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OK. So. BBC Three. It’s been hit and miss in the past. But the BBC’s “experimental”area for those new ideas, those budding writers, and those little-known comedy faces (and voices) has really come up trumps with this one.

Their new series takes on the task of combining puppets with real people, and scores a huge hit. 2 foxes, a pigeon, a cat and a dog meet with a variety of other creatures, and interact with the occasional human.

The anthropomorphism More

The Conference Finals!

Only one more series in the East and West remains before the Stanley Cup Final comes to town. The Eastern and Western Conference finals are upon us and the teams included in those games are both the most predictable and the most astonishing.

In the Western Conference finals we have the two best teams from the Western Conference in the San Jose Sharks and the Chicago Blackhawks. They finished first and second respectively and were only separated by a single More

Montreal Canadiens Take It!

To everyones surprise. They beat the Caps for the first round of the playoffs. 8th seat beats 1st. Go Halak, and make no mistake, it was Halak. If that man keeps playing like that I’ve no doubt they will take the Cup.

Sorry Ovechkin, looks like posing in GQ didn’t make you a better hockey player…

Play-off Hockey

As the NHL season begins to wind down we find ourselves staring down the barrel of some brilliant play-off hockey. Whilst the final play-off spots are not yet set in stone, I believe the 16 teams that currently occupy the play-off spots will be the ones that are still there at the end of the NHL regular season.

In the current group is a great mixture of the old and the new. Should the Detroit Red Wings make it into More

Canada Takes The Gold!

What an Olympics it has been. The last two or so weeks have been enthralling, with each of the events having its own drama and excitement. Personally, the snowboard cross and the skiing cross were a lot of fun to watch, as were the moguls and some of the shorter distance speed skating. However, no event could compare to the Hockey.

The women’s hockey team did their job from day one as they were expected to and simply blew away More

Winter Olympics: Team Russia

Much like Canada, Russia could be found guilty of underachieving recently at the Winter Olympics. They have not won a gold medal in some time now and it is hard to see why. The Russians always bring a strong team forward to compete and on paper, they look formidable.

For this year’s upcoming Winter Olympics, the Russians, once again, are bringing a strong team to the games. If we were to compare all the teams just by looking at the More

The Olympic Teams: Canada

As the Winter Olympics draws near, we all get caught up in the excitement that surrounds the Hockey. Each country starts to weigh up their chances of taking the gold, some with a more realistic chance than others. The front runners for this Winter Olympics have to be Canada, Russia, Sweden, the USA and then Finland and the Czech Republic, probably in that order as well when one looks at the rosters.

Canada will no doubt be eager to do More

Greatest script-writer ever, or a visionary?

What many people who adore Alfred Hitchock’s films don’t seem to realize is that Hitchcock was no more a fantastic script-writer than anyone else in the business…

…yes, his films were incredible—ground-breaking, willing to take creative risks that others shied away from—but his scripts were often no more than a basic blue-print; a tone setting device rather than a definitive outline to be followed rigidly. Hitchcock himself was not ashamed to admit these things, citing that film-making was something which More

The Beginnings of ‘Twin Peaks’.

For any fan of Twin Peaks, ‘Fire Walk with Me’ is a must-see. In fact, after the painful cancellation of the television series, it is a much-needed extra chunk of David Lynch’s fertile imagination.

Because it is a prequel, there are lots of things to find out; and if you want to try and get to the bottom of Laura Palmer’s death, then this is a very good place to start. The whole thing gives fans an extra bit More

Everyone loves an Underdog!

What a way to win a game on Stars territory for the first time in three years. It has been on everyones mind lately, with the Oilers hanging around the bottom of the Western conference if they were going to make a playoff run they would need to hurry up and do it quickly. Being plagued with injuries and illness (including the dreaded H1N1) and star forward Hemsky out on a season ending injury, it was looking for awhile that the only hope for the Oilers was a top pick in the spring.

But then tonight happened, and the team seemed to take coach Pat Quinn’s advice to just carry on to heart. The reward? Edmonton’s first back to back win since October when the plight of of injuries started. Won with a slightly fluky goal in the 5th round shootout by favorite Horcoff, this still in my opinion wasn’t the most exciting part of the game.

What was the most exhilarating aspect for me was the fantastic show of goaltending on both sides of centre ice. After fan favorite Dwayne Roloson was traded to the Islanders for (considerably less attractive) Khabibulin, I didn’t really know how to react. But with Khabibulin banged up and out of the game it was left to Deslauriers to step up. And step up he did! Turco and Deslauriers were making the forwards throughout the game work hard for every shot. Not to mention that Turco’s glove hand was pretty much a magnet for the entire night. But the first star of the night inevitably went to Deslauriers! All in all, good show, and showing that the Oilers may be starting to turn their luck around, or at least keep their heads above the water!

More good news, the Habs celebrated a win during their centennial game helped out by Mike Cammalleri’s hat trick! Another notable centennial celebration was Lach and Bouchard having their numbers brought up to the rafters to join the Habs elite with retired numbers.

That’s all for now really, when I started this blog it really wasn’t intended to be all about hockey. But I just figure thats more interesting then stories about me cleaning my bathroom or getting drunk off champagne at the company Christmas party last night. Well maybe not more interesting then that last bit…more varied and exciting updates coming soon!