Tag / Film and TV



Apr
20
2011
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R.I.P. Elisabeth Sladen, Doctor Who’s Apprentice


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Elisabeth Sladen, who played Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who and two spin-off shows, has died, according to BBC News.

Her death is a huge loss to Doctor Who fans, and to fans of strong female adventure heroes everywhere. It’s hard to overstate how important Elisabeth Sladen was to Doctor Who, and how much she transformed the role of the companion on the show. In many ways, she paved the way for all of the show’s more intelligent, resourceful companions in the 21st Century.

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Apr
1
2011
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Doctor Who – BBC America trailer


So this week we get not one but two different trailers for the new series of Doctor Who. One from Aunty BEEB in the UK and the other from their cousins over the pond. Difficult to tell which one I like best. The US one seems to have more in it. Still… not long to wait now…


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Jan
17
2011
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Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) on Vimeo


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This is hilarious with a capital HAITCH.

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Oct
11
2010
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The Simpsons’ Title Scene Secretly Created By Banksy


This gave me my first LOL of the day. Brilliant.

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Sep
30
2010
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BBC Autumn/Winter 2010


The BBC have published a showreel of their up and coming dramas. Of course Doctor Who features in it but also:

  • Christopher Eccleston stars in an episode of Accused, a new drama series from Jimmy McGovern for BBC One.
  • David Tennant plays Dave in Single Father coming to BBC One on Sunday 10 October.
  • Matt Smith plays Christopher Isherwood in Christopher and his Kind coming to BBC Two next month.


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    Jun
    12
    2010
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    Wax On, F*ck Off with Ralph Macchio


    So really you’d totally pay to go and see this movie right? Or an Entourage-type TV series?


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    Jun
    11
    2010
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    YouTube – MORTAL KOMBAT


    Not real footage from a new movie but a concept of how Fame director Kevin Tancharoen might to Mortal Kombat if he were let loose on it. OMFG it looks pretty fantastic. Michael Jai White hams it up a wee bit but when you think that it was filmed over the course of 2 days I think you’ll agree it looks pretty stunning. More details here http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/06/10/full-details-on-kevin-tancharoens-mortal-kombat-rebirth/

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    Nov
    12
    2009
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    Recycle


    Never mind… I can’t be bothered to write anything original so I’m just going to “reimagine” someone else’s article

    This just in: he’s probably the only one.

    John Travolta is excited about possibly starring in a remake of the classic ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ with buddy Tom Cruise. “Someone came up with a good idea – it was a remake of ‘Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid’ – and there was a rumor that we were gonna do that, and I said to Tom, ‘It’s not a terrible rumor, it’s not a bad idea,’” the ‘Grease’ star said.

    The original is one of those untouchable movies, in my opinion. But maybe…MAYBE…ten years ago or so they coulda pulled it off. Now? Who wants to see chubby Travolta in his hairpiece running around in tight Western clothes? And also…

    Sigh. I don’t have the energy anymore. Fuck it, let’s just remake everything OK? No more original movies. Cancel the “Star Trek” sequel. Start at the top, with the “Chaplin” movies, and end with the last official 2009 release, whatever that is. If you can’t beat ‘em, join them.

    Source: Popeater

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    Aug
    15
    2009
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    More pics from REIGN OF DEATH


    Super cool Noel Clarke keeps on posting about his mystery project Reign of Death. It looks really cool. I wish that I knew more about it. It looks like a noirish steam-punk detective story. If anyone has any ideas what it might be then drop me a line. I really like this shot of Noel running.

    Reign of Death

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    Listening to: Assassing (Alternate Mix) [1998 Remaster] from the album “Fugazi (Special Edition)” by Marillion

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    Aug
    14
    2009
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    Superman co-creator’s family given rights


    This story has been going on a while but the verdict is the interesting part. Warner Bros. hand has just been forced on whether they make a new Superman movie or not . According to this new ruling they will lose the rights to the character completely in 2013 as they will revert back to the creators’ families. Siegel and Schuster were quite famously shafted by DC for the rights to the iconic superhero back in the day. There is more of this at the Variety page linked below. Frankly I’d like a different studio to have a bash at the Superman franchise. What do you think?

    Warner Bros. and DC Comics have lost a little more control over the Man of Steel. In an ongoing Federal court battle over Superman, Judge Stephen Larson ruled Wednesday that the family of the superhero’s co-creator, Jerry Siegel, has “successfully recaptured” rights to additional works, including the first two weeks of the daily Superman newspaper comic-strips, as well as portions of early Action Comics and Superman comic-books.

    The ruling is based on the court’s finding that these were not “works-made-for-hire” under the Copyright Act.

    This means the Siegels — repped by Marc Toberoff of Toberoff & Associates — now control depictions of Superman’s origins from the planet Krypton, his parents Jor-El and Lora, Superman as the infant Kal-El, the launching of the infant Superman into space by his parents as Krypton explodes and his landing on Earth in a fiery crash.

    The first Superman story was published in 1938 in Action Comics No. 1. For $130, Jerry Siegel and co-creator Joel Schuster signed a release in favor of DC’s predecessor, Detective Comics, and a 1974 court decision ruled they signed away their copyrights forever. [From

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