This is truly the age of the superhero. Not only do they dominate the comics industry, but the biggest films of the year invariably involve genetically/mystically/technologically/alien enhanced people punching one another. Even TV isn’t safe, what with Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and DC’s Arrow – soon to be followed up with a The Flash spin-off … >
The upcoming Gotham TV series will air in the UK on Channel 5. Set in a pre-Batman Gotham City, the series stars Ben McKenzie (Southland, The O.C.) as young Detective (and future Commissioner) James Gordon. Channel 5’s Head of Acquisitions, Katie Keenan, commented: “I don’t think there was a more exciting show at the LA … >
Touch has been green-lit for a second season, so it seems as though its policy of keeping the viewer as bewildered as main character Martin Bohm has paid off.
Ironically, given its foundation in numerical sequences, Touch leads with the heart rather than the head.
Even when its intricately interwoven storylines don’t all untangle themselves into happy endings, there remains something wonderfully life-affirming about Touch.
This exploration of the wonder and tragedy of serendipity is one of most poignant, affecting series that the US has produced in a long time.