News

Thursday’s chilly news

8 February 2007 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Keppler and Grissom

Snow problem.

Doctor Who

Film

Theatre

  • Coming soon to a theatre near you: Legally Blonde, the musical

British TV

US TV

  • A preview of Grissom’s return to CSI
  • A Q&A with Ben from Lost. Spoilers for last night’s episode.
  • Pilot pick-up and casting news
  • Stan Lee is to cameo in Heroes

Wednesday’s fun-filled news

7 February 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

Books

British TV

US TV

News

Mystery solved

6 February 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Hardy Boys

It’s Tuesday’s news.

Film



British TV

  • Another trailer for Life on Mars is available.
  • Channel 4 has decreed the police will need a court order to look at unseen footage from Celebrity Big Brother [registration required]. Doesn’t look at all suspicious, does it?

US TV

Audio and radio play reviews

Review: Doctor Who – No More Lies

5 February 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Immortal BelovedYou know a play is going to start off badly when the station announcer warns you not to be confused that it starts in the middle of a story. Don’t worry, you won’t haven’t missed anything, she promises, clearly worried the audience isn’t used to difficult concepts or standard Big Finish plot techniques.

She was right, though. It was confusing.

Surprisingly, despite already starting with the second half of an adventure, No More Lies is still a play of two halves. The first one is very stupid and very science-fictiony; the second is a far more emotional, far less stupid affair. In fact, if they’d lopped off that first half (which, of course, was also a second half), it would have been a very good play indeed.

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Things I learned from watching television last week

5 February 2007 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

24: Even when a character played by Eddie Izzard is recast, his spirit lives on in the role

30 Rock: Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin speak pretty good German. Inbreeding jokes never get old.

CSI: Left to his own devices for too long, William Petersen will always grow an unfortunate beard.

Daybreak: Was cancelled way too soon. Be patient, networks!

Heroes: Just get on with it will you. Plus Christopher Eccleston really can act when given a grumpy role to play.

House: Sooner or later, the crankiness of a character needs an explanation. He can’t be cranky for no reason at all.

My Name is Earl: Some Americans actually think the US won the 1812 war.

Smallville: Red Kryptonite needs to be in every script from now on.

Studio 60: It’s no use applying the rules of reality to anything Aaron Sorkin writes. You just have to sit back and enjoy it.