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All things Muppet-related are immediately great – that’s pretty much a fundamental law of the universe. But sometimes, a clip of Jim Henson and the gang at work surfaces that’s even more extraordinary than usual. This camera test, filmed in a grey, English field sometime in 1979, is amazing. While the cameraman does a dummy … >
It becomes apparent that a number of changes have taken place since last week’s opening episode – both in a dramatic context and in the nature of the thriller itself.
‘If you’re weak-stomached, hospital clowning may not be for you,’ warns a pink-shirted Peter Purves lookalike on a gurney who claims he’s ‘better known as’ Bubba the Clown – and so begins one of the most horrifying clips in the history of YouTube. Whether or not being a clown at a hospital is an actual … >
Perhaps the greatest success of BBC One’s Wallander as a series is that, despite its lugubrious lead, it’s not actually a depressing drama to watch.
Amid the dearth of interesting female detectives onscreen in the post-Prime Suspect era, Olivia Williams’ portrayal of DS Charlie Zailer is refreshing and compelling.
A hitherto undeveloped idea in television is a mashup of 24 and Beadle’s About. Combining the nonstop action of a Bauer-ish thriller and the cringing embarrassment nail-biting tension of a hidden camera may at first glance seem like a suggestion on a par with Alan Partridge’s vision of monkey tennis, but closer inspection indicates that … >
In the second episode of BBC One’s compelling new thriller, Daniel Demoys (Christopher Eccleston) is appointed mayor and begins his quest for redemption.
Are you one of the people who saw Inception and then had to nod bewilderedly along when friends starting discussing what it was all about? Did you struggle to keep up with which dream was happening within which other dream, and simply lust over DiCaprio/Cotillard/Caine (delete as applicable) instead? If so, we can’t guarantee that … >
If there’s one person MTV can depend upon when they need a host for their Movie Awards, it’s Jack Black – mainly because he can always be relied on to come up with a film spoof that uses all the obvious jokes but still manages to raise a few laughs. Here, with gags that predate … >
Back in the days when the only Doctor Who script on his CV was The Curse of Fatal Death, Steven Moffat’s finest hour – along with Press Gang, Chalk, Joking Apart, etc – was the comedy series Coupling. Through four great series at the dawn of the 2000s, Steve, Susan, Patrick, Jane, Sally and Jeff … >