It isn’t just the Joker who’s asking ‘Why so serious?’ lately. We seem to love our dark, troubled TV and films more than ever. We watch shows like Game of Thrones, The Wire, The Sopranos, and Daredevil… it’s a wonder ...
Read More »Does Constantine deserve to be saved?
Not to be left behind on the superhero front, NBC green-lit DC’s Hellbazer comics to be adapted into a series for 2014. It was not smooth sailing for the series, with major cast changes and script rewrites early on. But ...
Read More »Nostalgic Impulse: 10 greatest friendships in 90s TV
Friendships are the back bone of every great TV series, as well as every lasting romantic relationship. While the 90s gave us one of the most iconic sitcoms of all time, Friends, it was the friendships in other 90s TV shows ...
Read More »Tales of Mulder and Scully: The X-Files returns
It’s official! The X-Files is returning to FOX for a six part mini series (or ‘TV event’ as the ridiculous executives are calling it). Rumours have been flying since the new year when it came out that FOX exec Gary Newman ...
Read More »Community Season 6: Triumphant return or rotting carcass?
Community first aired back in 2009 on NBC. The sitcom quickly drew a very loyal audience, though the audience never grew to the size the studio hoped for. When I came to Community, it was already mid-way through its second ...
Read More »Yet another Let the Right One In adaptation
If a remake of a film that was an adaptation of a book (yeah, try saying that one fast, 10 times) wasn’t enough already, US channel A&E is now working on developing Let the Right One In as a TV ...
Read More »What to expect from the CW’s iZombie
iZombie was a creator owned comic series for the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics that ran from 2010 to 2012. On March 17th, a TV series adaptation of the comic book will begin airing on the CW, the same network ...
Read More »Lady Gaga brings her monsters to American Horror Story
How appropriate that one of the oddest pop stars of our time, whose loyal fans refer to themselves as her monsters, should join the genre revitalising anthology series American Horror Story for season 5. Lady Gaga announced that she had joined ...
Read More »The total irrelevance of Matthew Perry’s The Odd Couple
On February 19th, a new sitcom starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon aired on CBS, The Odd Couple. The new series has apparently been a passion project of Perry’s for some time. He serves as exec producer, staff writer, and ...
Read More »The Librarians: Should you be watching?
Back in 2004, Noah Wyle starred in the first of three made for TV movies based on a mysterious librarian who protected magical artefacts. While never terribly original, the franchise was full of family fun, general silliness, and grand adventures. ...
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