In the US: Tuesdays, 9pm ET/PT, CBS
Fake psychics solving crimes? Haven’t we been here before with Psych?
Not exactly. Psych is very much a comedy, a show that brings the 80s back to us with wacky private detectives that solve not very bad crimes.
The Mentalist, however, while it has comedic moments, is something more in the Criminal Minds vein. Well, Criminal Minds crossed with The Magician and Columbo.
In the UK: Tuesdays, BBC1, 9pm. Also available on the iPlayer
Nominative determinism is an interesting thing, isn’t it? Does your name make you turn out the way you are or is it irrelevant?
Here’s a simple experiment: let’s look at Bonekickers. It’s supposed to be an action-adventure show about archaeologists. It’s got a great cast, including Adrian Lester and Michael Maloney. It has a great team behind the scenes, including Life on Mars‘s Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham.
But it also has a bollocks name. Will it follow nature and have the qualities expected of its progenitors? Or will it follow the powers of nurture and nominative determinism and turn out to be bollocks?
Doctor Who
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A little while ago, I nominated Phase IV as one of the scariest movies ever made. I’m not sure anyone believed me. That’s probably because the trailer is so rubbish.
So here’s the first nine minutes or so, which are just very eerie indeed and should give you the creeps. If you fear insects, don’t watch it; if you don’t fear insects, you will by the end of it.
Don’t look at the ants. Don’t be paranoid. Of course they’re not conspiring against you.
Why, what’s this stumbling out of its retirement home for the terminally enfeebled? It’s the full season/series Carusometer, ready to cast its unblinking, incorruptible gaze over the fourth series of Doctor Who. Let’s see what it thought.
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