FX Knows What It's Doing MR. Clark 28.2.13 Add Comment Edit For my money, of all the American networks cable or otherwise, FX has the largest number of quality consistent programmes. Sure, HBO has ... Read More
This Time, It's Meatier MR. Clark 28.2.13 Add Comment Edit Yesterday saw the release of the first poster for the much better named Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 (though still not as good a... Read More
[Review] - Justified, Season 4 Episode 8, "Outlaw" MR. Clark 28.2.13 Add Comment Edit Courtesy of Sony Pictures Television The writers this season have made a wise choice, but putting big, series altering events into mund... Read More
An Adventure 45 Minutes At 350° In The Making MR. Clark 27.2.13 Add Comment Edit I want to make it very clear: I have no problem with a sequel to a film I loved basing the marketing for said sequel entirely around my ... Read More
Why Would You Name Your Film That? MR. Clark 27.2.13 Add Comment Edit As a writer, I've always found titles to be an interesting part of the process. Sometimes, I discover a title, and try to conceive a ... Read More
Now Pay Attention 007, This Is How You Do A Montage MR. Clark 27.2.13 Add Comment Edit I did not watch the Oscars, I haven't in years. They are meaningless, indicative of nothing but the budget of the marketing departmen... Read More
It's Real To Them MR. Clark 26.2.13 Add Comment Edit I love exploring the philosophical aspects of fiction. I mean the fictional existence of "real" characters that exist in a &quo... Read More
It's Hard Out There For A Veep MR. Clark 26.2.13 Add Comment Edit One of the best new shows, if not the best new show last year was Armando Iannucci's Veep , on HBO. Julia Louis-Dreyfus gave what is... Read More
I Want To Believe The 2013 Ottawa Comiccon Will Be Shiny MR. Clark 26.2.13 Add Comment Edit One of the better moments in my life Last year, I attended my first ever comiccon . It was also, coincidentally, Ottawa Ontario's fi... Read More
Who Ya Going To Call? MR. Clark 25.2.13 Add Comment Edit Alexander Jones, aka Orion Pax , has done something fantastic here. I'm a fan of Lego , have championed the creation of new Lego se... Read More
Here Be Dragons MR. Clark 25.2.13 Add Comment Edit Last year it was all we could do to stop from collapsing under the endless parade of recut trailers from HBO for Game of Thrones . This y... Read More
[Review] - Cluedo, Sherlock Edition MR. Clark 25.2.13 6 Comments Edit Because of a complete lack of upcoming films that interest the author in any way, this is part of a spring series of reviews of things other... Read More
While Moffat Talks Doctor Who, Former Cast Members Do Good Works MR. Clark 22.2.13 Add Comment Edit This is a trailer for ITV's new drama Broadchurch , a stark crime drama about a family, and a town, ripped apart by the death of a sm... Read More
Archer Toy Is... Wait, I Had Something For This MR. Clark 22.2.13 Add Comment Edit Remember a couple weeks ago, when I got all giddy over the announcement of Archer toys? Well, apparently Factory Entertainment had a r... Read More
[Opinion] - Could Primeval: New World Have Been Better? MR. Clark 22.2.13 6 Comments Edit Courtesy of Impossible Pictures. I doubt it. Well, that's it. See you next time, folks. ... I kid, I kid. About leaving, not ... Read More
Neverwhere Is Almost Here MR. Clark 21.2.13 Add Comment Edit Late last year , Neil Gaiman shared with us the news that Dirk Maggs would be adapting his novel Neverwhere into a radio drama for BBC ... Read More
The Parks And Rec Drinking Game: When They Drink, Drink MR. Clark 21.2.13 Add Comment Edit Tonight is an hour long episode of Parks and Rec , and to celebrate that fact, here is a supercut (from the masters of the supercut over ... Read More
[Review] - Justified, Season 4 Episode 7, "Money Trap" MR. Clark 21.2.13 Add Comment Edit Courtesy of Sony Pictures Television I feel so bad for last week's episode. It was bad enough having to follow Kin , but getting san... Read More
Roger Rabbit To Star In A New Film? That Isn't A Roger Rabbit Sequel? MR. Clark 20.2.13 Add Comment Edit Any time I get to write an update concerning Roger Rabbit, I'm a happy writer. Any time it happens shortly after the announcement o... Read More
The Lambs Are About To Start Screaming MR. Clark 20.2.13 Add Comment Edit Now, I'm a fan of Bryan Fuller. Dead Like Me , fantastic; Wonderfalls , hilarious and my personal favourite; Pushing Daisies , timele... Read More
[Review] - Primeval: New World, Season 1 Finale, Episode 13, "Sound Of Thunder Part 2" MR. Clark 20.2.13 2 Comments Edit Courtesy of Impossible Pictures First off, what was the matter Primeval: New World , couldn't find a beefeater costume to shove into... Read More
Richard Briers Has Died MR. Clark 19.2.13 Add Comment Edit Richard Briers, CBE, has died at the age of 79. Briers was a veteran of film, TV and stage, making his first appearances in the 1960... Read More
J.J. Abrams Knows How to Tell A Story MR. Clark 19.2.13 Add Comment Edit Ever since the announcement that J.J. Abrams would be directing the next Star Wars film, and potentially not the next Star Trek film, ... Read More
[Review] - Hyde Park On Hudson MR. Clark 19.2.13 Add Comment Edit Courtesy of Film Four There are two very different films playing out in the course of the brisk 95 minutes of Hyde Park on Hudson . One... Read More
Doctor Bishop Just Wants A Friend MR. Clark 15.2.13 Add Comment Edit It's not often that teaser trailers are released for short films, but I understand why this one is worth teasing. Friend stars Fring... Read More
Hugh Laurie Really Wants To Be A Movie Star MR. Clark 15.2.13 Add Comment Edit Hugh Laurie hasn't had the greatest luck when it comes to film. He's been trying to adapt his own novel, The Gun Seller , for year... Read More
[List] - 9 Women In Red MR. Clark 15.2.13 Add Comment Edit Valentino's 2010 Red Thread exhibition. Anyone who has taken a basic level art, anthro or English Lit class can tell you the meanin... Read More
We Don't Have To Wait An Eternity For Oblivion MR. Clark 14.2.13 Add Comment Edit Do you remember when the Summer Movie Season used to be in the summer? When July 1st was the first big weekend for blockbusters? Then it ... Read More
I Too Am Obsessed With Wealth, Class, And Cheese MR. Clark 14.2.13 Add Comment Edit LAIKA is the company that made Coraline and ParaNorman . This is what they're doing next: “ The Boxtrolls is a comedic fable that... Read More
[Review] - Justified, Season 4 Episode 6, "Foot Chase" MR. Clark 14.2.13 Add Comment Edit Courtesy of Sony Pictures Television It is a rare thing to see a weak episode of Justified , and yet here one is. Perhaps not as weak a... Read More
It's A Magical World MR. Clark 13.2.13 Add Comment Edit All images the creation of nite4awk Calvin and Hobbes is wonderful, and beautiful and hilarious. This doesn't really need to be sa... Read More
The One Who Knocks, And The One With The Axe MR. Clark 13.2.13 Add Comment Edit All images from Comics Alliance Last week came the announcement that Archer will be getting it's own multi-pronged toy line, in... Read More
[Review] - Primeval: New World, Season 1 Episode 12, "The Sound Of Thunder Part 1" MR. Clark 13.2.13 Add Comment Edit Courtesy of Impossible Pictures, from last week, because apparently even the show is getting tired of promoting itself There was a mom... Read More
Don't Use The Rewrite Cliche... Don't Use The Rewrite Cliche... Dammit! MR. Clark 12.2.13 Add Comment Edit As someone who considers himself a writer, I always keep an eye out for films that explore the world, the methods, and the obvious mental... Read More
This Is All I Ever Really Wanted MR. Clark 12.2.13 Add Comment Edit I'm a big fan of people getting hit by buses in movies. I think every movie should end as such. For most of them, it would at least im... Read More
Monsters University Trailer Gets An A From Me MR. Clark 12.2.13 Add Comment Edit I'd be lying if I said I wasn't super excited about Monsters University . Monsters Inc sits at number two on my favourite Pixar ... Read More
Finally, The Storm Begins MR. Clark 11.2.13 Add Comment Edit This first proper teaser (I say proper, in that it contains actors from the show and not just a lost bird ) for season 3 of Game of Thron... Read More
Seeking Out New Consoles, And New Digital Platforms MR. Clark 11.2.13 Add Comment Edit Because I've had my PS3 for less then a year, I'm still not used to watching for announcements for games from places like E3. Nor... Read More
[Review] - Identity Thief MR. Clark 11.2.13 Add Comment Edit Courtesy of Universal Pictures Somewhere in here, there is a good movie. It has been lost however, in a blizzard of aimless plots, rand... Read More
I Still Can't Afford This MR. Clark 8.2.13 Add Comment Edit Another Calvin and Hobbes original print has been put up for auction. The November 3, 1986 strip, given to Adam@Home creator Brian Bas... Read More
I Want Muppet Lego Now MR. Clark 8.2.13 Add Comment Edit Made by Jedikermit I've supported campaigns on the Lego Cuusoo before . And while the Back to the Future sets were chosen to becom... Read More
[How To] - Build The Muppet Theatre, Part 2 MR. Clark 8.2.13 1 Comment Edit "It's the Muppet Show , with our very special guest star, Mr. Peter Sellers. Yayyyyyyy!" So, a few weeks back I ta... Read More
Spider-man 2 Most Likely Won't Be Amazing MR. Clark 7.2.13 Add Comment Edit Courtesy of Sony Pictures Amazing Spider-man 2 started production in New York Tuesday, and the official (vague) synopsis has been re... Read More
Community Returns Tonight MR. Clark 7.2.13 Add Comment Edit NBC might not think so, but this show is kind of a big deal. At least, it will be for as long as it's on and unloved by it's netw... Read More
[Review] - Justified Season 4, Episodes 4 and 5, "This Bird Has Flown" And "Kin" MR. Clark 7.2.13 Add Comment Edit Courtesy of FX Justified is the best hour of television to sit down and watch every week. Right now, with the current schedule, th... Read More
Bert Macklin: Guardian Of The Galaxy MR. Clark 6.2.13 Add Comment Edit Courtesy of Annapurna Pictures Did not see this one coming. Parks and Rec star, and recent Zero Dark Thirty actor Chris Pratt has n... Read More
Judy Greer Is Writing A Book That I Will Read MR. Clark 6.2.13 Add Comment Edit Judy Greer can have as many adjectives associated with her name as she damned well wants: funny, beautiful, tenacious, sarcastic, rude, sa... Read More
[Review] Primeval: New World, Season 1 Episodes 10 and 11, "The Great Escape" and "The Inquisition" MR. Clark 6.2.13 Add Comment Edit Courtesy of Impossible Pictures It really is a case of one step forward, many, many steps back for this show. For every sign of improv... Read More
"We Are All Star Stuff" MR. Clark 5.2.13 Add Comment Edit I haven't posted nearly enough (read: any at all) science stuff here in a long while, and I intend on that to change, until it slips ... Read More
Enterprise, Coming In Hot MR. Clark 5.2.13 Add Comment Edit Up until now I'd been sceptical that the ship seen crashing into the sea in the Star Trek Into Darkness trailers was the Enterprise ... Read More
Various Marvel News Things MR. Clark 5.2.13 Add Comment Edit Expect the advertising blitz on Iron Man 3 to ramp up starting now, as the May release date quickly approaches (quicker for the April re... Read More
Somebody Down Here Likes Nick Offerman. Me, It's Me. I Like Him MR. Clark 4.2.13 Add Comment Edit A while back, there was a "promo" for Nick "Axe Swanson" Offerman's film Somebody Up There Likes Me , featuring ... Read More
Archer Toys? Yup. MR. Clark 4.2.13 Add Comment Edit Forget some vaguely humorous opening remark, let's get to this. Factory Entertainment , which to this point has concerned itself mos... Read More
[Review] - Lands Of Ice And Fire MR. Clark 4.2.13 Add Comment Edit One of the great successes of George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire is the depth of history he has created for his world. Not a... Read More
Superman Becomes Unbound, Whatever That Means MR. Clark 1.2.13 Add Comment Edit I like the DC Animated Films, generally, but I think I've had quite enough of Superman and Batman. I understand they sell well enough... Read More
The Muppets... Again! MR. Clark 1.2.13 Add Comment Edit For a while we've known the the Muppet sequel currently filming in London was known as The Muppets... Again . Now we have confirmatio... Read More
[How To] - Build The Muppet Theatre, Part 1 MR. Clark 1.2.13 Add Comment Edit Hi Ho! Before I begin, I need to make a special mention to two people. First and foremost, to Lance Cardinal . He was 100% the inspira... Read More