‘Hell on Wheels’: ‘Pilot’ review
Hell on Wheels has epic ambitions and its detailed visual splendour and sweeping, cinematic scale make these old campfire tales worth hearing again.
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Hell on Wheels has epic ambitions and its detailed visual splendour and sweeping, cinematic scale make these old campfire tales worth hearing again.
Tragically, the original version of this genius piece of filth that blends Doctor Who’s New Earth with pervy David Tennant drama Secret Smile is no longer online, so we have to console ourselves with this brief extract.
The funniest video mash-ups are the ones where the audio and visuals are starkly – ludicrously – incongruous, yet are synced together impeccably. A fine example is this vintage reimagining of Sesame Street in the style of Martin Scorsese, which is undoubtedly brought to you today by the letter ‘F’…
The adventures of Carrie, Saul and the Brody Bunch ended with so many questions that a second run felt overdue the moment the credits rolled at the end of Season 1’s finale.
With the echoes of Homeland still resonating in the ears, it’s hard to approach Prisoners of War with an entirely open mind.
It’s hard to say whether this is harmless family entertainment or something more sinister: a musical finger puppet show voiced by more people than you could fit inside the average Punch and Judy tent. Do they all live inside this makeshift TARDIS together, putting on shows for the nation and then bedding down for finger-based … >
If you thought jetpacks were the stuff of a madman’s dream – or the preserve of James Bond’s Q branch– think again. In a video that any vertigo sufferers should probably avoid at all costs, Yves ‘Jetman’ Rossi is dropped from a helicopter and successfully completes a solo flight over Rio de Janeiro. The scenery … >
Whoa. We need a minute. Partly to catch our breath but mostly to let the last couple of hours of relentless, riveting television sink in.
It cannot be denied that there is something faintly disturbing about the Hairy Bikers. The two big, hirsute Geordies are a far cry from Delia Smith, even though (based on her famous outburst at Carrow Road a few years ago) she could probably match them Newcastle Brown Ale for Newcastle Brown Ale in a drinking … >
In these inexorably Gleeful times, it’s surely only a matter of time before Murray Gold picks up the baton and conducts Doctor Who through the potentially perilous waters of a musical episode – and while the production team haven’t yet decided to attempt their version of Buffy’s Once More With Feeling, pop has played its … >