missroserose | One for the Steven Moffat fans out there

If you, like me, found the Steven Moffat episodes of the new Doctor Who ("The Empty Child", "The Girl in the Fireplace", "Blink") to be of noticeably superior quality, and if you, like me, enjoy cleverer-than-average pulp entertainment with a heaping side of macabre and sexy, have a look at the BBC miniseries Jekyll. It's not what you'd call great cinema, but James Nesbitt's performance absolutely makes the show - his Dr. Jackman is meek, nebbishy and unremarkable; his Hyde is profoundly (and yet captivatingly) terrifying, like a cross between Ledger's Joker and the Mask (or perhaps the Joker having got possession of the Mask. Think on that for a moment). And Gina Bellman more than makes up for her annoying-as-hell character in Coupling by playing his wife, who, when faced with the truth, refuses to back down one iota. It's definitely got some issues with the overarching plot (seriously, is there a single classic literary character out there who hasn't had a secret agency come after them at some point?), as well as occasional characterization and plot holes, but none of them stopped me from enjoying the hell out of it. I saw it via Netflix Instant Play, but apparently there's a saucier version available on DVD. If you've got some time to kill and feel like watching some well-done fluff, I highly recommend it. B+