Prison Break

News

[ 22 December 2021 ] The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: The most Nicolas Cage movie ever?
[ 22 November 2021 ] Unexpectedly, there’s a Russian Film Festival and no one told me
[ 22 October 2021 ] December 2021 at the BFI, including Jack Clayton and Dirk Bogarde at 100
[ 5 October 2021 ] BFI Japan comes to big screens UK-wide this Autumn

Monday’s Rob’s back news

24 August 2009 Rob Buckley 13 Comments

Apologies if any of this is old news!

Doctor Who

A breakdown of the Sarah Jane Adventures third season [spoilers]
Big Finish licence renewed until 2012
The Doctor to get animated in Dreamland

Film

Bryan Singer to remake Excalibur
Trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar
Stephen Moyer joins Priest
Samantha Morton, Dominic West and Polly Walker join cast of John Carter of Mars
Trailer for Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story

British TV

The Mentalist finishes with 2m viewers
Krod Mandoon axed
Alan Davies chef comedy Whites commissioned for series
STV axes almost all ITV drama
Sky3 to show paid-for content for free one weekend in September
Sky1 picks up Stargate Universe

US TV

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau to star in A Game of Thrones
FX picks up two comedies
Heather Locklear to return to Melrose Place?
Prison Break writers to create Break Out Kings
NBC orders pilot for Rex is Not Your Lawyer
Hiroyuki Sanada joins Lost cast as recurring character
Keith Carradine to appear in both Dexter and Dollhouse
Tyne Daly to reunite with Sharon Gless on Burn Notice
Jayma Mays returning to Heroes (spoiler alert)

A round-up of some of the finales I haven’t yet covered

21 May 2009 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Erk. So many finales, so little time. With the upfronts happening at the same time, and with actual work to do, how am I going to review them all?

I know. How about one great big entry that gets rid of a whole load of them in one go, albeit with The Mentalist and CSI: Miami still to come?

So after the jump, brief spoiler-ridden looks at the finales (and preceding seasons) of 24, My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, Eleventh Hour, Gossip Girl and Prison Break.

Continue reading “A round-up of some of the finales I haven’t yet covered”

Thursday’s South Banked news

7 May 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

David Tennant to appear in an episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures?
John Barrowman taught kung fu kata for Tonight’s The Night

Film

James McAvoy, Elizabeth Banks and Anna Friel to star in The Details
Robert De Niro and Edward Norton to star in Stone
Alex Holmes to direct The Interpretation of Murder adaptation
Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer to star in The Irishman
Steve Coogan to play Hades, Rosario Dawson to play Persephone in Percy Jackson
Barbarella remake cancelled

British TV

Melvyn Bragg leaving ITV, ending The South Bank Show
Channel 4 may cut programming budget 10% and cut down on US imports
Dominic West to star in BBC4’s Breaking the Mould
Charlie Brooker working on Gameswipe?
Rock Profiles returns on Funny or Die
Heroes ratings drop 64.5%

US TV

Peter Dinklage to star in Game of Thrones
Old characters return for Prison Break finale [+spoilers]

Tuesday’s six-year plan news

21 April 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Christian Bale ready to join Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter
Third Dan Brown film being prepared before book even published

British TV

Sky One picks up first-run rights to House
iPlayer goes HD

US TV

Which pilots are likely to be picked up for series so far
Which series are likely to be cancelled
NBC close to picking up Debra Messing comedy
Sex and the City writer to create Modern Love for HBO
In The Motherhood and Samantha Who? cut by a week
CSI movie in the works
Prison Break ratings rubbish
Joss Whedon has six-year plan for Dollhouse

Monday’s replacements news

20 April 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

How the two Hobbit films will work

Theatre

Dominic West to star in Life is a Dream at the Donmar Warehouse

British TV

Rob Kazinsky to replace Jonas Armstrong in Robin Hood?
Ashes to Ashes, series two, sounding slightly more promising

US TV

SciFi to make psychic detective pilot Unfinished Business
Monica Potter replaces Diane Farr on Parenthood
Big Bang‘s Kaley Cuoco to appear in Grey’s Anatomy finale
How Prison Break is winding everything up

About TMINE

The Medium is Not Enough is dedicated to finding the best and worst TV and movies from around the world, with daily news, views and exclusive reviews. There’s a bit of a bias towards the latest and greatest US TV, but we also cover Canadian, Australia, New Zealand, European, Scandinavian, Israeli, and modern and classic UK TV, ranging from new Doctor Who to old Z Cars, and BBC Four to S4C. We also cover TV events run by the BFI, BAFTA and Institut français du Royaume-Uni. Add in competitions and an archive of reviews stretching back 16 years and you’ve one of the best sites on the web for media lovers.

Mark Carroll My goodness, I'm so sorry to learn of your loss, from what you share above it's clear that you were very lucky to have found each other. I liked learning over the years a little of what...
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
TMINE Thank you It’s been a devastating time for all of us but it’s been amazing how much love and support have been sent our way by people who knew Sarah as well as those who didn’t. I’m very...
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
JustStark Oh no. I’m so so sorry. What a wonderful person and you were so lucky to find each other. How cruel this world can be. Please accept condolences beyond my mere words.
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
Pinky's Mom I watched this show first run back in the 80s. Surprisingly arch and intelligent, it held me with its graphic-novel style storytelling. Little on TV appealed to me back then, and that fact hasn't...
Lost Gems: Max Headroom (1985-1988) · 2 years ago
TMINE Agreed re: Three Body Problem. Reading ahead in the Wikipedia rundown for the novels, it does feel there are more exciting things ahead in the next season than there were in this season. Let's...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
Mark Carroll Goodness, I didn't even recognize Keiko. We watched and enjoyed it but for me it very much had the sense that it's promising more than we've yet seen, where I'd be a lot more...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Managed to watch some more TV! Apple TV+: Lessons in Chemistry. Adaptation of the bestseller about a discriminated against, possibly autistic chemist in the US in the 50s who ends up being a TV chef...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Watching Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen TV series on Netflix. It's actually not bad. Nothing extraordinary and not as good as his movie of the same name, but a pretty decent cast and some actual nuance...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE The Richard Chamberlain version loomed large in my teenage years. Almost life-changing. Although the difference between that version and this version is a bit like the difference between the...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Yep, Andor is great. A little slow at first but after about episode 3, it's absolutely blinding
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago

The Medium is Not Enough

Reviewing the best and worst media from around the world for 17 years

Monday’s Rob’s back news

A round-up of some of the finales I haven’t yet covered

Thursday’s South Banked news

Tuesday’s six-year plan news

Monday’s replacements news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

Please watch I Walk Through Moscow – and I’m quoted!

Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

Life and Beth and Night Sky

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent