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 … >
As part of BBC America’s 20 Baddest Brit List, John Barrowman and a load of random people we’ve never heard of “the UK’s hottest comedians” rant about their favourite Bond villains…
As a kid growing up in the 1980s, your CultBox correspondent had several pre-adolescent crushes on female characters in imported cartoon series. Two that immediately spring to mind are Princess in Battle of the Planets and Sheila, the Thief from Dungeons and Dragons. Whether that was because they both had a tendency – thanks to … >
One of the most memorable moments in the enjoyably average Simpsons movie was Homer’s adopting of a porcine pet. Here, with visuals provided by whoever uploaded it to YouTube, is the full song from the end of the film. Ironically, given that the pig also adopts the guise of Harry Plopper later in the picture, … >
In July 2001, the first teaser trailer for Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man was released to cinemas. By the time the film itself appeared a year later, the promo had long since been withdrawn and none of the footage it contained was apparent anywhere in the finished movie. Why? Well, according to distributors Sony, the sequence was … >
Although many people watch Game of Thrones for its compelling blend of fantasy, action and bloody violence, a similar number enjoy it for the Machiavellian political subterfuge that runs through it like a mainline injection of Francis Urquhart’s blood. It’s not quite The West Wing of the Seven Kingdoms, but it’s not far off – … >