The thing that pisses me off about Hyperdrive is that it was written by Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil who wrote for The Armando Iannucci Shows and some of the funniest episodes of Black Books and that vastly under appreciated gem on Radio 4 The 99p Challenge.

So it should have been funnier, but I did enjoy parts of it particularly the actor Kevin Eldon being a bit evil and the crew member who got drunk when he thought they were going to die and gets put in a room full of videos of kittens to sober up.

You realize the The Wizard of Oz, was a book first right? It seemed to get along just fine without being a musical.

The Great and Powerful Oz has a LOT of problems, none of which would have been solved by throwing in songs just to parrot the 30's movie.

We watched Olympus has fallen last night. My word, what a violent, thoughtless, America, fuck yeah!

I was away in Japan for a couple of weeks and the long flights allowed me to catch up on a couple of movies, one of which was White House Down. I liked it, it was fun. I'm not entirely sold on Channing Tatum, he's not quite as charismatic as Bruce Willis was in Die Hard (the film's obvious template) but he's competent enough.

The Lone Ranger - kind of a mixed bag I thought, with some neat ideas that are drowned amidst the dominance of Depp's bizarre performance as Tonto. There's a tone problem as well, most of it is light hearted cartoon fun, then we get dark dramatic turns that seem out of place.

The Wolverine - a big tentpole comic movie ostensibly aimed at young men that turns into a predictable love story throughout its entire long second act. Weird choice. I did find it interesting what they did with his mutant power, but it seemed they didn't really do much exploration with it on a character arc level. I saw a cut plane version so the action seemed rather tame, and although there was some nice shots towards the end, I found I had lost interest.

Red 2 - what a cast, and this ironically kept ruining the illusion that I was watching a story unfold. 'Hey! it's so and so!' I'd never seen the first, but it didn't seem entirely necessary to enjoy the sequel.

Depp was still Disney Depp in Lone Ranger, but it was a bit more subdued, which I apperciated. I don't feel like he stole the show; I enjoyed the movie.