Game Of Thrones - Season 1 Review

US Airdate: 17th April-19th June 2011Winter Is Coming: It’s kind of hard to actually review this series because the one thing that I can guarantee about it is that so much seems to happen and largely at times, all at once. For some people, a series with this much going on might be a worrying thing but you have to admire the confidence in which this series goes about it’s multitude of storylines.Based on the long selling books from George R.R. Martin,...

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Soap Discussion - March 2012

And here's the penultimate article of the month.Coronation Street: Ah, what an interesting month. Anyone else who didn't expect the killer of Frank to be his own mother? Of course not, because we all saw that one coming. There was no way the show was going to be ballsy enough to actually have either Carla, Peter, Sally, Kevin or Michelle do Frank in. Still, it's a better storyline than Lewis's presence in Audrey's life causing ructions with her family...

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True Blood - Season 5 Trailers

First off all, I have no idea where this cast shot came from (though I suspect it's one from the second season) but while there are two and a half months left until the arrival of the fifth season, at least HBO are giving us something True Blood related.Three trailers have been released set in Sookie's house, Bill's kingdom and Fangtasia with sound bites from the crucial moments of the first four seasons. Clearly at this point, we could do with some...

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My Review of Ringer's 1x19: "Let's Kill Bridget"

Written by Jay Faerber And Robert BerensDirected by Jerry LevineVictor: “Let’s beat them to the punch. Let’s kill Bridget.”Promises, promises, Victor! No, I don’t want to see Bridget die but it would be nice if Bodaway met a grisly given the shocking lack of development with his character overall and the show could start afresh without that boring inconvenience being a rarely seen but sometimes felt burden on proceedings.Bridget’s idea of pretending...

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Top 40 TV Characters Part 1

I was meant to do this a while back but now seems like a good time to do this. Basically a list of forty of my favourite characters from 40 shows I watch. I'll try and keep this as varied as humanly possible.36: Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon) - Sex And The CityOne of those guilty pleasure shows I have watched and while I've always found the obsession in the media with Carrie to be borderline disturbing at times (she's the only character to have shown...

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My Review of Being Human's 4x08: "The War Child"

Written by Toby WhithouseDirected by Philip JohnAnnie (to Mr Snow): “Give me back my fucking baby!”Oh, Annie, who knew you could have such a wicked tongue on you? No, seriously if it wasn’t Hal embracing his inner potty mouth for most of this episode, that line would’ve been kind of shocking but we all know the real shock that happened in this episode, don’t we?I’d love to say that Annie exiting this show was actually a massive shock but seeing as...

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Doctor Who - Series 7 Trailer Better Quality

Over the weekend, a slightly grainy version of the Series 7 of Doctor Who was released but it's Monday and a HQ one has finally surfaced. Some of the highlights seem to be ...Is it me or does it look like Chris Chibnall's episode is going to be something of an Egyptian themed one? Some of the robots that also seem to be in the episode remind me of ones that were used in The Sarah Jane Adventures back in 2010.Ben Browder seems to be the Sheriff of...

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Doctor Who - 2012 Convention/Series 7 Spoilers & Trailer

It's hard to deny that this has been certainly an interesting and informative week in relation to the seventh series of Doctor Who. Some further bits and pieces.First of all, there's an official cast shot of Jenna-Louise Coleman standing in front of the TARDIS and while the identity of her character's name has yet to be revealed, we can reveal that she will begin filming her series from May onwards. It seems that Jenna's character however can at...

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First Look: The Scapegoat

It's been an interesting time for Matthew Rhys. Less than a year since the cancellation of Brothers And Sisters, the Welsh actor has appeared in The Mystery Of Edwin Drood on BBC2 back in January and is set to star in a KGB themed series named The Americans for FX in the US.However before than, he'll also be appearing in The Scapegoat - a two hour movie version of Daphne du Maurier's book in which he'll be playing the roles of John Standing and Johnny...

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My Review of Ringer's 1x18: "That Woman's Never Been A Victim Her Entire Life"

Written by Hank ChiltonDirected by Scott WhiteHenry (to Siobhan, re Andrew/Bridget): “You’re right – they are in love because it seems without you, your family is tighter than ever.”Well, it had to happen at some point. Henry would finally say something that would make me think he has something of a brain in there after all and reading Siobhan the riot act was a nice way of making him a bit more endearing than usual.I liked that Henry seemingly figured...

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Doctor Who - Jenna-Louise Coleman Is The New Girl

Well, after months of speculation, the BBC have finally announced that the new companion will be played by Jenna-Louise Coleman. The actress famous for her roles in Emmerdale and this week's ITV Titanic production will make her debut during the Christmas episode.Steven Moffat has confirmed that six episodes will air in 2012 for the seventh series with the remaining eight to air in 2013. Amy and Rory will depart in the fifth episode of the new...

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First Look: Titanic

Or as the Radio Times have aptly titled it - Drownton Abbey. Come on, it's not difficult to see where they've drawn the conclusions from. It's written by Julian Fellowes and if you took these people out of the Titanic and placed them in a certain stately home, well you can see where I'm going with this one.For the next four Sundays, Titanic will show us the depiction of both upper class and steerage passengers fight for survival as the infamous ship...

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My Review of Being Human's 4x07: "Making History"

Written by Toby WhithouseDirected by Daniel O’HaraHal (to Cutler): “Do you understand what I’ve done? I’ve set you free but I don’t want you to thank me.”Er, yeah, cos what every squeamish newly made vampire wants is his maker to kill his wife and then trick him into drinking said wife’s blood as well. I’d dread to think what Hal at his worst does when it comes to Christmas and birthday presents if the sadistic death of poor Rachel Cutler is anything...

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Doctor Who - Those Series 7 Companion Rumours

Back in January, one of the tabloids posted a rumour that Sophia Myles, aka Reinette from The Girl In The Fireplace was tipped to become the new companion, following some teasing banter on Twitter with the actress and showrunner, Steven Moffat. Initially, I paid no heed to those rumours but following more Tweets between Sophia and Arthur Darvill and the fact that she was in Spain at the same time (but not the same place apparently) as the Doctor...

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First Look: Hit And Miss

It's been over a year since SkyAtlantic has launched and it's been an interesting year. Not only has the station given us the UK rights to shows such as Boardwalk Empire, Game Of Thrones and Blue Bloods and reran classic shows such as The X Files, The Wire, Six Feet Under and The Sopranos but now it's giving us their own drama in the former of Hit And Miss.Starring former Big Love (also airing on SkyAtlantic) actress, Chloe Sevigny, the show centres...

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Going Underground

It may be St Patrick's Day but here's a TV blog for you ...Desperate Housewives: Why is it when Susan has good intentions she seems to make matters worse? Of course it would take her to go and visit Alejandro's family and draw more suspicion on the girls. Still, Bree's method of dealing with things doesn't seem to be much better either, thanks to Renee's advice being taken the wrong way. At least Lynette and Gabby actually acknowledged some of their...

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My Review of Ringer's 1x17: "What We Have Is Worth The Pain"

Written by Scott NimerfroDirected by Howard DeutchAndrew (to Bridget): “You’re in over your head, just admit it.”Er, Bridget’s been in over her head since the bloody show started and she foolishly reunited with Siobhan but in terms of the naff Ponzi scheme plot, er not so much. This episode tried to give Andrew a bit more facets as a character and sadly, it didn’t succeed all that well for it.Ioan Gruffudd did the best he could but with a script...

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Game Of Thrones - EW Coverage/Season 2 Trailer

With less than three weeks to go, the promotional campaign for Game Of Thrones second season has been nothing short of fantastic to watch. The show certainly continues to cement it's impact with Entertainment Weekly dishing out some lavish covers for Daenerys, Jon Snow, Tyrion and Jamie/Cersei Lannister for good measure and I'm beginning to lose count of the trailers we've been getting over the last few weeks for the new season, but either way, my...

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Sherlock - Series 3 To Film In 2013

In news that won't surprise anyone (considering Steven Moffat's workload), the third series of Sherlock will not begin filming until early 2013 with transmission slated until later next year, though a date has not been confirmed. I'm not surprised that we're gonna have to wait but with Moriarty not returning to the series, does this mean we'll get Sebastian Moran as the next main nemesis for Sherlock and Watson to overcome. What does everyone else...

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My Review of Being Human's 4x06: "Puppy Love"

Written by John JacksonDirected by Daniel O’HaraTom (re vampires): “You don’t know what these people are like.”Allison: “And you don’t know what my debating skills are like.”Okay, this episode has the most shamelessly cheesy of titles due to a certain song it invokes but in terms of actual cheesiness, there’s not much to be had. I mean, yes, there’s a certain cuteness between Tom and geeky werewolf Allison but it’s a kind of cuteness with a little...

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Revenge - PaleyFest 2012/Season 1 Spoilers

Well, we might have another four weeks until the show returns but at yesterday's PaleyFest, we did get some tantalising bits on the final six episodes of Revenge's first year.- The flashback episode will be set in 2002 and it will be Emily's first encounter with the likes of Lydia, Victoria, et al prior to learning of her father's innocence and it solidifies what her father's diaries have been telling her.- Mason Treadwell will return in the next...

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Lip Service - Series 2 First Cast Picture

Okay, look what I just found today ...With Being Human's fourth series drawing to a close (please can we have a fifth one?), BBC3 are finally making some effort to promote Lip Service's upcoming second season. No big trailers have surfaced yet but this cast shot with Sam, Sadie, Frankie, Tess, Cat and new girl Lexi is certainly a good way of getting things going.Not to be outdone, the latest issue of Diva Magazine also has some interviews with the...

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Series 7 - How Should Amy/Rory Leave?

And here's some pics of filming in Spain. It looks like Toby Whithouse's episode of Doctor Who for Series 7 has well gotten under way.Over the last few days, we've seen the TARDIS crew out in Madrid filming what has been rumoured to be a Western/Victorian themed episode with a Terminator type of a villain as well for good measure. Meanwhile back in Wales, DWM's Tom Spilsbury has been tweeting about reading the script for the first episode, due to...

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