Watched recently

Gomorrah - think of The Wire, but without the police and set in southern Italy and you have a pretty good approximation of what this film is about. Not a bad film, but probably about 30 to 45 minutes too long - 3/5

Britain's Got The Pop Factor... (Part One) - Peter Kay returns with his first new material in four years, a spoof of The X Factor. Split in two parts, I got to the end of this first part and decided I didn't want to watch the second. It's not that it isn't any good, it's just that it's too close to what it's trying to parody. In many ways The X Factor is beyond parody, so while Kay's trademark affectionate humour is appreciated, it feels like I've seen the show before, not least because I spent two hours the previous night watching The X Factor - 3/5

No Heroics: Back Issues - the best ITV comedy in years and one of the best British comedies in a decade. I'm loving Electroclash - 4/5

Entourage: Tree Tippers - one of the best US comedies. Consistently great - 4/5

Fringe: Pilot - taken me forever to get round to watching this, but it was worth the wait. In many respects it's a reworking of The X Files for current times and it's as mad as a bag of weasels, but on the basis of this opening episode it's all very promising. Olivia Dunham is the new Dana Scully - 4/5

Prison Break: Five The Hard Way - really enjoying this series. It's entirely ludicrous in every conceivable well, but fantastically entertaining. Jodi Lyn O'Keefe's Gretchen Morgan is my favourite pychopathic bitch on TV! - 4/5