Ghost Town

Full disclosure: I love Ricky Gervais in anything he has ever done. I think The Office is one of the very best sitcoms every created. I loved Extras - and I love him in it. His stand up shows are fantastic - I paid to see his last one at the Royal Albert Hall and wasn't disappointed. I even watched his role in Stardust by skipping through the film until I hit his scenes, ignoring those that didn't feature him and - surprise - i thought he was great in it.

So it wont be a complete shock to learn that I very much enjoyed his first starring role in Ghost Town, a surprisingly sweet romantic comedy that features a typically Gervais lead character in Bertram Pincus.

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Ricky Gervais

Apologies for lack of updates this week. One of the reasons for this is I went straight from work Tuesday to see Ricky Gervais at the Royal Albert Hall. It was the final show of his stand up tour and after paying a few quid extra on ebay I managed to get 5th row seats which was nice. Ricky was terrific, with genuinely hilarious bits on diverse subject matters such as AIDS, Simon Cowell and Commandos. I think it is probably slightly weaker than his Politics show but that's splitting hairs really as I was laughing out loud from his gloriously over the top entrance until his final bow. I suspect it'll be out on DVD in time for Christmas and would heartily recommend it.