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VWORP VWORP VWORP To Our Ears
Courtesy of the BBCI cannot speak highly enough of Big Finish's audio dramas, especially the work they've done with Doctor Who. They kept the series alive and audible for a period during the Dark Ages,...
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[Review] - Continuum, Season 4 Episodes 4 And 5, "Zero Hour" And "The...
Courtesy of Neal Street ProductionsI am an advocate for condensed runs. If you look back at my history, I have spoken many times about how much higher the quality a show reaches when it has less...
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The Burger Is A Goth, But The Poop? All Irish
So... Burger King had a good idea. As a Halloween promotion, they are marketing a black-bunned Whopper. It's festive, it's spooky, it's a little gross to look at but once you understand that it's just...
View ArticleThe Shadows That Define Our Every Sunny Day
The BBC has released a full trailer for the Sherlock Christmish special. You know, the one-off that is set in Doyle's original time. the first teaser they release some months back was full of humour,...
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[Review] - The Muppets, Season 1 Episodes 2 And 3, "Hostile Makeover" And...
Via WiredIt's a good thing that I'm sticking with the 6 episode rule, because so far, The Muppets hasn't evened out. Much like the pilot, these two most recent episodes are a grab bag of good, bad, and...
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Marvel Does Damage Control
Courtesy of Marvel ComicsThree years ago, in the wake of the announcement that Marvel's MCU was coming to TV with a promising new series called Agents of SHIELD (how young and naive we were back then),...
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[Review] - The Martian
Courtesy of 20th Century FOXThe Martian was my favourite book of last year. I've said this so many times now, regular readers probably just threw a shoe at their screen (which is an over reaction...
View ArticleAll Of Time And Space, Everything That Ever Was Or Ever Will Be, Bricked
Lego has officially unveiled it's Lego Ideas Doctor Who set, to coincide with the release of Lego Dimensions, in which the Doctor will be playing a role. The set, which will be available for Christmas...
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[Review] - DCTV: Arrow, And The Flash, Seasons 4 And 1, Episodes 1, "Green...
Courtesy of Warner Bros. TelevisionThere are an article I saw online the other day, which asked the question "Is the Flash the new Buffy?" And I immediately thought to myself, no. Resoundingly no. That...
View ArticleGood Evening, Goodeveninggoodevening, Goodbye
Some sad news to start off the day: Stephen Fry has announced that after the current "M" series of QI, he will be stepping down as Quiz Master of the series. His incomparable run will have exceeded 180...
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[Review] - Doctor Who, Series 9 Episode 4, "Before The Flood"
Courtesy of the BBCAs I was watching Before the Flood, I had a revelation. In the past, I've noticed at about this number of episodes into a series, that Steven Moffat puts an undercurrent into each of...
View ArticleI Know It Sounds Screwy, But Someone Is Calling From the Future
The Coens Bros only make two types of films. they make a lot of different pairs of two types of films, and for the purposes of this article, we will focus on the tone: farces, and dramas. Sometimes,...
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[Review] - Continuum Series Finale, Season 4 Episode 6, "Final Hour"
Courtesy of Neal Street ProductionsA couple weeks ago, I wondered if Simon Barry would end Continuum with some twisted, Twilight Zone/Outer Limits style ending that left us all with gnashing teeth and...
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[Review] - The Muppets, Season 1 Episode 4, "Pig Out"
Courtesy of ABC StudiosRemember how I've said, ad nauseum, that it takes a bit of time for a show to find its legs? Six episodes is the usual standard, but sometimes more and sometimes less. Well, it...
View ArticleIn A World, Where Damned Dirty Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth...
Jurassic Park is monumental for several reasons, and one of those is that it moved dinosaurs movies from being cheesy B-movie fair to being actually meaningful films. Of course, it remains the only...
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[Review] - DCTV: Arrow And The Flash, Seasons 4 And 2, "The Candidate" And...
Courtesy of Warner Bros TelevisionI feel like the on-going theme of these discussions is going to be: the good, the bad and the ugly. Because that is what we get week to week on these two shows: some...
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[Review] - Doctor Who Series 9, Episodes 5 And 6, "The Girl Who Died" And...
Courtesy of the BBCSince this series was in production, the world has wondered who exactly Game of Thrones actress Maisie Williams would be playing on the show. The Doctor's daughter, perhaps? The...
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[Review] - DCTV: Arrow Season 4 And The Flash Season 2, Episodes 3 And 4,...
Courtesy of Warner Bros Television. Perhaps the most significant thing to happen in any of these four episodes was the casting of Michael Ironside as Captain Cold's father. Not because of the gravitas...
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They Aren't Dolls, They're Action Figures... Of Frogs And Bears And Chickens...
Today is an arm-flailing good day for a fan of the Muppets like me. ABC has announced that they have increased the episode order of the current season from 13 to 16, which for the inaugural season will...
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[Review] - DCTV: Supergirl, Season 1 Episodes 1 And 2, "Pilot" And "Stronger...
Courtesy of Warner Television StudiosIn the future, it will be my intention to fold Supergirl reviews into the DCTV reviews I've been doing for Arrow and The Flash. Or maybe I won't. It'll depend...
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