It's not just me who doesn't like BBC1's Friday prime time comedy, According to Bex; this Chortle item reveals diminishing viewers. This is a shame for one notable reason: Jessica Stevenson. One half of Spaced, the greatest sitcom ever, Jess is presumably going for a mainstream audience (seeing as the…
I got to see this last week due to The Times preview screenings. This is the only reason for buying The Times. This is a delightful film. This description sounds a bit soft, but that's the most appropriate word. It is a film about two middle-aged men who realise that…
The Apparat line of comics was Warren Ellis writing a set of one-off issues of comics based on the idea that superheroes didn't exist in the publishing world. See here for the official site, which includes some information from Ellis and the covers. Frank Ironwine Ellis likes his emotional detectives;…
Armed with the knowledge that I haven't seen all the films nominated, you can take my opinions on the nominations with Galactus-sized pinch of sodium chloride, but that won't stop me from sharing anyway. As I do a note-perfect impression of a very lazy person, it's taken a while for…
The title needs work, but it will do for now. So, let's have a look at the comics I purchased for my own entertainment pleasure last week: Authority: Revolution #4 Still haven't decided if I like this yet, as it hasn't quite clicked for me yet. I don't read his…
Here in the UK, the two major cinema chains are Odeon and Vue (formerly Warner Village). I've recently been to both (as you can see by the reviews I've been doing) and pick up their free magazines to read. Not for their content, but to look for errors, ever since…
Before you say anything, it was free, okay? I wouldn't normally see something like this in the cinema but it's nice to see a film for free, and my girlfriend wanted to see it because she likes Nic Cage. (See what I did there? Casually dropped into the conversation that…
The Art of Usagi Yojimbo, Stan Sakai, Dark Horse Comics The Art of Usagi Yojimbo hardcover celebrates 20 years of Stan Sakai writing and drawing the adventures of the rabbit ronin, Miyamoto Usagi. In comics today, that's quite an achievement, especially for the anthropomorphic (aka furry comics) stylings of a…
***** out of DAVID So, most reviewers use a five-star system for rating movies. Probably due to the economy of five instead of ten stars on a page or film poster. There are five letters in my name, the number of letters therefore relating to the quality of the film,…
I have a lot of affection for the original Super-Marionation Thunderbirds, even if it probably doesn't hold up well today. Yes, they were puppets, and you could see the strings, and they walked funny, and their mouths moved up and down badly, but it was cool and fun and futuristic…