Following the huge success of 2011’s Bridesmaids and 2013’s The Heat, Melissa McCarthy and director Paul Feig have become the most reliable director/actor duo since Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s heyday. And whilst McCarthy’s recent films (Tammy) have seen her tread familiar ground, Spy is a departure in style and one heck of a risk. … >
The magic continues in the third chapter of BBC One’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. In ‘The Education of a Magician’ tensions continue to tighten like a belt sucked agonisingly into the next notch along, those ever so polite animosities escalate, and a magician does indeed learn a thing or two of the consequences of … >
Tony Jones and Ian McArdell review this month’s new Doctor Who plays from Big Finish… Doctor Who Main Range #199 ‘Last of the Cybermen’ The second in the “locum Doctors” trilogy, which “translocates” a Big Finish Doctor back in time for an adventure with his early companions, this tale sees the Sixth paired with … >
Every now and again, the BBC takes a gamble on a show that may prove to be just a little too Marmite for the audience. Airing in a rather telling 10.45pm Wednesday night slot in summer, SunTrap is one of those shows. Opening episode ‘Look Who’s Talking’ revolves around comical investigator Woody (Facejacker’s Kayvan Novak) … >
There’s no point beating around the bush here – ‘Skyhook’ is the best episode of Thunderbirds Are Go produced to date. Scripted by Marvel’s Avengers Assemble writer Paul Giacoppo, ‘Skyhook’ sees the Tracy brothers deployed to stop a high atmosphere weather station from a hurricane. Kicking off with a moment of quiet following John on … >
Until Episode 1’s credits told me so, I hadn’t realised that BBC One’s Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell was based on a book. I can’t really comment, therefore, on whether the book is essential to a full understanding of the bewildering and beguiling events unfolding on screen. For the same reason, I’m not yet sure … >
As far as classic Doctor Who serials go, ‘City of Death’ is surely one of the most fondly remembered. From its fantastical and romantic score to the imagery of Tom Baker and Lalla Ward running through the streets of actual Paris to the exceptionally mad and delightful Douglas Adams dialogue, it figures in many a … >
Of all the programmes in the late Gerry Anderson’s back catalogue, Terrahawks is one we were not expecting to be granted an audio afterlife. Originally produced in 1983, it mixed latex puppetry and model effects work with comedy, rather than the more straight laced drama of Stingray or Thunderbirds, to entertain for three season. Being … >
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Based on experience, and having listened to the trailer for ‘Death Match’, we began the story with a sense of trepidation. Across everything from Merlin to Babylon 5, battle competition episodes often come off feeling rather naff and unfulfilling. Of course, this being Doctor Who in the hands of the redoubtable Matt Fitton, we are … >