Yesterday, Warner Bros Pictures announced they are developing a new Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie – according to their press release, from Buffy “creators Fran and Kaz Kuzui”.  This caused the internet to turn on its ‘what the frak’ face, along with a few former cast members – given Buffy the Vampire Slayer was created [...]

Mentor High School in Ohio has no glee club, but aside from this it could easily be the real life version of Glee’s McKinley High. There is a football team, a cheerleading squad and a team of ten guidance workers. There is another unfortunate comparison to be drawn with the student body of McKinley  – [...]

Kirsty Walker and Kevin Beaumont explore the zombie wasteland of the second episode of AMC’s excellent The Walking Dead, and take a trip to FOX’s excellent Glee. You can email us at [email protected], send us messages on Twitter with @endofshow and learn how to subscribe for new episodes here.

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Join Kirsty Walker and Kevin Beaumont as we take a look at the opening 90 minutes of AMC’s new zombie show, The Walking Dead – starting on FX in the UK soon. We also talk about Felicia Day in Syfy’s ‘Red’, and pitch our own brilliant (read: awful) new hit TV show. You can email [...]

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The BFI London Film Festival bowed out in style last Thursday with the premiere of Danny Boyle’s ‘127 Hours’,  a story about Aron Ralston, an adrenaline-junkie always on the lookout for another adventure. Played by the talented James Franco, ‘127 Hours’ is based on Aron Ralston’s true story of an exciting escapade gone horribly wrong. [...]

Angst-filled 16-year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist) has ridden his bike to Brooklyn Bridge for no other reason than to jump off. He lays his bike down and starts clambering up onto the bridge when all of a sudden his family, overbearing mum Lynn (Lauren Graham), busy businessman dad George (Jim Gaffigan) and child prodigy sister Alissa [...]

Derek Cianfrance’s ‘Blue Valentine’ is a heart-warming and heartbreakingly real account of falling in and out of love. The film follows the relationship between Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) juxtaposing the present with their tender and promising past. As the story unfolds we learn more about how they’ve ended up in a marriage which [...]

Matt Reeve’s ‘Let Me In’ is based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s best-selling Swedish novel ‘Låt den Rätte Komma In’ (Let The Right One In) and the 2009 film of the same title. It is a vampire story but this is more than a typical horror movie; Kodi Smit-McPhee (who plays Owen) told End of Show [...]

If you didn’t know any better, you’d never believe such an incredibly moving story to be true. However, Tony Goldwyn’s ‘Conviction’ (written by Pamela Gray) is based on the real life story of Betty-Anne Waters (played incredibly accurately by Hilary Swank), a working mother who dedicates eighteen years to freeing her brother Kenny (played powerfully [...]

Those who have read Kazuo Ishiguro’s highly acclaimed, bestselling novel ‘Never Let Me Go’ will already know the intimate themes which go beyond the science fiction face-value of this dystopian story. Mark Romanek’s screenplay (written by Alex Garland), like the book, is narrated by 28-year-old Kathy (played by Carey Mulligan who is as convincing as [...]

Director Darren Aronofsky delves into the mind of another physically intense occupation with this psychological thriller about one ballerina’s battle with herself. Consumed with dance and the desire for perfection, fragile ballerina Nina (Natalie Portman) must get in touch with her dark side in order to pursue her dream role in the New York City [...]

Lisa Cholodenko’s ‘The Kids are All Right’ is not just a lesbian romcom; it’s a funny and honest story about family life which just so happens to involve lesbian partners/parents Nic and Jules. Perfectionist Nic (Annette Bening) and happy-go-lucky Jules (Julianne Moore) are in a long-term but by no means perfect relationship. Physician Nic and [...]