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Despite the recent trend for shoving it somewhere unexpected, such as at the end of the movie (Quantum of Solace) or after the pre-credit sequence in a tatty bathroom (Casino Royale), the opening gun-barrel sequence is one thing that almost everyone in the known universe agrees should be restored to its rightful place in the … >
They used to say that playing the title role in Doctor Who was the best job in television. If such a remark is ever repeated nowadays, it’s always qualified with reference to the incredibly long hours, the arduous hanging around waiting for shots to be ready, the stress of carrying the heavy burden of the … >
Among its myriad virtues, Homeland is up there with the best when it comes to onscreen swearing.
With Jimmy McGovern at his writing peak for ITV and Channel 4 in the mid-1990s, the BBC was eager for a McGovern show of their own.
The appetite of YouTubers for homemade Doctor Who trailers is insatiable, and although there are as many KFC buckets as gourmet feasts (and, to be fair, a lot of indigestible horrors, too), some of the very best have an enduring appeal. True, this 50th anniversary promo does go on as long as an eighteen-course banquet, … >
Another fine example of Hollywood royalty raking in the filthy lucre of advertising demonstrated here, as Pierce Brosnan gets all Bondian on behalf of Visa. Stuck in a traffic jam, the suave one ditches his limo for a motorised rickshaw and gets – as he might quip in other, more coital scenarios – the ride … >
Despite what we’ve seen in CultBoxed previously, the true nadir of Doctor Who-related pop songs didn’t come in the Sixties or Seventies; it was in 1985 – during the programme’s first cancellation crisis – that the worst came to the worst. Along with such luminaries as David Van Day, Hazell Dean, Jona Lewie and the … >
Yet another take on dubbing another actor’s voice into Darth Vader’s scenes in Star Wars – it’s basically a geekier version of the Downfall parodies, really, only without the attendant sense that it’s been done to death. This time, in an extended cut, it’s the turn of Arnold Schwarzenegger to don the helmet and mask … >
Sometimes, a video turns up online that is just so joyously perfect that the moment it finishes, you want to watch it again. This is just such a clip – the adventures of the Tenth Doctor and his companions turned into a Super Nintendo game. From his first appearance – ‘DOCTOR used FISH FINGERS and … >
It’s the episode that drives forward the final section of the series, picking up from last week’s summer vacation with a fresh burst of pace.