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Review: The Riches

19 March 2007 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

The Riches

In the US: Mondays, 10pm, FX

In the UK: Channel 4, Sky One and Five are all bidding for the rights

Much as we may love him, there’s always something in the words “Eddie Izzard has been cast as?��Ǩ��” that makes our hearts fall. He’s a great comedian, but a great actor? Not so much.

The Riches, therefore, comes as a bit of a surprise. It could have been pure evil. It co-stars Minnie Driver, who’s squandered most of our goodwill since Grosse Pointe Blank. And it features both of them as married con artists who hail from the Southern states of the US. Could anything go wrong with having two Brits as the leads? Hmmm….

Despite all this and Mr Izzard’s slightly dodgy accent, it’s actually pretty good.

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Review: Andy Barker, PI 1×01

19 March 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Andy Barker, PI

In the US: Thursdays, 9.30/8.30c, NBC. All episodes available online at NBC Rewind

In the UK: No one yet.

Conan O’Brien is a funny guy. You may not know this, but most of his formative comedy career was as a script-writer for The Simpsons, back when it was still good.

He’s now returned to his roots, creating and co-writing Andy Barker, PI, a supposed comedy about an accountant who accidentally becomes a private investigator, for his old pal Andy Richter.

With all this looking for times past, has Conan got his groove back?

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News

News from over the weekend

19 March 2007 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Freema Agyeman

Let the third series publicity machine grind into action.

Doctor Who

Comics

  • Stan Lee Media sues Marvel. Stan Lee condemns the move. Confused?

Film

  • A sequel to 300?
  • The next Bond movie will be a direct sequel to Casino Royale
  • Erk. Here comes Pirates of the Caribbean 3‘s trailer

British TV

US TV

Events

Glorious Friday’s glorious news

16 March 2007 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Billie and David



Doctor Who

  • Stephen Fry didn’t have the time to finish his Doctor Who episode
  • David Tennant drops in on Pipes at the theatre
  • Doctor Who and Torchwood have turned Cardiff into one of the top 10 tourist destinations in the UK. You mean it wasn’t before?

Film

  • Cate Blanchett is in Indiana Jones 4
  • More Watchmen info. The ‘girls’ are going to be sexier apparently
  • Jackie Chan says Brett Ratner doesn’t know much about directing action
  • There’s a script for Trainspotting 2

Commercials

British TV

  • Stephen Fry’s Kingdom gets a second series before the first has even aired.
  • Not got digital yet? If you live in Whitehaven, you’re screwed

US TV

Thursday’s bright and sunny news

15 March 2007 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Doctor Who

  • A little bit too much time on your hands? How about building a replica TARDIS with working arcade game inside it then? Full instructions await!
  • Billy Piper’s Belle de Jour is happening. No one will notice though because it’s on ITV2 [free registration required]



Film

  • A sequel to Superman Returns has been pushed back since Bryan Singer’s decided to direct something else in the interim
  • Jake Gyllenhaal is rumoured to be playing Captain Marvel in Shazam! No word on whether he’s going to pass himself off as a 13-year-old kid
  • Images and scene descriptions from Transformers
  • Mad Max 4 is on, but without Mad Mel

Art

  • Tutankhamun’s treasures will be on display in Britain for the first time in 30 years in The O2 in November

British TV

  • ITV Play may have been replaced by ITV2+1 (that’s not ITV3, BTW), but a movie channel may be the long-term replacement [subscription required]
  • Saturday Live: series one is coming to DVD on 16th April
  • Gareth Hunt has died [free registration required]

US TV

  • Get NBC shows on demand on your cell phone
  • Raquel Welch is joining Jeffrey Tambor’s pilot
  • Dean Cain’s working his way back on to proper television with a pilot. Plus other casting news
  • The Saint is being remade by TNT
  • Prison Break‘s creator promises season three will be brutal. Yey?
  • David Duchovny’s show has been given the go-ahead by Showtime
  • CBS has picked up Jason Biggs’ pilot I’m In Hell
  • Zooey Deschanel talks about Tin Man
  • That big gay ST:TNG episode is finally to be made as part of the New Voyages
  • All the actors from The Nine appear to have found jobs