Month: July 2009

What have you been watching this week? (w/e 3 July)

3 July 2009 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

What have you been watching this week?

Not much here, I’m afraid. I’m currently working my way through episode two of The Philanthropist which is slightly more offensive but slightly more involving this week. That Mitchell and Webb Look was a little bit lacklustre. The Daily Show was a bit tatt, thanks to that women off Flight of the Conchords, who couldn’t have worse comic timing or lines if she tried. Top Gear was fun. But that’s about it really.

You?

As always, no spoilers unless you’re going to use the <spoiler> </spoiler> tags, please

Peter Serafinowicz is all over the place

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Peter Serafinowicz seems to be all over the place, these days. He’s on tele, he’s on the Internet, he’s in the movies. What a busy chap.

Here are some recent and forthcoming highlights for your enjoyment. In the first, he’s out with Sarah Alexander when he bumps into Will Arnett and Amy Poehler.

He’s also starring with Jon Favreau, Kristen Bell, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Malin Akerman, Kali Hawk, Faizon Love and Jean Reno in Couples Retreat:

And to prove he’s not gone all big time, he’s still working with Look Around You partner Robert Popper on Radio Spiritworld, the only radio station to broadcast from the after-life. You can subscribe to it in iTunes.

Peter Serafinowicz is all over the place

3 July 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Peter Serafinowicz seems to be all over the place, these days. He’s on tele, he’s on the Internet, he’s in the movies. What a busy chap.

Here are some recent and forthcoming highlights for your enjoyment. In the first, he’s out with Sarah Alexander when he bumps into Will Arnett and Amy Poehler.

He’s also starring with Jon Favreau, Kristen Bell, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Malin Akerman, Kali Hawk, Faizon Love and Jean Reno in Couples Retreat:

And to prove he’s not gone all big time, he’s still working with Look Around You partner Robert Popper on Radio Spiritworld, the only radio station to broadcast from the after-life. You can subscribe to it in iTunes.

News

Rupert Penry-Jones on (not being in) The Forgotten

3 July 2009 Rob Buckley 11 Comments

Rupert Penry-Jones in The Forgotten

The Forgotten, a Jerry Bruckheimer show set to appear on ABC in the Fall, was going to be Rupert Penry-Jones’ stab at US stardom – sort of. He was to play the part of Alex, a former cop whose daughter was kidnapped and never found, and who now runs a network for identifying dead bodies. You can read all about it in my ABC fall preview.

However, Penry-Jones – and just about every foreign actor in every pilot – was dropped from the show, along with former 24-star Reiko Aylesworth. No reason’s been given but the general assumption is that to save cash, the networks hired cheaper actors from outside the US for the pilots, with the intent of dropping them in favour of bigger, more expensive names once the pilots had gone to series.

Anyway, our Rupe has been talking to Simon Mayo about being dropped from an unnamed US pilot (ie The Forgotten) and what he thought of it.

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Friday’s “bye bye hoodie” news

3 July 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Happy fourth of July weekend!

Film

Commercials

Theatre

British TV

Canadian TV

  • HBO launches on iTunes

US TV