BBC Cuts : What they mean for viewers
February 26, 2010 – 2:39 pm | No Comment

Cuts by the BBC will see the budget for foreign imports cut by a quarter, a report by the Times revealed today.
For some time the BBC have said that hard decisions will have to be …

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Review : Skins – “I’m Katie F***ing Fitch, who the f*** are you?”
March 1, 2010 – 6:33 pm | No Comment
Review : Skins – “I’m Katie F***ing Fitch, who the f*** are you?”

Katie’s Skins episode featured the angry, conceited redhead finally learning to find herself and bring herself down to earth. And it’s about time.
Yet another week and another episode of Skins, with this time seeing bitchy, …

Opinion : Why Media Studies is a skill, not a skive
February 26, 2010 – 10:37 am | No Comment
Opinion : Why Media Studies is a skill, not a skive

Today, Dr Linda Papadopoulous’ report for the Home Office on children’s consumption of sexualised images was published, part of a wider investigation and strategy on tackling violence against women and girls. The findings within suggest …

Party Down serves up more awesome
February 5, 2010 – 2:58 pm | Comments Off
Party Down serves up more awesome

This article contains spoilers for the first episode of Party Down season 2.

Party Down passed through on cable network Starz last year as a hidden gem, a secret you don’t want to get out in …

‘Bromance’ – Your new favourite waste of time
February 4, 2010 – 11:41 am | Comments Off
‘Bromance’ – Your new favourite waste of time

VIVA, the reality centred MTV channel new to freeview and freesat, will deliver a new chunk of addictive nonsense this February with the show ‘Bromance’.
Just like ‘Paris Hilton’s My New BFF’ the programme aims to …

Glee – Madonna episode songs revealed
January 8, 2010 – 11:21 am | One Comment
Glee – Madonna episode songs revealed

The songs to be featured in an upcoming episode of the musical comedy show Glee have been accidentally revealed by a production team member on his Last.FM profile. The producer’s assistant has been listening to …

xtremespeeds.net BitTorrent site taken offline
January 4, 2010 – 11:46 pm | 100 Comments
xtremespeeds.net BitTorrent site taken offline

A major BitTorrent website providing thousands of television shows and movies without permission amongst tens of thousands of users has been closed today.

OVH, the French internet services company, has pulled the plug on xtremespeeds.net’s servers. …

Liveblog – Celebrity Big Brother 2010
January 3, 2010 – 8:58 pm | 66 Comments
Liveblog – Celebrity Big Brother 2010

Oh God, here we go again. It’s apparently the final ever Celebrity Big Brother and rumours have been rife over who will be involved. I was excited to hear about Stephen Baldwin, the worst …

Web series ‘Anyone But Me’ returns for season 2
December 15, 2009 – 3:18 pm | Comments Off
Web series ‘Anyone But Me’ returns for season 2

One of the best new web series of last year is back for a second season. Anyone But Me, a bittersweet drama about a young girl dealing with family, relationship and identity issues, finished last …

Review – Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Season 1 Episode 1
December 15, 2009 – 2:27 am | 23 Comments
Review – Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Season 1 Episode 1

On January 22nd, Starz launch “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” – surely the most ridiculously named show of the season.  Equal amounts man boobs to actual boobs, the opener catapults you to an ultra-violent, hyper stylized …

Can the X-Factor Gravy Train Be Derailed by Rage?
December 11, 2009 – 11:10 am | 3 Comments
Can the X-Factor Gravy Train Be Derailed by Rage?

You may not know Tracy and Jon Morter, but Simon Cowell does. Apparently rattled by the duo’s  half a million strong Facebook campaign to get Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name Of’ to …

‘Slingers’ Second Sizzle Reel Released
December 4, 2009 – 10:35 am | One Comment
‘Slingers’ Second Sizzle Reel Released

If you haven’t heard of the new Sci-Fi heist show Slingers yet, that’s
because there is very little to actually hear right now. Despite being still in the
pre-production stages, the producers have put together and released …

Review : Heroes – An Insider’s Guide
October 26, 2009 – 10:46 pm | 2 Comments
Review : Heroes  – An Insider’s Guide

I was very excited when I received this guide book as I am a massive fan of the television series and Titan Books. I was not disappointed in the slightest. This book is an amazing …

Lachman Sures Dollhouse Foundations Before Sweeps
October 22, 2009 – 10:49 am | 4 Comments
Lachman Sures Dollhouse Foundations Before Sweeps

 
Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse has been on the critical list almost since its second season was unexpectedly announced. The show’s live ratings have gone from bad to oh dear and despite a late rally from fans …

Review: Channel 4 Comedy Showcase
October 18, 2009 – 12:53 pm | 2 Comments
Review: Channel 4 Comedy Showcase

Andy Nyman in ‘Campus’ – Courtesy of Channel 4

by Gary Cansell
If you’ve ever wanted to see a towering numeral made entirely from umbrellas you could do worse than visit the Channel 4 head office in …

Thomas Dekker vs Summer Glau – The Dollhouse fight which never happened.
September 30, 2009 – 12:05 pm | One Comment
Thomas Dekker vs Summer Glau – The Dollhouse fight which never happened.

This just in from Future Publishing – during an interview for DVD Magazine, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles star Thomas Dekker declares Dollhouse “a piece of shit“. 
Dollhouse stars – from late October – his former Terminator …