Friday, December 4th, 2009
“Jingle Bells/Batman smells/Robin laid an egg/the Batmobile/lost a wheel/and The Joker got away” – The Joker’s version of...
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
How do you do a Christmas episode of a television show that’s set in the period B.C.? This was the challenge faced by filmmaker Sam Raimi for...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Let us take this opportunity to praise Seth Green who, when it comes to deadpan comedy, might well be this generation’s answer to Buster Keaton....
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Political correctness is to comedy what Kryptonite is to Superman. Nothing buzzkills a laugh more than someone (usually a white liberal) insisting...
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When Jeremy Brett made his debut as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s immortal detective Sherlock Holmes in Granada Television’s The Adventures of...
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It’s a pity MTV’s computer animated Spider-Man series isn’t better known because, all in all, it was by far the best rendition of...
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Howard Hawks’ classic western Rio Bravo (1959), starring John Wayne and Dean Martin, has been remade many times. Hawks redid it himself seven...
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After serving an apprenticeship with the Coen Brothers as their cinematographer, Barry Sonnenfeld went on to direct some very quirky and off-beat...
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Epitaph One (never broadcast in this country, but aired on June 17, 2009 in Singapore) was officially the thirteenth episode of Joss Whedon’s...
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The television version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer had some great season finales, but the two-parter Graduation Day was memorable for more than one...
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