In the first of an occasional series in which we look at weird title sequences of old TV shows, today we’re looking at 70s kids music show Animal Kwackers. It’s enough to give you nightmares.
UK TV
Month: May 2009
Wednesday’s low-key news
Theatre
- Destiny’s Child’s Michelle Williams to star in Chicago
British TV
- Reggie Perrin ratings on the rise
- Alan Davies playing celebrity chef in BBC2 pilot
- Sky Arts to broadcast live plays
US TV
- Casting on 24
- Fox passes on My Name is Earl
Bank holiday weekend film reviews
We caught up on a few movies over the Bank Holiday weekend. Here’s a few one line reviews.
- The Da Vinci Code: Possibly the longest, silliest film made in human history
- The Changeling: Excellent, with that Mad Men-eque quality of “I can’t believe sh*t like that really happened”
- The Yes Man: Fun, perfectly cast and Zooey Deschanel is as wonderful as always, but the 18-year-age gap between her and Jim Carrey was just so icky
- Kate and Leopold: Otherwise known as “Sabretooth and Wolverine: The Early New York years”, this was gentle but sweet, well researched for its historical details but daft in modern times
- Star Trek: The Motion PIcture (Director’s Edition): Lots of Robert Wise/Douglas Trumbull repeating their classic work on The Andromeda Strain et al, but still desperately boring – and there’s almost minimal difference between director’s edition and regular edition as far as I can see.
Dick Heads
Dick Head (from Toby): Thornton
Toby’s done it again, ladies, and given you another Dick Head to stare it. It says Thornton on it, so North and South? It’s usually North and South.
Captions, haiku or anything else Richard Armitage’s head (and body) inspires in you and can be set down in writing, please.
Got a picture of Richard Armitage’s head, preferably wearing a hat? Then leave a link to it below and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the “Dick Heads” gallery
Tuesday’s Whedon-free Buffy news
Doctor Who
- Details of DT’s appearance in The Sarah Jane Adventures [minor spoilers]
- New animated Who on the way, featuring DT and Georgia Moffett
- Regeneration will be complicated [minor spoilers]
Film
- Disney to remake Flight of the Navigator
- Three clips from Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
- Buffy remake planned without Joss Whedon
- Daredevil reboot planned?
- Alan Partridge: the movie?
British TV
- Five acquires Breaking Bad
- Charles Dance and Adrian Lester among guest stars for season two of Merlin
- Five goes poaching commissioners from Sky
- Paul Darrow joins Emmerdale
Canadian TV
- What Canadian networks have acquired at the upfronts
US TV
- Fox wins the 18-49 demographic fifth season running
- USA’s Lindsay Sloane takes over drama development at Fox