The City and The City is like one of those noir thrillers where you’re not sure whether to take it seriously because – as lead David Morrissey explains in a gruff voice about the existence of the two cities, “Nowhere else works like the Cities – Beszel and Ul Qoma”, but how does he know? […]
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Tim Vine Travels In Time is the first in a new series of BBC1’s Comedy Playhouse and it has all the style of an explosion in a paint factory. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021. […]
Knock Knock. Who’s there? Well, I was hoping it’d be the writer of a decent episode for a change and, thankfully, it was. NOTE: I will discuss elements of this episode which will be spoilers if you haven’t seen it, so make sure you watch it first. Bill and her students friends are looking for […]
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Hospital People is the spoof fly-on-the-wall documentary about those who work in said establishment, and a pet project for Tom Binns who takes the multiple lead, best known as inept hospital radio DJ Ivan Brackenbury, with annoying and dodgy jingles such as “Ivan Brackenbury – Out and about, reaching out, and touching patients”. Dom RobinsonReviewer […]
Damned is a new sitcom about social workers who are damned if they do, and damned if they don’t. In reality, they can never get a break. Too much is expected from them, and the moment something goes wrong, the press jump on them. So far, I’ve seen the first two episodes, and both have […]
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David Brent: Life On The Road shows that when it comes to his character from The Office, Ricky Gervais is having the last laugh. And it’s on us. Gervais once used to make fresh, original comedy programmes. The first two series of The Office were fantastic. Then, after his character was sacked, the 2003 Christmas […]
Posted in Cinema films, Movies, Reviews Tags: Abbie Murphy, Alexander Arnold, Andrew Brooke, Andy Burrows, Ashley McGuire, Charlie Hanson, David Brent, Doc Brown, Foregone Conclusion, Jo Hartley, Joshua Ferdinand, Life on the Road, Mandeep Dhillon, Michael Clarke, Michael Keat, Nathan Dean Williams, Nina Sosanya, Oliver Maltman, Olivia Quinn, Rebecca Gethings, Ricky Gervais, Roisin Conaty, Seona Dancing, Stacha Hicks, Steve Clarke, Stuart Wilkinson, Thomas Kadman, Tom Basden, Tom Bennett, diane morgan No Comments »David Brent: Life on the Road sees the return that no-one asked for, for Ricky Gervais’ character from The Office, a comedy which was funny back in the day but given that the billing states: “A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, The Office as he […]
24 is in ‘penultimate episode’ phase with Episode 11 and Cheng isn’t best-pleased both with his country for turning their back on him – hence the sinking of the Chinese aircraft carrier – and also Jack Bauer, who has unwittingly tracked him down. In the meantime, Bauer and Kate manage to off some baddies by […]
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24 heads towards the last lap with Episode 10 and Jack Bauer enlists Kate’s help in tracking down Steve Navarro, since he’s on the run with the override device and about to meet up with Adrian Cross, who’s promised him save transport out of the country if he brings him the goodies. Hmm… would you […]
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24 goes into Episode 5 with Jack Bauer playing pass the parcel (i.e. the flight key) to Kate Morgan, and somehow, just by plugging this key into another random computer, so the upload immediately continues to Chloe’s machine, despite all manner of implausibilities there. Labouriously, CTU London finally realise that Lt. Tanner was telling the […]
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