine Tate in “The Bad Mother’s Handbook” – well, I always knew she’d be good in this, even more than I knew Lee Evans would be good in anything he took his hand to. It’s the story and the supporting cast here that wowed me. I was properly hooked by this to my utmost astonishment. When I clicked on the Sky+ recording and saw the running time I was simultaneously relieved and wary – 90 minutes, which actually means around 75 if you count ads and credits. Short enough if it turns out to be rubbish; but not long enough to be anything but rubbish. How wrong I was. This packs in a great story that gets to the core of motherhood better than anything I’ve seen (as far as I could know or surmise; for the record, I’d put Kill Bill: Vol 2. at the top of that list). I particular loved the shy new boyfriend, and the subplot regarding Tate’s own super-neglectful parents was a beautifully tragic piece of icing. [...]

]]> http://ambival.net/movies/vol-2#comment-6487 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » My Top 100 Movies [current] Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:09:13 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=119#comment-6487 [...] Vol. 2 Quentin Tarantino [...] [...] Vol. 2 Quentin Tarantino [...]

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