The spectacularly violent but ludicrously camp 1980s sci-fi Schwarzenegger vehicle Total Recall is being remade as a spectacularly violent and not-at-all camp 2010s sci-fi vehicle for Colin Farrell. The new re-imaginingmakeboot is due out in August this year, and while it’s tragically unlikely that the wooden-faced sub-Bondian gags, the triple-bosomed hooker or the exploding woman’s … >
What was the first television series for young people to show its youthful viewers the unvarnished truth about the shocking effects of alcohol abuse? Byker Grove? Press Gang? Hollyoaks? Wrong, wrong and wrongest. It was, in fact, a show which predates them all: Camberwick Green. In the middle of the day, while he should be … >
Following his mind-spangling reworking of The Five Doctors, Farmergeddon71’s subsequent slice of inspired Doctor Who remix lunacy involves Leslie Nielsen, Sarah Jane Smith, Darth Vader, two incarnations of the Master and Kylie Minogue. Oh, and Peter Davison looking medically relaxed throughout. If that’s not enough, Flight of the Darned also includes an animated Alpha Centauri … >
When Gollum from the Lord of the Rings series won the award for Best Virtual Performance at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards, people might have been forgiven for not expecting Frodo’s animatedly insane running mate and nemesis to turn up to collect the gong himself. Even if anyone had foreseen such an occurrence, they definitely … >
TV presenter Keith Chegwin stars alongside Joe Tracini (Coming of Age), Tony Blackburn (BBC Radio 2), Joe Pasquale, Russell Grant (Strictly Come Dancing) in new comedy horror film Kill Keith, out on DVD next week.
Kill Keith sees much-loved television personalities being gruesomely despatched using a variety of breakfast condiments and as the body count grows, so does the hysteria. There appears to be no stopping the Breakfast Cereal Killer as he marches relentlessly towards his ultimate goal… to kill Keith!
We caught up with Keith to find out what he likes to watch to relax between filming…
Favourite TV show to watch before going to sleep:
“Sherlock Holmes. I love a good story and a good plot. I also enjoy competent acting. Sherlock has all those qualities.”
Favourite TV show to cheer you up:
“Graham Norton on Friday nights. I love him and the guests. It’s pure escapism and sets you up for a good weekend.”
TV show that reminds you of your childhood:
“Anything that has the words Robin Hood! I was a RH fan as a kid and would make my own bow and arrows to shoot in the garden. Having a TV series and a film on the go is brill for me.”
TV show that reminds you of being a teenager:
“Big Brother – I shared a house with lots of mates and hated it too!”
Favourite “guilty pleasure” TV show:
“Question Time or Newsnight. My family hate ’em – for some unknown reason I’m engrossed by them!”
TV show that you find most addictive:
“Britain’s Got Talent or I’m a Celebrity or Dancing on Ice or The X Factor. Love them all. I love the winter months – these are great to snuggle up to.”
Axed TV show that you most wish would return:
“Anything I’ve been in during the last 44 years on TV. The repeat fees are rather good and I looked better then!”
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Let’s just imagine, for a moment, that the plot of Toy Story had somehow become intermingled with that of Boyz n the Hood; that Woody, Buzz and company had exchanged places with Trey, Doughboy and the rest. Ah, sod imagining it; let’s see it happen…
CultBoxed remarked recently that one of the more bizarre by-products of the long-gone ‘let it all hang out’ era was the plethora of pop singles released by TV stars in the guise of the character they played onscreen. If you thought Jon Pertwee’s ‘I am the Doctor’ was a bizarre blend of po-faced mystical nonsense … >
One thing that Quentin Tarantino loves as much as swearing, splattered gore, obscure cultural references and the work of Gerardo de León is pointing his camera upwards – preferably from inside the trunk of a car – and having his actors stare down into the lens. Combining clips of QT shooting from below with the … >