What Bard Is This?

What Bard Is This?

From Times photographer , Paul Rogers Ben Elton is responsible for one of the greatest comedies of all time: Blackadder . Yes, the show ...
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[Review] - The Muppets, Season 1 Episodes 9 And 10, "Going, Going, Gonzo" And "Single All the Way"

[Review] - The Muppets, Season 1 Episodes 9 And 10, "Going, Going, Gonzo" And "Single All the Way"

Courtesy of ABC Studios Better late than never, right? I suppose since these are the last episodes of the show under the Kushnell era, a...
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Brother, Can You Spare Two Strings?

I was sitting at home the other day, when it occurred to me that I had not seen the Good Dinosaur yet. Nor, as I sat there and mused on ...
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The Frontier Pushes Back

Against all odds, Paramount and Bad Robot have managed to get a Star Trek movie ready for release in the 50th anniversary year of the fr...
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[Review] - Ash Vs. Evil Dead, Season 1 Episodes 5 And 6, "The Host" And "The Killer of Killers"

[Review] - Ash Vs. Evil Dead, Season 1 Episodes 5 And 6, "The Host" And "The Killer of Killers"

Courtesy of Renaissance Pictures I've been pretty liberal with my praise for this series, and how they've managed to strike just...
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I Heard, As It Were, The Noise Of Thunder: One Of The Four Beasts Saying, Come And See...

And I saw, and beheld the first trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse . And hell followed with it.
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In The Not To Distant Future, Somewhere In Time And Space...

In The Not To Distant Future, Somewhere In Time And Space...

As of this writing we are under the twenty hour mark before the Mystery Science Theater 3000 K ickstarter comes to an end , and it can b...
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[Review] - Arrow Season 4 And The Flash Season 2 Episodes 9, "Dark Waters" And "Running To Stand Still"

[Review] - Arrow Season 4 And The Flash Season 2 Episodes 9, "Dark Waters" And "Running To Stand Still"

Courtesy of Warner Bros Television  The idea is, now that we're past the crossover episode, and that we're into a holiday break ...
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The World Comes To London

Earlier this year Amazon announced that they would be backing the magnificent Ripper Street for a final two series, bringing the total t...
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Don't Flinch

Westerns are my go-to genre. I'll give any western a chance to impress me, and utterly disregard other genres on principle. The probl...
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[Review] - Doctor Who Series 9 Finale, Episodes 11 And 12, "Heaven Sent" And "Hell Bent"

I invite you to take a look at what I wrote in my last review of Doctor Who , at which time I went on at length about the qualities of t...
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One Thing We Know For Sure: Something Funny's Going On

When it comes right down to it, I'm a simple man. I just want to be entertained. The trick is, I want to be entertained intelligently...
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Yule Your Own Log

You know that weird Yule Log channel that appears on most cable packages around this time of year? That one that is literally nothing but ...
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[Review] - DCTV: The Flash Season 2 And Arrow Season 4, Episodes 8, "Legends of Today" And "Legends Of Yesterday"

So here it is, what frankly too much of this season of both series has been building up to: a big ass crossover events that saw Team Arro...
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Just Keep Rolling, Just Keep Rolling...

Jason Allemann of JK Brickworks has built a remarkable Lego sculpture depicting Sisyphus, the mythical king of Ephyra, rolling his bolde...
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[Review] - Jessica Jones

Courtesy of Marvel Television Productions Last week, I had kind of a break down over the new Supergirl series. I wasn't kind to it,...
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Get Your Man

While the Americans are content to burn off all three hours of Luther series 4 on one night, the British are going the civilized route and...
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Theoretically It's All Relative, Generally Speaking

Remember a few years back, when there was that brief, fleeting possibility that neutrinos were travelling f aster than the speed of light...
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