One of the things I have loved most about British comedy from the time I was a wee lad back in the 70s is its propensity for whimsy, satire, and just plain silliness. It’s a hard kind of comedy to pull off. Too much campness and it just looks Continue Reading
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Community finally gets some promo lovin’ … and no, not from NBC (surprise, surprise)
It’s no secret that NBC has not exactly had a love affair to end all love affairs with Community. While it has renewed the show for a fifth season – with Dan Harmon back on board which has me ridiculously excited! – it is yet to schedule an air Continue Reading
When good walkers go bad: The Walking Dead’s latest teaser trailer
Damn walkers. Not only is someone leaving dead animals at the prison fence to attract them but now they’re letting them in to the prison. Either that or the walkers are becoming far more proficient at picking locks. I am betting on the Governor and his two henchmen, who Continue Reading
Oh no they didn’t! Hilarious Parks and Recreation bloopers
Parks and Recreation is without a doubt one of the funniest sitcoms of the current age, blessed with sharp, satirical writing, a great sense of time and place that it plays to perfectly, and a cast replete with more talented comedians that you can possibly count. (OK yes you Continue Reading
5 things I love about the upcoming Fall TV season
There’s new TV a-coming! While I often complain about finding the time to watch the great bounty that the current golden age of TV is lavishing upon us, the truth is I love finding and discovering new shows to lose myself in. Will this be the next Fringe? The Continue Reading
Please … help … me: The Walking Dead’s creepy new season 4 teaser trailer
OK this is seriously eerie. Walking down an empty hallway, convinced you hear footsteps and voices even though no one is there, CREEPY. I am not surprised that Rock, who you would think would be inured to anything unnerving by now, turns around to listen to a voice that Continue Reading
Happy Labor Dean from @NBCCommunity!
No sign of an air date yet for the unexpected if shortened fifth season of NBC’s now all-Dan Harmon, all the time Community, which commenced filming on August 19, and which will only feature Danny Glover’s character Troy Barnes, one half of the iconic Troy and Abed (Danny Pudi) Continue Reading
Poster me this! New promo art for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Thor: The Dark World, Homeland (season 3), Gravity, All Is Lost
It would abundantly obvious by now that I am a man in love with movie posters (as well as my partner, caramel cheesecakes and Vancouver Canada, none of which are germane to the topic at hand right now alas). And it’s easy to understand why this colourful, often imaginative Continue Reading
Once Upon a Time … there was a season 3 trailer of the fairytale mashup show
And they all lived happily ever after … It’s supposed to be the perfect ending to every fairytale, the just reward for seeing a righteous quest to its end, smiting the dragon, killing the wicked witch, rescuing the damsel in distress and so on. And yet the good citizens Continue Reading
The Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we … AGAIN!
The Wombles are back! Or at least they will be in 2015. The UK’s Channel 5 has announced that it will be broadcasting 52 eleven-minute CGI-created episodes about everyone’s favourite litter-gathering denizens of Wimbledon Common on their Milkshake channel which is targeted at the pre-schooler set. While the production Continue Reading