The good folks at Ain’t It Cool dug up this promo from England’s Channel 4 Television, promoting an upcoming run of Stanley Kubrick’s films.
It’s a lengthy, Kubrick-styled tracking shot behind the scenes of “The Shining”, and as with most things Kubrick, the attention to detail is astonishing. There isn’t much there for non-Kubrick fans, and […]

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I haven’t been writing about the BBC’s Life On Mars because it would be criminally unfair. It’s one of the greatest television shows in recent memory, and except for a brief run on BBC America, it’s been completely unavailable on these shores. No DVDs. No endless repeats on BBC America. Nothing.
The bad news is that […]

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A&E’s remake of The Andromeda Strain was a blink and you’ll miss it affair. Once upon a time, a lavish 4 hour miniseries based on a Michael Crichton novel, and executive produced by Ridley and Tony Scott would have been a headline television event. Those days are long gone.
Whether this re-make disappeared off the radar […]

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The creators of the internet phenomenon “What What (In The Butt)” speak out about being parodied by South Park and the future of internet video.

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Kudos to Nerve.com for publishing a nearly flawless list of the 50 best comedy sketches of all time.

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Love it or hate it, CSI:Miami is one of the best shows on television.

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Every time South Park begins a new season, the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, get arm-twisted into doing a new round of media interviews. Season after season, they don’t have much that’s new to say, but if you haven’t read an interview with them before, The Onion’s A/V club just posted a […]

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A general rule of thumb is that any time a show has to waste time convincing you to watch, there’s nothing there to see. Currently, prime time game shows are the most shameless examples of this. When a show, such as Fox’s Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? or Don’t Forget The Lyrics […]

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