Frasier season 2 episodes 5 and 6 review | a spark of the old magic, darling
by A J Black | Oct 28, 2024 | Reviews, TV
Season 2 of Frasier's revival gets a lift from the return of Bebe Glazer: here's our reviews of episodes 5 and 6 of the show....
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Film Stories Podcast Network | Terrifier, Joker: Folie a Deux, Splitting Heirs and more
by A J Black | Oct 22, 2024 | News
This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network, our array of film and TV chat covers Terrifier, Joker and more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…...
V/H/S | The best anthology horror stories from each previous film
by A J Black | Oct 15, 2024 | Feature
To mark the arrival of V/H/S/Beyond, we take a look at the anthology series' 12-year history, and pick out the six best V/H/S short stories to date....
Film Stories Podcast Network | On the Buses, V/H/S Beyond, Joker and more
by A J Black | Oct 14, 2024 | News
I hate you, Butler! But you'll almost certainly love the selection of new things to listen to on the Film Stories Podcast Network. Here's a menu:...
Film Stories Podcast Network | The X-Files Season 10, Cabin In The Woods, Play magazine and more
by A J Black | Oct 09, 2024 | News
The Film Stories Podcast Network has hours of new stuff for you to listen to, with subjects ranging from The X-Files to Play magazine. Here's a menu:...
V/H/S/Beyond review | Anthology sequel mixes sci-fi and horror
by A J Black | Oct 07, 2024 | Reviews
A long-running horror anthology series takes a dip into alien visitation, with mixed yet diverting results. Our V/H/S/Beyond review:...
Frasier season 2 episodes 3 and 4 review | old hands and no new tricks
by A J Black | Oct 07, 2024 | Reviews, TV
All About Eve and The Dedication keep the new Frasier's season 2 going, but something's not really clicking here....
Stanley Kubrick | 2001: A Space Odyssey and its original opening sequence
by A J Black | Oct 07, 2024 | Feature
Director Stanley Kubrick originally had a very different opening in mind for 2001: A Space Odyssey. We head back to the early days of his 1968 sci-fi...
Film Stories Podcast Network | introducing Britcom Goes To The Movies
by A J Black | Oct 01, 2024 | News
Britcom Goes To The Movies, all about British sitcom spin-off movies, is the latest addition to the Film Stories Podcast Network. Links and details...
Film Stories Podcast Network | Agatha All Along, The Room, From Dusk Till Dawn 2 and more
by A J Black | Oct 01, 2024 | News
There's a wealth of things to listen to on the Film Stories Podcast Network, from critiques of Agatha All Along to dissections of The X-Files. Here's...
Lost | Coming from Nowhere - exploring the show's original pilot concept
by A J Black | Sep 24, 2024 | Feature, TV
To mark the 20th anniversary of Lost, we look back at screenwriter Jeffrey Lieber's unused pilot script, Nowhere, and how it informed the hit show....
Frasier season 2 episodes 1 and 2 review | hamming it up solidly to start the season
by A J Black | Sep 24, 2024 | Reviews, TV
Frasier returns for season 2 following its revival, and here's our review of the first two episodes, Ham and Cyrano, Cyrano....
Film Stories Podcast Network | The Lost Pilot, The Rings of Power, Speak No Evil and more...
by A J Black | Sep 23, 2024 | News
A new bunch of shows land on the Film Stories Podcast Network - from Lost and vampires, to horror and Red Dwarf. More here....
Speak No Evil | Comparing the original and the remake
by A J Black | Sep 19, 2024 | Feature
With spoilers, we compare Blumhouse's 2024 horror-thriller Speak No Evil to its even darker 2022 original....
Stanley Kubrick | Dr Strangelove and its Cold War rival, Fail-Safe
by A J Black | Sep 16, 2024 | Feature
Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove provided a blackly comic counterpoint to another nuclear war film, Fail-Safe. Time has been kind to both......
Spartacus | Stanley Kubrick and the wrong Mann
by A J Black | Sep 09, 2024 | Feature
In 1960, Stanley Kubrick got his Hollywood break with the period epic, Spartacus. Here's how the painful experience of making it shaped his future...
Stanley Kubrick | Exploring his earlier lesser-known work
by A J Black | Aug 30, 2024 | Feature
Perhaps best known for A Clockwork Orange of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick has some fabulous earlier work to explore. We take a closer look....
Trap | The surprise return of Hayley Mills
by A J Black | Aug 20, 2024 | Feature
M Night Shyamalan gives a key role in his new thriller Trap to the British actor Hayley Mills. We look at the welcome return of an acting legend....
Alien | How it fused New Hollywood and the 1980s blockbuster era
by A J Black | Aug 16, 2024 | Feature
With Alien: Romulus in cinemas, a look at how Ridley Scott's original Alien emerged from the New Hollywood of the 1970s and anticipated the...
M Night Shyamalan | Exploring the filmmaker's early twists and rug-pull endings
by A J Black | Aug 08, 2024 | Feature
From The Sixth Sense onwards, M Night Shyamalan has established himself as the master of the movie twist. We take a look back at some of his earliest...
Ridley Scott revisited: American Gangster | A bold, bravura crime epic
by A J Black | Jul 26, 2024 | Feature
Ridley Scott ventured into Martin Scorsese territory with American Gangster - and it's a shame he's not really tried to do so again....
Podcast | Vampire Videos - Fright Night Part 2 (1988) with Dee Molumby
by A J Black | Jul 12, 2024 | News
Fright Night is the topic in hand, in the latest episode of the Vampire Videos podcast. Listen to it right here......
Podcast | A Dream Given Form - Babylon-5 2x07 'A Race Through Dark Places'
by A J Black | Jul 11, 2024 | News, TV
The A Dream Given Form podcast continues to work through Babylon 5's second season: listen to it right here....
Podcast | The Discourse - Prequels at the Box Office, Unpalatable Punditry & Re-Loaded
by A J Black | Jul 10, 2024 | News
In The Discourse podcast, the conversation turns to Furiosa, tennis, and magazines from the 1990s. Listen in right here......
Podcast | The Magic Box - In Conversation: Revising Lost
by A J Black | Jul 09, 2024 | News, TV
The TV show Lost is under the microscope in The Magic Box podcast, as it arrives on Netflix in the US for the first time....
Podcast | Den of Ten - Top Ten Video Game Levels
by A J Black | Jul 08, 2024 | Gaming, News
The top ten video game levels of all time come under the microscope of the Den Of Ten podcast: listen here....
Podcast | At the Movies in the 90s - Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
by A J Black | Jul 05, 2024 | News
The podcast that explores the cinema of the 1990s arrives at 2001's Mike Bassett: England Manager. Listen to it here....
Podcast | Reel Talk - Inside Out 2
by A J Black | Jul 01, 2024 | News
The Reel Talk podcast is shifting its attention to the hugely successful Inside Out 2: listen in right here....
Podcast | Vampire Videos - I Am Legend with Andrew Gaudion
by A J Black | Jun 26, 2024 | News
The Vampire Videos podcast turns its attention to I Am Legend for its 72nd episode. Listen to it right here.......
Podcast | MovieVersaries - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind @ 20 Years Old
by A J Black | Jun 25, 2024 | News
MovieVersaries is celebrating a 20th birthday, for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. The podcast episode is here....
Podcast | A Dream Given Form - Babylon 5 2x06 'Spider in the Web'
by A J Black | Jun 20, 2024 | News, TV
Babylon 5 podcast A Dream Given Form looks the second two episode of the show, Spider In The Web....
Podcast | 8 Bit Back Issues - Amiga Format (Issue 33)
by A J Black | Jun 19, 2024 | Gaming, News
The 8 Bit Back Issues podcast is digging into a back issue of Amiga Format magazine for its latest episode. More here....
