Category: Television
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In the second part of TV adaptations, we look at vampire drama True Blood.
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Glee, in its fourth season, annoys and frustrates this writer but she won’t stop watching.
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Revenge is back for a second season, but it’ll be anything but a quiet summer in the Hamptons.
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In the first of a series about adaptations, Rebecca James talks about what she thinks is the best book turned TV show series at the moment.
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Britain’s most ridiculous (though terrifically compelling) crime drama is at it again: trying to convince their audience a leading character has died at the end of the first of a two part story. In the trailer for tomorrow’s finale we see Nikki sitting by a coffin crying and saying things like ‘He’s been like a…
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Fear Itself is a horror anthology series that aired on NBC nearly five years ago. It was born after the series Masters of Horror was discontinued on Showtime. Although at the time US audiences hoped the series would be given a new lease of life on NBC under the title Fear Itself, it ran out…
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An unusual Merry Christmas from Julian Fellowes’ Downton Abbey creates upset amongst its audience.
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A title sequence. It’s that little bit near the start of every TV show that lets you know exactly what you’re watching, the bit that’s the same week in week out. It can be about six or seven seconds long (a la Breaking Bad) or closer to two whole minutes, but some shows take their…
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For film lovers of my generation, the genius of Hitchcock is something we appreciate as late-comers to a wonderful party. The host has left, but the fun lives on. We earnestly immerse ourselves in his work, but we cannot recreate the sense of excitement and fascination that must have surrounded his projects when he first…
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The second season of Homeland has reached its mid way point and looks set to continue its dominance at the major American television awards. This isn’t a surprise; it is hard to find television as flawless as Homeland. Intricate plot lines, good enough even to rival The Wire, complex characters, fantastic acting and a great support cast…
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Some films really take you by surprise. They creep up on you, seemingly out of nowhere, and defy any expectations you originally had. This is what it was like for me when I first watched director Philip Martin’s utterly brilliant reimagining of one of Agatha Christie’s most famous stories – Murder on the Orient Express.…
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It is the fate of a huge number of TV shows to be cancelled. This can be after a few seasons, one season, even a few episodes. In many cases, the show is crap. There’s nothing else to be done than humanely take it out the back and shoot it in the alley. However, there…
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Comic books appear to be the source material of choice for TV and film makers at the moment, and you can understand why, with the phenomenal success of Christopher Nolan’s Batman series, and Joss Whedon’s box office topping Avenger’s Assemble. But for every The Dark Knight there is inevitably a Green Lantern to show the…
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The makers of the sitcom Community announced on Tuesday that the premiering of the 4th season on NBC has been pushed back to February 7th, 4 months later than the original date. The 4th season was supposed to begin on NBC on October 19th, but a video featuring the cast was released recently that confirmed…