Year: 2010

Friday’s “well hung” news

7 May 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Film

Theater

  • Enron play closes on Broadway

British TV

US TV

UK TV

Review: Luther 1×1

6 May 2010 Rob Buckley 11 Comments

Luther

In the UK: Tuesdays, 9pm, BBC1/BBC HD

I know, I know. Reviewing a British TV programme that isn’t Doctor Who related. That’s odd for me, isn’t it?

But this one’s got Idris Elba in it! Woo hoo! He was in The Wire and Ultraviolet. Hopes, as they say, were raised, and I watched a British TV show.

All the same, my hopes weren’t that high as – and stop this if you’ve heard this one before – he plays a maverick policeman who doesn’t stick to the rules, has an unhappy personal life and whose bosses want him brought to book.

Suddenly, not quite so promising is it? Hell, let’s just call him Monkfish instead of Luther.

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Random Acts

Random Acts of Ali Larter: Going to the White House with Fox News

6 May 2010 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

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This week, Ali Larter’s been going to the White House Correspondents Dinner as the guest of Fox News. No, I don’t know what’s going on there, although our Ali does like to watch YouTube clips of mentalists on Glenn Beck’s show, so maybe she was hoping for something similar to happen:

I don’t have any pictures of our Ali going to the White House, but look, here’s Scarlett Johansson going as the guest of the much more excusable Huffington Post.

Scarlett Johansson at the White House

And since this is “random acts”, here’s Ellen Degeneres scaring her with a giant bumblebee.

Scarlett Johansson being scared by a giant bumblebee

Have you seen Ali Larter acting randomly? If so, let us know and we’ll tell everyone about it in “Random Acts of Ali Larter“

US TV

Royal Pains/White Collar/Burn Notice/Psych crossover alert!

6 May 2010 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

USA Network

The USA Network, building on last year’s successful Royal Pains/Burn Notice crossover promo, is doing it again this year but far more ambitiously. Not only is there another Royal Pains/Burn Notice crossover promo, they’re also crossing over White Collar and Psych as well.

Here’s the Royal Pains/Burn Notice one – three of the five White Collar, Burn Notice and Psych crossovers after the jump.

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Thursday’s “mad dog” news

6 May 2010 Rob Buckley 21 Comments

Doctor Who

Film

Theatre

British TV

  • Luther gets 5.6m viewers
  • Max Beesley, John Simm, Philip Glenister and Marc Warren to star in Sky 1’s Mad Dogs
  • Warner Bros to launch movie service on BT Vision [subscription required]

US TV