[Opinion] - Sherlock, Series 4 And Beyond
Courtesy of the BBC"There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's...
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You know what I bet Rob Thomas would be great at? Marriage counseling. Because he never gives up on anything. He had his series Cupid cancelled on him, so he stuck that in his back pocket, and years...
View ArticlePenny For Your (Dark) Thoughts?
Just a couple of days after teasing us last, Showtime has confirmed a start date for Sam Mendes and John Logan's Victorian public domain series, Penny Dreadful. The show will begin on May 11th, and...
View Article[Review] - The Bully Pulpit, By Doris Kearns Goodwin
Theodore Roosevelt is largely regarded as one of the best Presidents America ever had. William Taft is largely regarded as one of the largest. One is popularly remembered as a fist shaking,...
View ArticleShameful. Just Shameful
I like Elizabeth Banks. She's a quality actress, capable of a broad range of comedy and drama, takes interesting roles that you wouldn't anticipate, and has a growing influence behind the scenes in the...
View ArticleABC Still Holds Out A Hope On Marvel
Courtesy of MarvelLast week, ABC President Paul Lee made a couple of confirmations concerning the future of the MCU and Marvel television with the Disney-owned network. While admitting disappointment...
View ArticleI Have Seen People Broken By The World
I have absolute faith in Hannibal, which is the opposite of what I was saying a year ago when they began releasing material for it's first season. I was hesitant for yet another reboot to a franchise,...
View ArticleBully For Them
NBC rarely passes up an opportunity to shoot themselves in the foot. Take, for instance, the recent success of their Sound of Music live show, which brought in stupidly high ratings for the Peacock,...
View ArticleIf You Don't Throw Them A Piece Of Meat, They Go A Bit Nuts
Say what you will about Danny Boyle, the man has never conformed to expectations. His films are as eclectic as you can get, with Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, and Slumdog Millionaire only just...
View ArticleRyan Reynolds Kills Because A Cat Tells Him So
I don't often pay attention to film festivals. Certainly, the buzz worth films of the next year or two see their premieres at such places, but I won't have an opportunity to see those films until after...
View ArticleMORE POWER!
Despite Jeremy Clarkson's claim that the 21 series of Top Gear would start tomorrow, the BBC has confirmed that the series will in fact start on the 2nd of February, in it's usual Sunday night slot....
View ArticleShortpacked! Packing It In
By David WillisI was introduced to David Willis'Walkyverse a few years back through Shortpacked!'s Batman jokes (it was Batman can breathe in space, specifically). The longer I read, the more I...
View Article[Review] - Justified, Season 5 Episode 3, "Good Intentions"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures TelevisionThis episode could have just as easily been titled Seduction of the Innocent. Excepting, of course, that no one being seduced here is in any way innocent. But it was...
View ArticlePeople Don't Use The Word "Dames" Enough Anymore
There is a popular trend amongst internet artists right now, adapting Disney princesses into other things: steampunkers, dress gowns, Star Wars characters, etc. Artist Tony Fleecs has opted to do...
View ArticleFX Is Straining Towards The Summer
It won't premiere until July, but Guillermo del Toro's The Strain continues to tease us with more vague notions that trouble is coming. Showrunner Carlton Cuse also recently confirmed that they aren't...
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We are experiencing technical difficulties. Or at least that's the story we're sticking with.
View ArticleRemember The Challenger
Left to right are Teacher-in-Space payload specialist Sharon Christa McAuliffe; payload specialist Gregory Jarvis; and astronauts Judith A. Resnik, mission specialist; Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, mission...
View ArticleNot Twelve. Thirteen
Well there he is. While we've seen Peter Capaldi hanging out in Matt Smith's former costume a couple times, now the BBC has released this first look at the 12th Doctor's official costume. Said Capaldi,...
View ArticleFry Takes A Day
My interest in 24: Live Another Day has been less than nothing. I gave up on 24 long before it finished, back when Jack Bauer had only died a couple times. And in perfect TV exectutive logic, becuase...
View ArticleMost Wanted Poster Still Not Wanted
Disney has released a new poster for Muppets Most Wanted. Is it perfect? No, it's still a pretty terrible poster. But it's leagues better than the last one, which I believe might be one of the worst of...
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