Weekly Impaling Stick

Louis Theroux and his 'weird weekends' - What a wet and cowardly look at the gang culture in Philadelphia. Normally I like this chaps somewhat quirky and irreverent questioning of of 'Fag' hating suburban Cults and Gay for Pay Porn stars, his complete out of placeness and hilarious use of the lingo of his given subjects make for a funny show. However, Louis Theroux in Phili was very much like watching a staunch Vegan getting paid to go seal clubbing. He was incredibly out of his depth and laughably insulting to his subjects. As he admitted in a BBC interview recently, the whole experience was very far removed from the lakeside strolls and fine food and wine of his normal life. Ross Kemp on gangs he ain't. Every stereotype of the bespeckled English gent, strapped firmly in to an over sized bullet proof vest with his sweater carefully knotted over his shoulders was realised by the streets of Phili. He failed to illuminate further into the reasons behind the drugs and violence in Philadelphia and his inept, softly softly approach to questioning both the police and the criminals made for a rather boring and mundane set of answers along the lines of 'we don't snitch white boy'. He should stick to quirky, off the wall subjects, rather than grim reality, his self deprecating and subtly sarcastic questions were completely lost on this show.

Americanisms - In this case, going to a restaurant and being called 'Doll' by the waitress, who is quite clearly a scouser.

Dungeons & Dragons 2 - Very rarely does a sequel live up to the reputation (if there is one in the first instance) of the first. Kill Bill did it well, Men in Black didnt. Ace Ventura (arguably) did, Zulu didn't. Scream didn't, and they continued to 'didn't'. D&D2 fits into the category of 'Didn't and didn't even come close, in fact merely watching this sequel completely ruined the first film'. Ham acting, Ham CGI, Ham plot and Ham bad guys. Pure and unadulterated swine.