When last we left our intrepid artifact-tracking team from Warehouse 13, Peter (Eddie McClintock), Myka (Joanne Kelly), Claudia (Allison Scagliotti) and Steve (Aaron Ashmore) had cornered Artie (Saul Rubinek), who thanks to some astrolabe-induced time-fiddling had turned a less-than-attractive shade of evil (in fairness while successfully trying to resurrect Continue Reading
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The “Veep” is back in The (White) House for season 2
There is little doubt (unless you are a member of the sceptics society in which case it’s pretty much all you have) that Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one of the most gifted comedians on TV at the moment. Her preternatural gift for delivering just the right inflection or facial expression Continue Reading
Pixar re-imagining the original “Star Trek”? Make it so.
It’s a great time to be alive my friends. Not just because of the, you know, “alive” part of which very few negative things can be said (apart from the existence of Reality TV and the continuing prevalence of raw tomato in salads), but, and this is also important, Continue Reading
Sneak peek: ‘The Monster Isolation’ (“The Big Bang Theory”)
In this week’s hilarious episode of The Big Bang Theory – no that isn’t being cocky; it will be and you know it – Sheldon comes ridiculously close to acting like a normal human being when he thanks Penny for her help the night before. But at the last Continue Reading
The joy eclectic: Take 2 episodes of “Fringe” (S5), and add 2 episodes of “Suburgatory” (S2) … and watch
PLUS One of the many joys of the current golden age of television, which may or may not have ended depending on who you listen to – no prizes for guessing where I stand on the issue – is the insanely large variety of shows on offer. Continue Reading
“The Walking Dead”: Episode 10 ‘Home’ (review)
* Spoilers ahead * Kaboom! That deafening sound you just heard was the last of whatever passes for peace in the god forsaken, walker-infested apocalypse that the ragged remnants of humanity call home, shattering it into a million jagged, bloodied pieces. It was not so much that we didn’t Continue Reading
Farewell Richard Briers, a man who lived a very good life indeed
For anyone growing up in the 70s and 80s, with even a passing affinity for British sitcoms, which were by anyone’s reckoning experiencing a golden age of sorts, it was hard to miss the irrepressible presence of Richard Briers. Through series like The Good Life and Ever Decreasing Circles, Continue Reading
A gorgeous bunch of pixelated roses: my 5 favourite sci-fi/fantasy TV couples
Ain’t love grand? Well for the most part. Granted in real life, it has its moments when real life rather rudely gets in the way, and instead of endless bouquets of roses, and chocolates flown from a small chocolatier in Paris, we get re-heated leftovers and a few M Continue Reading
“The Walking Dead” mid-season return: ‘The Suicide King’ (review)
The Walking Dead returned from its mid-season hiatus with an episode, “The Suicide King”, which was equal parts bang, and unfortunately, for some of the characters and situations, whimper. While Glen Mazzara has now shuffled off his showrunner coil – it seems that he and AMC parted ways over Continue Reading
Undead and onscreen: “Zombieland” comes to TV
My these zombies are a popular lot aren’t they? They may not be able to fashion together an articulate sentence (or even, it has to be said, a coherent set of gurgles and groans), possess only the most rudimentary of (non) existent personal hygiene and practice the most limited Continue Reading