TV

  It must be difficult being Marvel sometimes. You’re sitting on a treasure trove of fan boy richness, your storytelling trunk bursting with the likes of Thor, Captain America, The Hulk, and of course Iron Man, all struggling to get free and do their superhero thing. You’ve also managed to Continue Reading

  “London” (S6, E1/E2) – Parks and Recreation Leslie: This is like a waking nightmare of happiness! And that pretty much summons up this deluxe, drama-length episode of NBC’s little sitcom-engine-that-could. Besieged and beleaguered by the recall-happy residents of Pawnee (egged on by one Kathryn Pinewood), who refuse to warm Continue Reading

  “The Hofstadter Insufficiency” (S7, E1) – The Big Bang Theory Sheldon: I own nine pairs of pants. Penny: Okay, that’s a good start. But I was thinking something a bit more personal. Sheldon: Oh, okay … I own nine pairs of underpants. You have to hand it to Penny. Continue Reading

  Unless you’ve been living under Luddite’s pet rock, far from entertainment news of any kind, you will know that Doctor Who turns 50 this year! (The show that is, which premiered on 23 November 1963 with William Hartnell in the titular role, not the man himself who is at Continue Reading

  “I think I smell the stench of your cologne, Agent Cooper. Smells like hubris.” Once more to the anti-hero well, my friends, once more! And in the case of James Spader, who eats worthy hammed-up parts for breakfast while the rest of us are still contemplating getting out of Continue Reading

  Revolution is no longer your grandmother’s apocalyptic drama, my friends. Somewhere between the nukes being launched, courtesy of soon-to-be-dead patriot Randall Flynn (Colm Feore), from the newly powered up Tower towards the yet-to-be-renamed Monroe Republic, headquartered in Philadelphia, and the Georgia Federation in Atlanta, and the resumption of Revolution‘s Continue Reading

  Two odder TV bedfellows you could not imagine right? Which is course precisely the point for the inspired YouTube user SnowBalls3, who put together images from BBC America’s dark conspiracy-rich sci-fi drama Orphan Black, starring the multi-talented Tatiana Maslany, and Friends, one of the most successful sitcoms in TV history Continue Reading

  We are so close to the premiere of season 4 of The Walking Dead on October 13 that I can almost taste it. (Naturally of course I won’t be since (a) Zombies have major hygiene and ongoing health issues and (b) contrary to what you’ve been told they don’t taste Continue Reading

  It seems, if the press reports are anything to go by, that David Walliams and I have something in common. No, you may  be surprised to learn it’s not a stellar career as a BAFTA Award-winning comedian (thanks to his work on Little Britain with co-creator Matt Lucas) nor Continue Reading

  I am not a car person. It’s true. While others dream of screaming down the highway in a streamlined red car, or daydream of meandering drives in the country just because (What? Without an actual destination? Madness!), I see the cars in my life as purely utilitarian devices, designed Continue Reading