John Meredith's Blog

If there’s one thing that grates when I take my daughter to dance classes is the damn Glee cover versions. If I have to listen to ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ one more time I’m gonna snap. Having a carefully orchestrated choir of precocious stage school ‘kids’ bleat through that key change THAT HAS NO DAMN BUSINESS [...]

OK. I won’t write a long drawn out defence of the film. I just want to say it was bloody good fun watching robots hit each other. Sure, there’s not enough of the actual Transformers in there, and Shia LeBoufont’s girlfriend cannot act and is a waste of time. And Patrick Dempsey is looking old and portly. But there [...]

Before I start with my drivel, I want to paint you a picture. On Tuesday I arranged a day off work. The plan was simple: brief shopping, lunch, then movie. Then out of the movie in time to pick up the small person. We turned up nice and early only to find the place devoid [...]

I challenge anyone not to get excited by the new trailer for Transformers: Dark of The Moon. The pre-release reviews are so far very good and from this trailer, the mass destruction that seems to be on display should be pure popcorn fodder and pretty much unrivalled in cinema to date. I love the first Transformers [...]

Vader Loves the Passat

Yep. I am officially excited. X-Men: First Class opens June 1st in the UK (two days before the yanks!).

The Register has an article depicting the strife that the BBC/Channel 4/ITV funded IPTV scheme YouView seems to be in. I think YouView is a great idea and I have gone through every possible avenue trying to get BBC iPlayer on my TV. Without buying a new one, there doesn’t seem to be an easy [...]

Over 2 years after ‘Children of Earth’ aired in the UK, BBC1 viewers will see the new series at 9pm on July 1st, 2011. With only two original cast still alive, there is some new blood in the form of Bill Pullman?! Not sure what to make of that… If the new series is anything [...]

Who the hell does James Cameron think he is to abuse the fans in releasing Avatar again? Taking the somewhat over used concept of a Directors Cut is common place for home video, but to do this in the cinema while the original is still playing is plain wrong. But I’m glad to see that [...]

Well…sorta. I have been huge Matthew Good fan for many years now, and it amazes me with such drivel in the UK music scene, how Canada’s most famous unknown is not well…um…known in the UK. And on this one issue, I have to say I am grateful to iTunes for providing Matthew Good exposure outside [...]