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**Audio Commentary!** Revolution – Series 1, Episode 1.
A couple of months ago, I wrote an article pre-emptively complaining about Revolution, the new post-apocalyptic drama that premièred on NBC last night. Having now finally seen a full episode of the show, I thought it fun to do a … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, fantasy, Popular Culture, Review, science fiction
Tagged Abrams, Favreau, Pilot, Revolution
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Rock of Ages (2012) – Hair Metal Sucks
Sherrie Christian (Julianne Hough) is just a small-town girl, livin’ in a lonely world. She took the midnight train going for ehhh-neee-wheeeerre. Well, not anywhere, it’s LA’s Sunset Strip. And it’s a coach, not a train. Could be a midnight … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Film, Music, Popular Culture, Review
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) – A Beano comic come to life.
Based on the series of all-ages novels by Gideon Defoe (who also has a writing credit on the movie), The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists tells the story of The Pirate Captain and his band of similarly literally-monikered cohorts. … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Comedy, fantasy, Film, Popular Culture, Review
Tagged Aardman, Charles Darwin, David Tennant, Hugh Grant, Pirates, Queen Victoria, Scientists, Sony
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The Informant! (2009) – A Fine Comedy, Only Without The Jokes
Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) is a rising executive in one of America’s largest agricultural conglomerates. Following an encounter with the FBI, he confesses an international price-fixing conspiracy and volunteers himself for their services. As the investigation broadens in both scale … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Film, Popular Culture, Review
Tagged Mark Whitacre, Matt Damon, Schizopolis, Steven Soderbergh, The Informant!
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Super (2010)
Frank D’Arbo (Rainn Wilson) leads a terrible life. He has a dead-end job, little in the way of friends, no family and his wife Sarah (Liv Tyler) has recently left him for sleazy strip club owner/drug dealer Jacques (Kevin Bacon). … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Comic Books, Film, Horror, Popular Culture, Religion, Review, Uncategorized
Tagged 2010, Boltie, Crimson Bolt, Dawn of the Dead, Ellen Page, James Gunn, Jenna Fischer, Kevin Bacon, Kick-Ass, Liv Tyler, LolliLove, Rainn Wilson, Scooby Doo, shut up crime!, Super, superhero, Troma, wrench
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“Why Would You Want Empathy?”
At the risk of trivialising the previous week of thankfully ebbed unrest in this country, I’m reminded of a bit in Malcolm In The Middle. Reese, the eldest and most rampantly antisocial sibling, is sent to cookery class as punishment … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Comedy, Current Affairs, Popular Culture
Tagged August, Croydon, Enfield, Hal, Lois, London, Malcolm In The Middle, Reese, Riots, Scum, Tottenham
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The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret S01E02 – A Plan Is Hatched And A Date Is Not A Date.
It’s the morning after episode one, which culminated in our titular hero suffering a public breakdown, fuelled in large part by Thunder Muscle, the chemically dubious energy drink that he arrived in the country to promote. Todd Margaret (David Cross) … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Popular Culture, Review
Tagged Blake Harrison, Comedy Lab, David Cross, Sharon Horgan, Thunder Muscle, Todd Margaret, Will Arnett
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992. KING OF THE HILL ‘Pretty, Pretty Dresses’ (Season 3, Episode 9)
“You know who I feel sorriest for in all this? Bill.” Original Airdate: December 20th, 1998 Written by: Paul Lieberstein Directed by: Dominic Polcino Overall Series Synopsis: The show focuses on the Hills; a conservative-minded family living in a fictional … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Comedy, Depression, Popular Culture, Review, Television
Tagged Arlen, Ashley Gardener, Bill Dauterive, Bobby Hill, Boomhauer, Brittany Murphy, cross-dressing, Dale Gribble, Depression, Dominic Polcino, Hank Hill, Kathy Najimy, King Of The Hill, Luanne Platter, Mike Judge, Nancy Gribble, Pamela Adlon, Paul Lieberstein, Peggy Hill, Pretty Pretty Dresses, suicide, Texas
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