Doctor Who: Series 6 - Full Length Trailer Released!

The full-length trailer has been released and it looks absolutely fantastic!
Take a look for yourself...

WOW! Can't wait for Easter now!!
For the reaction from TARDIS Tacular click here!

March's Top 20 Part 1

Here are my Top 20 songs from March 2011.

In reverse order from 20-11...

20. Dionne Bromfield (feat. Diggy Simmons) - Yeah Right

19. Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work

TUNE OF THE DAY #25

E.T. - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West

Such an addictive song...

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

UK Release: 10th September 2004

Watched on TV: Thursday 24th March 2011

Rating: 12A

Runtime: 1hr 34mins

Tagline: His news is bigger than your news.

Women in Love

On TV: Thursday 24th March 2011

Channel: BBC4 9-10.30pm

Episode Type: Two-part drama series

In 1 Sentence: Passionate period drama but not as we know it.

Women in Love

BBC Summary: Adaptation of DH Lawrence's novels The Rainbow and Women in Love, focusing on the lives of two sisters as they struggle with love, passion and commitment in the build-up to WWI.

Doctor Who: Series 6 - Promo Image and Teaser!

A brand spanking new image has been released marking the beginning of Doctor Who fever! 
The first episode of series 6 is a two-parter, and is called 'The Impossible Astronaut' so the image below is apt! 

Airing at Easter we haven't long to wait and to whet our appetite further the BBC have released a prequel and the new series teaser...
Look behind you, Doctor!

For the uninterrupted teaser click here!

New Torchwood Poster

The new poster for Torchwood: Miracle Day was released a few days ago! 
Along with an air date for its premiere in the US: July 8th. 
Hopefully us Brits won't have long to wait...

Films Released This Week

There are some great films to look out for that will be released over the next week. 

Here are the 6 most exciting films to see...

Top 5 Ones To Watch

There has been quite a few brilliant programmes on over the past few weeks, that have become unmissable TV.

Here are my five top programmes on TV right now...

TUNE OF THE DAY #24

Intro - The XX

I am loving this remix at the moment...

Here is another really good remix from Go Jane Go and

another from Deep Focus.

The original can be found here - a gorgeous song that is well worth listening to...

Christopher and His Kind

On TV: Saturday 19th March 2011

Channel: BBC2 9.30-11pm

Episode Type: One-off drama

In 1 Sentence: A drama without much of a story: Matt Smith plays a naive, young Christopher Isherwood who travels to 1930’s Berlin.

Christopher and His Kind

BBC Summary: The 'divinely decadent' Berlin cabaret scene is in full swing when a young and wide-eyed Christopher Isherwood arrives in the city to stay with his close friend and occasional lover, the poet WH Auden. To Isherwood's reserved English sensibility, the city's thriving gay subculture is thrilling and intoxicating. But Christopher soon finds himself heartbroken after the failure of a hopeless love affair, and so sets out on a process of self-discovery as he forges an identity and place for himself amidst the chaos of 1930s Berlin.

Becoming Human Finale

The finale of Becoming Human was broadcast last night on BBC Three at 9pm! 
The whole series from the beginning was shown in a tidy 50 minutes, ending with the reveal of the killer.

Frankenstein's Wedding... Live In Leeds

On TV: Saturday 19th March 2011

Channel: BBC3 8-9.20pm

Episode Type: One-off live event

In 1 Sentence: Brilliantly involving live television with fantastic performances.

Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds

BBC Summary: 

Be part of BBC Three's bold re-imagining of Mary Shelley's much-loved gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein, at a spectacular live TV event with drama, music and dance.

Scientist Victor Frankenstein (Andrew Gower) is marrying his childhood sweetheart Elizabeth (Lacey Turner), but the Creature (David Harewood) that Victor created is seeking justice.

Being John Malkovich

UK Release: 17th March 2000

Watched on DVD: Friday 18th March 2011

Rating: 15

Runtime: 1hr 45mins

Tagline: Ever wanted to be someone else? Now you can.

Talking Pictures

An unusual, charming and fascinating video about a man's hobby: collecting old photographs. 
This is his explanation: When I tell people I collect snapshots, I usually get a blank stare. So I made this video to help explain why I love them.
Watch and see why John Green (of the vlogbrothers) believes it is one of the best videos ever made...

TUNE OF THE DAY #23

Guilt - Nero

Notes on a Scandal

UK Release: 2nd February 2007

Watched on TV: Monday 14th March 2011

Rating: 15

Runtime: 1hr 32mins

Tagline: One Woman's Mistake Is Another's Opportunity...

Twenty Twelve

On TV: Monday 14th March 2011

Channel: BBC4 10pm

Episode Type: Episode 1/6

In 1 Sentence: Mockumentary of awkward humour.

Twenty Twelve

BBC Summary: Comedy starring Hugh Bonneville, following the challenges - personal and professional - faced by the team responsible for delivering the biggest show on earth: the 2012 Olympics

Being Human Fourth Series Confirmation!

Well, I, like many around the country, am still recovering from last night's season 3 finale. What an episode! Last weeks was stuffed full of shocks, but the finale was something else! 

Julie & Julia

UK Release: 11th September 2009

Watched in Cinema: Sunday 13th March 2011

Rating: 12A

Runtime: 2hrs 3mins

Tagline: Based on Two True Stories

TUNE OF THE DAY #22

Unorthodox - Wretch 32 feat. Example

Pretty catchy! (Out April 17th)

Yes Man

UK Release: 26th December 2008

Watched on DVD: Friday 11th March 2011

Rating: 12A

Runtime: 1hr 34mins

Tagline: One word can change everything

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

UK Release: 6th February 2009 
Watched on DVD: Tuesday 8th March 2011

Rating: 12A

Runtime: 2hr 45mins

Tagline: Life can only be understood backward. It must be lived forward.

Monroe

On TV: Thursday 10th March 2011

Channel: ITV1 9pm

Episode Type: Episode 1/6

In 1 Sentence: Brashy neurosurgeon James Nesbitt stars in a new medical drama which miraculously feels fresh and different. 

Monroe

ITV Summary: James Nesbitt stars as brilliant and unusual neurosurgeon Monroe in this brand new medical drama.

Each episode will feature one compelling story of the week about life or death situations. The drama will focus on the way in which a serious injury or disease cuts across the lives of everyone involved, from hospital staff to patients to relatives. And how that group become, in an intense few days, a reluctant, dysfunctional family united by hopes, fears and grief.

At the centre of this stands Monroe, his trainees, his anaesthetist and his poker school - and his colleague, Jenny Bremner, who has contempt for his cockiness.

Brighton Rock

UK Release: 4th February 2011

Watched in the cinema: Wednesday 9th March 2011

Rating: 15

Runtime: 2hrs 5mins

TUNE OF THE DAY #21

Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes

Comic Relief (Fail)

Comic Relief is almost here and this year Red Nose Day is happening on Friday 18th March 2011.

As always the BBC have put on a spread of wonderfully varied fund-raising programmes to entice us all to donate.

Here are all of the highlights and more...

Becoming Human

Online: Now

Channel: Found here every Sunday after Being Human.

In 1 Sentence: Addictive off-shoot of Being Human which is gradually becoming unmissable.

Becoming Human

BBC Summary: Becoming Human is the new online drama from the world of Being Human. Follow Adam, Being Human’s teenage vampire, as he becomes embroiled in a dark and dangerous (yet funny) mystery.

The Adjustment Bureau

UK Release: Friday 4th March 2011

Watched in the Cinema: Saturday 5th March 2011

Rating: 12A

Runtime: 1hr 45mins

Tagline: They stole his future. Now he's taking it back.

TUNE OF THE DAY #20

A Day Needs More Love - MOPP

Great new band who have been featured on Radio 1 recently - beautiful song. 

The Full Monty

UK Release: 29th August 1997

Watched on TV: Friday 4th March 2011

Rating: 15

Runtime: 1hr 30mins

Tagline: The year's most revealing comedy.

Shiver

Shiver 

By Maggie Stiefvater

Blurb: 

The pack circled around me, tongues and teeth and growls.

When a local boy is killed by wolves, Grace’s small town becomes a place of fear and suspicion. 

But Grace can’t help being fascinated by the pack, and by one yellow-eyed wolf in particular. 

There’s something about him - something almost human. 

Then she meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away... 

Films Released: 4th March 2011

There are quite a few films out tomorrow, including a few that I’m excited about. 
Here are the highlights...

The Adjustment Bureau

Genre: Romance, Thriller

Runtime: 1hr 45 mins

Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt

Plot Synopsis: The affair between a politician and a ballerina is affected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart.