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  • Barrowman in shock "I'd like nice thing to happen to me" admission

    TV News | Ed Williamson | 25th April 2013

    John Barrowman, miffed to have his Captain Jack character left out of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special, now thinks it would be a splendid idea if Jack and Alex Kingston's River Song had their own show. "I can see John's point," observed one Who fan. "As a sentient creature capable of basic deductive reasoning, I am also in favour of things happening to me that are fun and/or in my long-term financial interests. While this microphone's in front of me, does anyone else reckon it would be a great idea if I were given a year's paid leave from work, ate fudge for breakfast every day and had free access to a string of high-class east European call-girls?"

  • Top 20 TV shows of 2012

    TV Feature | Ed Williamson, Matt Looker, Luke Whiston, Rob Young | 2nd January 2013

    We spent 2012 doing what we do best: watching TV and putting off writing about it. And my stars, the things we've seen. If only there were some way to convey our preferences of one thing over another through hierarchical structuring. Wait a minute ...

  • Torchwood: Miracle Day

    TV Review | Matt Looker | 17th July 2011

    Captain Jack Harness is back, and he's upgraded from Wales to America. That's like moving from a Croydon council estate to a Jetsons-like future, only with less silver jumpsuits and more bisexuality.

  • Trailer for Torchwood: Miracle Day

    TV Video | Matt Looker | 31st May 2011

    Doctor Who's darker, seedier step-sibling is back, and this time it's all yankified. How do I know? Because a helicopter gets hit by a rocket launcher, that's how.

  • Actors who narrowly missed out on famous roles #1

    Movie Feature | Matt | 11th January 2011

    A new feature highlighting actors that, despite fighting hard for an important role in a film, unfortunately lost out to a better candidate.

  • Depp to jump ship on Pirates 4?

    Movie News | Matt | 21st September 2009

    Johnny Depp looks set to say 'yo ho...no' to the proposed fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie after news that Disney Chairman Dick Cook has had to stand down/been fired/been made to walk the plank. More forced pirate-related metaphors after the jump.