So yes the return of Doctor Who has been a massive success. Awards and viewers galore. So how do the BBC capitalise on it. No fair, they raid ITV’s closet.

BBC TO BRING BACK ROBIN OF SHERWOOD.
PROBABLY WITH A DIFFERENT NAME.
AND PROBABLY A BRU[…]

Its probably the (dwindling) mathematician in me: I have always hated the phrase “Less Is More”. Without using < or > (or even ))(( if you know what I mean), I can happily prove that less is not more thank you very much. Perhaps what is r[…]

Way back when I moaned about the ending of 24 season 2. The gist being that for a programme that fed us cliffhangers every week, ending on one was a bit of a gyp. Oddly 24’s sister show in US popularity and ubiquity, torture and thematic conten[…]

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As something of an amateur jones-ologist I was pleased when mrs carsmile booked us tickets to see Stoned at the london film festival, certainly more pleased than on leaving the cinema.
There are some good moments, and good performances (david moris[…]

It is apt that The Forgotten was pretty much overlooked on its release. Not only because of its name because it is a quite ludicrous picture. The latest in a line of creepy kid based horror, The Forgotten is notable for being mentioned in every singl[…]

Whilst having quite disjunctive styles, aims and lead characters, Domino and Lord Of War are remarkably similar movies. And not just because both of them are pretty bad. Here is just a quick summary of their similarities.
Both are based around an int[…]

Or Numb3rs (yes, that is how its spelt, I am not just googleproofing cos I am going to insult it). Where CSI has our talented professionals solving crime using forensic science, the heroes of Numb3rs use maths instead. Where CSI has Jerry Bruckheimer[…]

I was convinced, what with the resounding success of the character of flirty bisexual cad from the future Captain Jack, that the BBC would spin him off. And, lo and behold, they have. However rather than having him conquering time and space in his ti[…]

When something is described as the “Biggest Grossing Film Ever In…” I tend to worry. Not that populism isn’t bad per se, but then the US Market has as its high water mark (literally) Titanic. A thoroughly competent overblown ([…]