by James Dennis, March 17, 2010 11:54 AM
Connoisseurs of dog-based TV drama will know that The Littlest Hobo was always the cool guy when it came to unusually gifted canines. A rough and ready loner, he'd have kicked Lassie's fluffy, groomed ass in a fight, slept with...
by Michael Guillen, March 3, 2010 2:24 PM
There's nothing like a birthday party to bring out the festive and when that party is to celebrate and honor noted Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa on the 100th anniversary of his March 23 birthday, then it's very good reason...
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by Todd Brown, February 24, 2010 12:33 AM
Does it have a title? I presume so, but director Paul McGuigan isn't telling. What the Gangster Number One director will say, however, is that he's currently developing a seven episode series for production in Scotland with comic book...
by Andrew Mack, February 8, 2010 11:11 PM
First, I'll quote Rob over at ToplessRobot, "FUCK. AND. YES." And now we will quote Neil Gaiman, a considerable favorite of ours around these parts, who has broken news to SFX Magazine that he has written an episode of...
by Todd Brown, January 21, 2010 12:45 PM
It's been a long, ugly, and wildly expensive couple weeks at NBC with Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien locked into a late-night death match that - to my point of view - has accomplished nothing but drive one of...
by Todd Brown, January 6, 2010 6:33 AM
Did the failure of John From Cincinnati give David Milch the reality check he needed? I certainly hope so because Milch's Deadwood is some of the finest television ever produced and if he's back on form with the upcoming...
by Andrew Mack, December 8, 2009 10:59 PM
Hey, lookie here. It's a Kids in the Hall Death Comes to Town trailer that everyone can watch. Not just us honkys up here north of the 49. America? Are you tired of Todd telling you to suck it...
by X, December 4, 2009 7:41 AM
Ohh... keeps looking better. Still no posters, though.The history of (pardon the pun) historical drama on Korean TV has been marked by pretty distinctive periods and genres, with melodramas based upon chronicles dominating the early years of television well into...
by Peter K., November 16, 2009 1:50 PM
Canadian Twitchers with Rogers Digital Cable! Are you aware that there's currently a free digital preview of the channel Star Chinese Movies 2*, a station dedicated to airing the best of Chinese cinema from the 1970s to the 1990s? That...
by Todd Brown, November 12, 2009 5:00 PM
The Trailer Park Boys may be over - or, at least they will be when the second feature film releases - but that can't keep Mike Smith, Robb Wells and JP Tremblay from warping young minds everywhere. Coming the...
by X, November 9, 2009 9:12 AM
Pulling out a quote from Frederick Douglass' canon would probably solve a lot of the problems that trying to introduce something as complex as slavery in Korean history can generate, but the argument gains a little more verve when it's...
by X, October 29, 2009 12:38 PM
You've probably heard of "tea ladies" becoming undercover detectives back in the Joseon dynasty - remember 다모 (Damo) and 형사 Duelist? But how about professional slave hunters? These were usually employed by affluent landlords to collect 공포 (Joseon's equivalent of...
by Andrew Mack, October 14, 2009 9:35 PM
It is with trepidation in my heart that I bring you this news. Earlier this week I had read a fantastic story about how NASA had their LCROSS satellite tweet the words "And what's this thing coming toward me...
by X, October 13, 2009 3:20 AM
Black comedy kingpin Yamashita Nobuhiro of 松ヶ根乱射事件 (The Matsugane Potshot Affair) and リンダ リンダ リンダ (Linda Linda Linda) is not exactly new to Japanese TV, mostly dabbling in short dramas as part of omnibus series like WOWOW's カムフラージュ (Camouflage) in...
by X, October 8, 2009 12:53 AM
...and just hearing who's helming it, I can't help but smile.Those even only remotely acquainted with the K-drama cosmos might have heard of a project called 로드 넘버 원 (Road Number One) in the last few years, a Korean war...
by Todd Brown, October 6, 2009 1:21 PM
If there was any doubt that the BBC was hoping to hit a younger demographic with the casting of Matt Smith as the new Doctor Who those doubts disappeared this morning. The official Doctor Who website premiered a new...
by X, September 25, 2009 6:27 PM
If the economic crisis hit Chungmuro particularly in terms of investor confidence, it pretty much turned Korean TV into a wasteland made of third rate dramas, cobbled together for the sole purpose of scoring in the ratings, quality becoming a...
by James Dennis, September 15, 2009 7:34 AM
Perpetual losers Mark (David Mitchell) and Jeremy (Robert Webb) return for another hysterical and cringe-inducing series of the superb Peep Show on Friday night (Channel 4, 10pm). Now in its sixth series, I struggle to think of any sitcom...
by Todd Brown, September 9, 2009 11:43 AM
Oh, good times. Not only are The Kids In The Hall hard at work on their new miniseries Death Comes To Town but thanks to the wonders of the interweb they're giving fans a good look at the process. ...
by Todd Brown, August 21, 2009 6:32 PM
[Updated with the official press release announcing the start of photography] They're local legends for a reason and they're back ... Kids in the Hall reunite for Accent Entertainment¹s Death Comes To Town Principal Photography underway in North Bay,...
by Michael Guillen, August 14, 2009 12:43 AM
I first stumbled on Mad Men channel surfing through On Demand one idle evening, watched the first episode, and was hooked by its sexiness and considerable style. I was pleased to see that the series featured January Jones—whose performance as...
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by Andrew Mack, July 8, 2009 4:03 AM
Well now. I must say it looks like there will be some competition for the new 'V' show coming out this year. The fine lads over at Quiet Earth got their hands on an upfront trailer for NBCs mid...
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by Andrew Mack, July 8, 2009 3:45 AM
The previous entertainment strike disrupted a perfectly good third season of Eureka and it has taken what seems to be forever to broadcast the second half. Eureka was already SyFy’s top watched show of last year before the strike....
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by Andrew Mack, July 7, 2009 4:06 AM
Coinciding with the new SyFy facelift and relaunch the dramady Warehouse 13 begins its 11 episode season run tomorrow night with the 2 hour (sans commercials it really is about 78 mins but who is counting) pilot from 9...
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by Michael Guillen, May 26, 2009 1:43 AM
As part of their annual Race & Hollywood series and this year's ongoing month-long exploration of Latino images in film, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) commissioned an interstitial on Latino stereotypes in film, featuring Rita Moreno, Héctor Elizondo, Edward James Olmos...
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by Andrew Mack, May 20, 2009 5:20 PM
I was 10 years old when 'V' first hit the airwaves in 1983. It has been a long, long time since then and since Hollywood is obviously on track to remake everything old new again we welcome our lizard...
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by James Dennis, May 20, 2009 2:12 PM
There’s been a fair bit of excitement brewing here about Psychoville, the “new scary, funny and bloody thriller” from The League Of Gentlemen actors Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, so news that the first 2 episodes will be previewed...
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