Articles by Kevin Beaumont
Responsible for the day to day management of End Of Show, and co-hosting the radio show & podcast. Kevin once stopped a cheap Sky presenter from stealing Joss Whedon’s shoes at an aftershow party. He drinks bitter, please.
Even a murder trial couldn’t blight Christmas for one ordinary country-house family
Big Brother is back. Channel Five has resurrected the main show, and last night’s episode provided the first real glimpse of the new housemates in action. The episode struggled to get one million viewers, making it the lowest rated Big Brother episode to date – but I watched, as the rest of the nation couldn’t [...]
STARZ announced today that “Torchwood: Miracle Day” will premiere on Friday, July 8th at 10pm ET/PT. The US installment of the BBC smash hit series will star Mekhi Phifer (“ER,” “Lie to Me”), Bill Pullman (Independence Day, The Grudge) and, in an extended guest role, Lauren Ambrose (“Six Feet Under,” The Other Woman) and is [...]
EXCLUSIVE We have details about Warner Bros. Pictures upcoming Akira motion picture, which we can exclusively report is financed and due to shoot this July in New York. This American project, based on Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1982 manga series, has been in development hell for a long time. After bouncing around multiple directors, a year ago [...]
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 [...]
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 talent behind Joss Whedon’s now very cancelled Dollhouse have created this little music video, viewable below, to mark Dollhouse being released on DVD. It’s an awesomely shot, totally disturbing and very cool new look at owning something beautiful you never see the value in, and then throwing it away. Kind of like getting cancelled, [...]
It’s the second episode of our shiny new podcast about television. Which means we’ve aired as much as Lonestar. Poor, poor Lonestar. This week Kirsty and Kevin whittle on about the latest episode of Glee, “Grilled Cheesus”. Oh Chris Colfer, we love you. Then we watch NBC’s “Outsourced” and talk about Vampire Diaries. And Kevin [...]
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Ratings are sometimes cruel. They can lead to a show you love leaving you. They can also lead to situations where we question how such a good show could possibly fail, why, when all our friends watch it, the rest of the world seems indifferent. You may find the following report disturbing… The Event – NBC Will it stick? According [...]
It’s the first ever episode of our shiny new podcast about television. And because we’re not on FOX, we might last more than 2 episodes. Just Kirsty Walker and Kevin Beaumont as we explore what went wrong with FOX Broadcasting Corp’s Lonestar, our thoughts on this weeks new episode of Glee season two, and take apart [...]
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In 2011, cable network Starz plan to take you to the end of civilization with former Doctor Who producer Russell T. Davies. Don’t worry – we will hold your hand. Late last year, I reviewed Starz original series ‘Spartacus: Blood and Sand‘ - a show I thought had incredible potential to suck an audience into a new [...]
The opening shot of I’m Still Here , one of the Phoenix siblings swimming in Panama, is shot on location in Hawaii with actors. The final image of a bearded, overweight and broken Joaquin Phoenix sinking into the water is also shot on location. Cue his name appearing on screen to a black background – [...]
How do you know you’re watching a gritty cop show? Because you’re completely baffled
8:47:18 PM: For the final time boys and girls, we launch Big Brother. Let’s all have a good cry/ sigh of relief
