“Shōgun” is looking to become the next “Game of Thrones” Emmy sensation thanks to its similar awe-inspiring world-building combined with political machinations and stunning performances. The FX series adapts James Clavell‘s 1975 historical novel of the same name. The story follows an English sailor (Cosmo Jarvis) who ends up shipwrecked in Japan while Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) uncovers secrets that could benefit him in the political wars to come as he tries to rule one of the five Regents in Japan.
Husband and wife duo Rachel Kondo and “Top Gun: Maverick” story writer Justin Marks oversee this spectacular mini-series, which is a comprehensive, historical study that transcends world-building to present compelling characters. The expansive cast all deliver career-best work while Kondo and Marks handle each plot thread smartly and expertly.
Here’s just a sampling of the rave reviews.
Kelly Lawler (USA Today) exclaimed: “Beautiful, rich and deeply compelling,...
Husband and wife duo Rachel Kondo and “Top Gun: Maverick” story writer Justin Marks oversee this spectacular mini-series, which is a comprehensive, historical study that transcends world-building to present compelling characters. The expansive cast all deliver career-best work while Kondo and Marks handle each plot thread smartly and expertly.
Here’s just a sampling of the rave reviews.
Kelly Lawler (USA Today) exclaimed: “Beautiful, rich and deeply compelling,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Ever since its premiere on January 26, 2024, fans of Masters of the Air have been fervently following the 100th Bomb Group’s harrowing journey. With production heavyweights like Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman, the nine-episode limited series was probably bound for success from the start.
In the Apple TV+ series, Austin Butler and Callum Turner portray Gale Cleven and John Egan, respectively, as best friends. Engrossing the reader in its gripping tale, The Bloody Hundredth, the 100th Bomb Group’s story illustrates the harsh realities of World War Two.
Steven Spielberg’s Masters of the Air
Arguably, Masters of the Air suggests that Spielberg should reconsider his previous attachment to helming a DC movie. Hold on, earlier attempts… DC flick? Yes, it has been revealed that he had attempted to adapt the DC property Blackhawks (the comics superhero team) several years ago.
SUGGESTEDSteven Spielberg Needed 3 Series Projects to Complete...
In the Apple TV+ series, Austin Butler and Callum Turner portray Gale Cleven and John Egan, respectively, as best friends. Engrossing the reader in its gripping tale, The Bloody Hundredth, the 100th Bomb Group’s story illustrates the harsh realities of World War Two.
Steven Spielberg’s Masters of the Air
Arguably, Masters of the Air suggests that Spielberg should reconsider his previous attachment to helming a DC movie. Hold on, earlier attempts… DC flick? Yes, it has been revealed that he had attempted to adapt the DC property Blackhawks (the comics superhero team) several years ago.
SUGGESTEDSteven Spielberg Needed 3 Series Projects to Complete...
- 3/25/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Jeff Bridges came roaring back to our screens this year with perhaps his finest-ever TV performance in the FX drama “The Old Man.”
The series follows Bridges as retired CIA agent Dan Chase, who is forced to go on the run and into hiding after killing an intruder who broke into his home. He is hunted down by John Lithgow‘s Harold Harper, the FBI’s Assistant Director for Counterintelligence. Bridges and Lithgow, two veterans of both the small and big screens, excel here in performances that prove why they deserve their status as two greats of acting.
It is no surprise that Bridges is commanding in his role as Dan Chase. He’s an actor who always demands your attention on-screen and here is no different, whether muttering gruff dialogue or tussling as an aging man with a younger enemy. Bridges imbues Dan with weight, gravitas, a world-weary intelligence,...
The series follows Bridges as retired CIA agent Dan Chase, who is forced to go on the run and into hiding after killing an intruder who broke into his home. He is hunted down by John Lithgow‘s Harold Harper, the FBI’s Assistant Director for Counterintelligence. Bridges and Lithgow, two veterans of both the small and big screens, excel here in performances that prove why they deserve their status as two greats of acting.
It is no surprise that Bridges is commanding in his role as Dan Chase. He’s an actor who always demands your attention on-screen and here is no different, whether muttering gruff dialogue or tussling as an aging man with a younger enemy. Bridges imbues Dan with weight, gravitas, a world-weary intelligence,...
- 6/18/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
When Alexandra Dean signed on to direct “Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies” for Peacock, she had high hopes that the series would help people understand the Casey Anthony murder case, which Time magazine previously dubbed the social media trial of the century, in a new light.
Anthony, now 36, was found not guilty of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee during a 2011 trial that captivated the country. Anthony was charged with her daughter’s murder in 2008.
“My biggest hope for the series is that it provokes really profound conversations around how people like Casey are portrayed by the media,” Dean told Variety. “I hope it makes people think more critically about where they’re getting their information. If it’s from an outlet that covers a court case from one side and doesn’t want to hear from anyone not on their side, then they don’t have the full story.
Anthony, now 36, was found not guilty of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee during a 2011 trial that captivated the country. Anthony was charged with her daughter’s murder in 2008.
“My biggest hope for the series is that it provokes really profound conversations around how people like Casey are portrayed by the media,” Dean told Variety. “I hope it makes people think more critically about where they’re getting their information. If it’s from an outlet that covers a court case from one side and doesn’t want to hear from anyone not on their side, then they don’t have the full story.
- 12/15/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
David Baddiel brought out an agenda-shifting new documentary called Jews Don’t Count on Monday night (21 November), and it’s kept people talking ever since.
In the show, which aired on Channel 4, the author and comedian argues that antisemitism isn’t considered to be as unacceptable as other forms of discrimination, even among those who are vocal in their support of other minority groups.
Stars including David Schwimmer, Stephen Fry, Sarah Silverman and Miriam Margolyes talk to Baddiel on camera about their experiences of antisemitism in the documentary, which is a follow-up to Baddiel’s 2021 book of the same title.
Many have been praising the programme on Twitter, with actor Eddie Marsan writing: “#jewsdontcount the original book by @Baddiel was absolutely fascinating and the @Channel4 documentary tonight was just as enlightening. Heartbreaking to see my old mate @andynyman sharing the difficulty he’s faced but his last exchange with David was hilarious.
In the show, which aired on Channel 4, the author and comedian argues that antisemitism isn’t considered to be as unacceptable as other forms of discrimination, even among those who are vocal in their support of other minority groups.
Stars including David Schwimmer, Stephen Fry, Sarah Silverman and Miriam Margolyes talk to Baddiel on camera about their experiences of antisemitism in the documentary, which is a follow-up to Baddiel’s 2021 book of the same title.
Many have been praising the programme on Twitter, with actor Eddie Marsan writing: “#jewsdontcount the original book by @Baddiel was absolutely fascinating and the @Channel4 documentary tonight was just as enlightening. Heartbreaking to see my old mate @andynyman sharing the difficulty he’s faced but his last exchange with David was hilarious.
- 11/24/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
We are just days away from the release of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which officially launches on Friday 2 September.
It’s been a long wait since Jeff Bezos’s omnipotent Amazon empire in 2017 paid Jrr Tolkien’s estate 250m (£211m) for the rights to set a fantasy series in the world of Middle-earth.
The forthcoming drama is set thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. According to the show’s official logline, it promises to “take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness”.
A reported 462m (£398m) has been spent on the first season,...
It’s been a long wait since Jeff Bezos’s omnipotent Amazon empire in 2017 paid Jrr Tolkien’s estate 250m (£211m) for the rights to set a fantasy series in the world of Middle-earth.
The forthcoming drama is set thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. According to the show’s official logline, it promises to “take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness”.
A reported 462m (£398m) has been spent on the first season,...
- 8/31/2022
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - TV
The buzz for the Starz limited series “Gaslit” began in early 2020, when it was announced that the first season of Slate’s “Slow Burn” podcast was being adapted into a limited series. Since its final episode, which aired on June 12, many of Gold Derby’s Emmy Experts are speculating that the thrilling historical drama has the potential to earn multiple nominations in several above and below the line categories.
One of the most compelling narratives on the path to Emmy success is that the “Gaslit” cast is composed of A-list, award winning actors, as well as television and film standouts. The casting is so incredible that Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times television critic, markedly stated, ”Indeed, the series can be watched as dance, a pair of alternating actorly pas de deux, set off by ensemble pieces, and is completely enjoyable as such.”
SEEMaking of ‘Gaslit’: Lively roundtable with creator Robbie Pickering,...
One of the most compelling narratives on the path to Emmy success is that the “Gaslit” cast is composed of A-list, award winning actors, as well as television and film standouts. The casting is so incredible that Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times television critic, markedly stated, ”Indeed, the series can be watched as dance, a pair of alternating actorly pas de deux, set off by ensemble pieces, and is completely enjoyable as such.”
SEEMaking of ‘Gaslit’: Lively roundtable with creator Robbie Pickering,...
- 7/11/2022
- by Hunter K. Taylor
- Gold Derby
“Only Murders in the Building” was a sleeper hit for Hulu in season one and an awards hit as well, earning three SAG Award nominations, four Critics Choice nominations, three Writers Guild nominations, and three Television Critics Association nominations. So season two had a lot to live up to when it premiered on June 28. Do critics think this spoof of true-crime fanatics is just as worth watching?
As of this writing the “Only Murders in the Building” season 2 reviews average out to a 79 score on MetaCritic based on 20 reviews counted thus far. That includes 19 positive reviews, one review classified as mixed, and none that are outright negative. On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season rates a perfect 100 fresh based on 37 reviews. The Rt critics’ consensus says the show “gets a new lease on life with a knottier sophomore outing that retains the series’ core charm and wit.” Compare that to season one,...
As of this writing the “Only Murders in the Building” season 2 reviews average out to a 79 score on MetaCritic based on 20 reviews counted thus far. That includes 19 positive reviews, one review classified as mixed, and none that are outright negative. On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season rates a perfect 100 fresh based on 37 reviews. The Rt critics’ consensus says the show “gets a new lease on life with a knottier sophomore outing that retains the series’ core charm and wit.” Compare that to season one,...
- 6/28/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Veteran actress Kelly Bishop is more than deserving of her first Emmy nomination for her memorable portrayal in “Halston” of Eleanor Lambert, the innovative fashion publicist who founded the Met Gala and New York Fashion Week. TV academy members checking out Ewan McGregor‘s powerful performance in the title role have an extra treat in store with this sly turn by an actress clearly at the top of her game.
Lambert was a huge admirer of Halston. In the second episode of the Netflix limited series, she coerces the reluctant designer to represent the United States in the “Battle of Versailles” in which top American designers vied for international bragging rights with the top names from Europe. Having seen Halston browbeat his underlings mercilessly, it’s fun watching him getting a taste of his own medicine from the elegantly catty Eleanor.
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Lambert was a huge admirer of Halston. In the second episode of the Netflix limited series, she coerces the reluctant designer to represent the United States in the “Battle of Versailles” in which top American designers vied for international bragging rights with the top names from Europe. Having seen Halston browbeat his underlings mercilessly, it’s fun watching him getting a taste of his own medicine from the elegantly catty Eleanor.
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- 6/23/2021
- by Tom O'Brien
- Gold Derby
Stars launch legal action against websites that feature fabricated commentary from pair used to sell various health products
Sandra Bullock and Ellen DeGeneres have teamed up to file a lawsuit against fake sites using the pair’s star power to sell health products without permission.
Related: Ellen DeGeneres: should we judge her by the company she keeps? | Rebecca Nicholson...
Sandra Bullock and Ellen DeGeneres have teamed up to file a lawsuit against fake sites using the pair’s star power to sell health products without permission.
Related: Ellen DeGeneres: should we judge her by the company she keeps? | Rebecca Nicholson...
- 11/6/2019
- by Guardian staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Keeley Hawes has cornered the market in playing complex characters, but off-screen is there a role for life’s simpler pleasures? She talks to Rebecca Nicholson about the joys of TV, meeting her husband on set – and caravanning with Emma Bunton
A couple of months ago, Keeley Hawes was in the Wolseley on London’s Piccadilly, about to have lunch, when she saw a familiar face across the room. She was meeting her husband, the actor Matthew Macfadyen. “I went, ‘My God, it’s Amber Rudd,’” she whispers. In the television juggernaut that was BBC One’s Bodyguard, Hawes was Julia Montague, the ill-fated home secretary who took no nonsense, though she took a shine to her security detail, played by Richard Madden. She had researched Rudd for the role, and the similarities did not go unnoticed. But the pair were yet to meet.
Rudd had been complimentary about Hawes...
A couple of months ago, Keeley Hawes was in the Wolseley on London’s Piccadilly, about to have lunch, when she saw a familiar face across the room. She was meeting her husband, the actor Matthew Macfadyen. “I went, ‘My God, it’s Amber Rudd,’” she whispers. In the television juggernaut that was BBC One’s Bodyguard, Hawes was Julia Montague, the ill-fated home secretary who took no nonsense, though she took a shine to her security detail, played by Richard Madden. She had researched Rudd for the role, and the similarities did not go unnoticed. But the pair were yet to meet.
Rudd had been complimentary about Hawes...
- 2/17/2019
- by Rebecca Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
She’s played Valerie Tatlock in Coronation Street and Daniel Craig’s lover in The Mother, and now stars in the thriller Kaleidoscope. Anne Reid talks to Rebecca Nicholson about awards, Victoria Wood and why it’s good to show older people falling in love on screen
‘What can I tell you without giving the whole plot away? That’s the problem,” smiles Anne Reid. We’re meeting to talk about Kaleidoscope, a knotty, taut and claustrophobic thriller starring Reid and Toby Jones, directed by his brother, Rupert Jones. It’s the kind of brilliantly insidious film that reveals its secrets slowly and cleverly. It’s far better to see it knowing absolutely nothing at all about it. Which, of course, makes it very difficult to talk about. “Well, let’s not tell people then,” Reid decides, firmly. “I play the mother of Toby Jones. It was a great part.
‘What can I tell you without giving the whole plot away? That’s the problem,” smiles Anne Reid. We’re meeting to talk about Kaleidoscope, a knotty, taut and claustrophobic thriller starring Reid and Toby Jones, directed by his brother, Rupert Jones. It’s the kind of brilliantly insidious film that reveals its secrets slowly and cleverly. It’s far better to see it knowing absolutely nothing at all about it. Which, of course, makes it very difficult to talk about. “Well, let’s not tell people then,” Reid decides, firmly. “I play the mother of Toby Jones. It was a great part.
- 11/9/2017
- by Rebecca Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
She’s gone from teenage tearaway in TV’s Skins to working with Johnny Depp in the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film – but, she says, filming wasn’t all swashbuckling fun and games
• Plus: Rebecca Nicholson looks at what other Skins alumni have gone on to do
Kaya Scodelario makes a lot of sense as the newest Disney princess. She has the big blue eyes beloved of animators and displays a spunky attitude on screen that inspires hero worship in seven-year-old fledgling feminists. Most importantly, like her Pirates of the Caribbean predecessor, Keira Knightley, Scodelario combines a delicate, aristocratic beauty that gets her cast as 18th-century damsels with the sort of wry humour that delights in subverting such outmoded movie nonsense. Carina Smyth, the orphan and “woman of science” she plays in the new Pirates movie is, Scodelario says: “completely from the other side of the tracks. She’s a survivor,...
• Plus: Rebecca Nicholson looks at what other Skins alumni have gone on to do
Kaya Scodelario makes a lot of sense as the newest Disney princess. She has the big blue eyes beloved of animators and displays a spunky attitude on screen that inspires hero worship in seven-year-old fledgling feminists. Most importantly, like her Pirates of the Caribbean predecessor, Keira Knightley, Scodelario combines a delicate, aristocratic beauty that gets her cast as 18th-century damsels with the sort of wry humour that delights in subverting such outmoded movie nonsense. Carina Smyth, the orphan and “woman of science” she plays in the new Pirates movie is, Scodelario says: “completely from the other side of the tracks. She’s a survivor,...
- 5/19/2017
- by Ellen E Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
Helmed this week by Rebecca Nicholson, the Guardian Film Show looks at the week's big releases and hears cheers or boos from critics Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard. They assess Colin Firth spy caper Kingsman: The Secret Service, Paul Thomas Anderson's Pynchon adaptation Inherent Vice, Stephen Daldry's Brazilian adventure Trash, and a superpowered Disney animation in Big Hero 6. Plus there are interviews with Joaquin Phoenix and Katherine Waterston Continue reading...
- 1/30/2015
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Helmed this week by Rebecca Nicholson, the Guardian Film Show looks at the week's big releases and hears cheers or boos from critics Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard. They assess Colin Firth spy caper Kingsman: The Secret Service, Paul Thomas Anderson's Pynchon adaptation Inherent Vice, Stephen Daldry's Brazilian adventure Trash, and a superpowered Disney animation in Big Hero 6. Plus there are interviews with Joaquin Phoenix and Katherine Waterston
If you'd rather watch each review individually, you can – here are Kingsman: The Secret Service, Inherent Vice, Trash, and Big Hero 6 Continue reading...
If you'd rather watch each review individually, you can – here are Kingsman: The Secret Service, Inherent Vice, Trash, and Big Hero 6 Continue reading...
- 1/30/2015
- by Peter Bradshaw, Catherine Shoard, Rebecca Nicholson, Paul Frankl, Richard Sprenger, Noah Payne-Frank and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
John Plunkett is joined by MediaGuardian reporter Maggie Brown and Shortlist Media chief executive Mike Soutar to discuss the week's media news.
Radio 1 has announced another shakeup to the way the Top 40 singles will be counted, as streaming services such as Spotify are taken into account. But what will be the weighting compared to downloads and physical sales?
And the latest ABCs for the magazine industry are out – and it's good news for Good Housekeeping, but not so good for the NME. Mike Soutar explains why.
Maggie Brown has been hearing Ofcom's departing chair, Dame Colette Bowe, explain how she thinks the BBC should share its licence fee, in an extension of contestable funding. What will it mean for the other public service broadcasters – and can any top-slicing avoid government bureaucracy?
Plus, in Rebecca Nicholson's TV Lair, the reviewer discusses the second series of House of Cards, Sky1's...
Radio 1 has announced another shakeup to the way the Top 40 singles will be counted, as streaming services such as Spotify are taken into account. But what will be the weighting compared to downloads and physical sales?
And the latest ABCs for the magazine industry are out – and it's good news for Good Housekeeping, but not so good for the NME. Mike Soutar explains why.
Maggie Brown has been hearing Ofcom's departing chair, Dame Colette Bowe, explain how she thinks the BBC should share its licence fee, in an extension of contestable funding. What will it mean for the other public service broadcasters – and can any top-slicing avoid government bureaucracy?
Plus, in Rebecca Nicholson's TV Lair, the reviewer discusses the second series of House of Cards, Sky1's...
- 2/21/2014
- by John Plunkett, Matt Hill, Maggie Brown, Rebecca Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
On this week's programme, John Plunkett throws the usual format out of the window and spends the week in Rebecca Nicholson's TV lair.
Together they review some of the biggest programmes of the week, including Salamander on BBC4 and the return of BBC2's Line of Duty with Keeley Hawes.
We hear from Babylon producer Robert Jones on the making of Danny Boyle's comedy drama pilot Babylon and actor Emily Mortimer (star of the Newsroom) discusses her new self-penned sitcom, Doll and Em.
Plus, there's a first-look at Sky Atlantic's True Detectives with Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, and series two of My Mad Fat Diary on E4.
John PlunkettMatt HillRebecca NicholsonSam Bain...
Together they review some of the biggest programmes of the week, including Salamander on BBC4 and the return of BBC2's Line of Duty with Keeley Hawes.
We hear from Babylon producer Robert Jones on the making of Danny Boyle's comedy drama pilot Babylon and actor Emily Mortimer (star of the Newsroom) discusses her new self-penned sitcom, Doll and Em.
Plus, there's a first-look at Sky Atlantic's True Detectives with Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, and series two of My Mad Fat Diary on E4.
John PlunkettMatt HillRebecca NicholsonSam Bain...
- 2/14/2014
- by John Plunkett, Matt Hill, Rebecca Nicholson, Sam Bain
- The Guardian - Film News
"He's woven the future from the cloth of the past. Simple, stark, and back to basics. No frills, no scarf, no messing, just 100 per cent Rebel Time Lord."
That was how Peter Capaldi described the new look for his Doctor. It's out with the bow tie and fez and in with some shiny Doc Martens. But what have the show's biggest fans made of the changes?
Peter Capaldi's Doctor Who outfit: What does the fashion world think?
On Twitter:
Well, that's that. I won't be able to follow Doctor Who plots any more because I'll be too busy marvelling at Capaldi's brilliant lining.
— Stuart Heritage (@stuheritage) January 27, 2014
Peter Capaldi needs to attach some bottle tops to the laces of his Dr Martens and become the first 'Brosette' Time Lord. #doctorwho
— Ben Rawson-Jones (@rawsonjones) January 27, 2014
so is there a twitter account for Peter Capaldi's red suit lining yet? #DoctorWho...
That was how Peter Capaldi described the new look for his Doctor. It's out with the bow tie and fez and in with some shiny Doc Martens. But what have the show's biggest fans made of the changes?
Peter Capaldi's Doctor Who outfit: What does the fashion world think?
On Twitter:
Well, that's that. I won't be able to follow Doctor Who plots any more because I'll be too busy marvelling at Capaldi's brilliant lining.
— Stuart Heritage (@stuheritage) January 27, 2014
Peter Capaldi needs to attach some bottle tops to the laces of his Dr Martens and become the first 'Brosette' Time Lord. #doctorwho
— Ben Rawson-Jones (@rawsonjones) January 27, 2014
so is there a twitter account for Peter Capaldi's red suit lining yet? #DoctorWho...
- 1/28/2014
- Digital Spy
How did we come up with our chart? By tallying the votes of our pop writers – and here's what they plumped for
Tim Jonze
Albums
John Wizards – John Wizards
Disclosure – Settle
Paramore – Paramore
Hebronix – Unreal
Kanye West – Yeezus
Christopher Owens – Lysandre
Julia Holter – Loud City Song
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
British Sea Power – From The Sea To The Land Beyond
Tracks
Julia Holter – Hello Stranger
Miguel and Mariah Carey – #Beautiful
Drake – Hold On, We're Going Home
Sky Ferreira – You're Not the One
Justin Timberlake – Suit and Tie
Jeffrey Lewis – Wwprd
Paramore – Still Into You
Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge – White Noise
The 1975 – Chocolate
Stylo G – Soundbwoy
Tom Hughes
Albums
15-60-75 The Numbers Band – Jimmy Bell's Still in Town
Meat Wave – Meat Wave
The Drones – I See Seaweed 4
White Fence – Live in San Francisco
Ooga Boogas – Ooga Boogas
Superchunk – I Hate Music
Bits of...
Tim Jonze
Albums
John Wizards – John Wizards
Disclosure – Settle
Paramore – Paramore
Hebronix – Unreal
Kanye West – Yeezus
Christopher Owens – Lysandre
Julia Holter – Loud City Song
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
British Sea Power – From The Sea To The Land Beyond
Tracks
Julia Holter – Hello Stranger
Miguel and Mariah Carey – #Beautiful
Drake – Hold On, We're Going Home
Sky Ferreira – You're Not the One
Justin Timberlake – Suit and Tie
Jeffrey Lewis – Wwprd
Paramore – Still Into You
Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge – White Noise
The 1975 – Chocolate
Stylo G – Soundbwoy
Tom Hughes
Albums
15-60-75 The Numbers Band – Jimmy Bell's Still in Town
Meat Wave – Meat Wave
The Drones – I See Seaweed 4
White Fence – Live in San Francisco
Ooga Boogas – Ooga Boogas
Superchunk – I Hate Music
Bits of...
- 12/23/2013
- by Tom Hughes, Maddy Costa, Tim Jonze, Michael Hann, Malik Meer, Rebecca Nicholson, Nosheen Iqbal, Alexis Petridis, Dom Lawson, Paul Lester, Louis Pattison, Kitty Empire, Kate Hutchinson, Betty Clarke, Paul MacInnes, Kieran Yates, Ian Gittins, Jude Rogers, Dave Simpson, Alex Needham, Dan Hancox, Daniel Martin, Sam Wolfson, Ally Carnwath, Stevie Chick, Dorian Lynskey, Sam Richards, Caroline Sullivan, Chris Salmon, Michael Cragg, Alex Macpherson, Sean Michaels, Tom Lamont, Killian Fox, Adam Boult, Harriet Gibsone
- The Guardian - Film News
This week John Plunkett reports from the Voice of the Listener and Viewer (Vlv) conference in London, where the campaign group celebrates its 30th year.
We hear from Steven Barnett, professor of communications at the University of Westminster on the challenges facing Vlv as the digital revolution takes hold in broadcasting.
BBC director general Tony Hall faces questions from the floor and rallies the troops to defend the public service broadcaster in the runup to charter renewal – but could he and his team be doing more? Former BBC media correspondent Torin Douglas and journalist Raymond Snoddy provide their analysis.
Away from the conference Edgar Wright – director of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End – announces plans to return to television for the first time since Spaced.
Plus Rebecca Nicholson escapes her TV lair and reviews the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who, Masterchef: the Professionals and previews...
We hear from Steven Barnett, professor of communications at the University of Westminster on the challenges facing Vlv as the digital revolution takes hold in broadcasting.
BBC director general Tony Hall faces questions from the floor and rallies the troops to defend the public service broadcaster in the runup to charter renewal – but could he and his team be doing more? Former BBC media correspondent Torin Douglas and journalist Raymond Snoddy provide their analysis.
Away from the conference Edgar Wright – director of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End – announces plans to return to television for the first time since Spaced.
Plus Rebecca Nicholson escapes her TV lair and reviews the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who, Masterchef: the Professionals and previews...
- 11/28/2013
- by John Plunkett, Matt Hill, Rebecca Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
The music we grow up with shapes our tastes in later life, according to a study by Cornell University. We asked Guardian writers to tell us about the songs that take them back to their childhood homes
'My mother would listen to the Carpenters while ironing'
Of the handful of albums my parents owned, it was The Carpenters' Singles 1969-1973 that struck me the most. I remember being particularly fascinated by Rainy Days and Mondays. With the benefit of hindsight, I suspect it was because it was the first piece of music I had ever heard that appeared to perfectly suit the circumstances in which I heard it. My mother would listen to the Carpenters in the afternoon, while doing the ironing in the front room, and I remember thinking that was what the woman in the song was probably doing too. In my head she was singing it...
'My mother would listen to the Carpenters while ironing'
Of the handful of albums my parents owned, it was The Carpenters' Singles 1969-1973 that struck me the most. I remember being particularly fascinated by Rainy Days and Mondays. With the benefit of hindsight, I suspect it was because it was the first piece of music I had ever heard that appeared to perfectly suit the circumstances in which I heard it. My mother would listen to the Carpenters in the afternoon, while doing the ironing in the front room, and I remember thinking that was what the woman in the song was probably doing too. In my head she was singing it...
- 9/10/2013
- by Dorian Lynskey, Tim Jonze, Bim Adewunmi, Rebecca Nicholson, Alexis Petridis, Michael Hann, Paula Cocozza, John Crace, Lucy Mangan, Tim Dowling, Nosheen Iqbal
- The Guardian - Film News
It's being called the British Boardwalk Empire, meaning expectations are high for the new BBC period drama. Meanwhile Joss Whedon brings the Marvel superhero world to the small screen
Peaky Blinders
Its producers will be wary of any "British Boardwalk Empire" comparisons, since calling The Hour the "British Mad Men" weighted expectations unflatteringly. But there are similarities that make it inevitable, particularly its luscious period sets and plot driven by the criminal underworld. Peaky Blinders takes place in Birmingham, 1919, and Cillian Murphy stars as Tommy Shelby, leader of the eponymous gang, so-called because they carry blades in their caps. Over six episodes, they cross paths with the police, the government, communists and the Ira, so it's certainly ambitious – and it looks gorgeous, too. Helen McCrory and Sam Neill add to a heavyweight cast. 12 September, 9pm, BBC2.
The Blacklist
Homeland season three is due on UK screens soon, but for those tired of its preposterousness,...
Peaky Blinders
Its producers will be wary of any "British Boardwalk Empire" comparisons, since calling The Hour the "British Mad Men" weighted expectations unflatteringly. But there are similarities that make it inevitable, particularly its luscious period sets and plot driven by the criminal underworld. Peaky Blinders takes place in Birmingham, 1919, and Cillian Murphy stars as Tommy Shelby, leader of the eponymous gang, so-called because they carry blades in their caps. Over six episodes, they cross paths with the police, the government, communists and the Ira, so it's certainly ambitious – and it looks gorgeous, too. Helen McCrory and Sam Neill add to a heavyweight cast. 12 September, 9pm, BBC2.
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Homeland season three is due on UK screens soon, but for those tired of its preposterousness,...
- 9/1/2013
- by Rebecca Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
Kevin Spacey has delivered an upbeat message to TV creatives asking them to wrestle their productions from the hands of execs – but are they really to blame? Is this an international problem, or a Us one?
John Plunkett discusses the issues with Heat Magazine's TV editor Boyd Hilton, Broadcast magazine editor Lisa Campbell and Media Talk regular Maggie Brown.
Plus, Vince Gilligan, creator and exec of Breaking Bad, explains how he cut his teeth writing on The X Files and Charlie Brooker talks about his future with the Guardian.
Rebecca Nicholson finds the time between drinks receptions to see a few TV previews, including Channel 4's new sitcom Man Down by Greg Davies.
Warning: as is the way with TV executives, there's strong language throughout the podcast.
John PlunkettRebecca NicholsonBoyd HiltonMaggie BrownMatt Hill...
John Plunkett discusses the issues with Heat Magazine's TV editor Boyd Hilton, Broadcast magazine editor Lisa Campbell and Media Talk regular Maggie Brown.
Plus, Vince Gilligan, creator and exec of Breaking Bad, explains how he cut his teeth writing on The X Files and Charlie Brooker talks about his future with the Guardian.
Rebecca Nicholson finds the time between drinks receptions to see a few TV previews, including Channel 4's new sitcom Man Down by Greg Davies.
Warning: as is the way with TV executives, there's strong language throughout the podcast.
John PlunkettRebecca NicholsonBoyd HiltonMaggie BrownMatt Hill...
- 8/23/2013
- by John Plunkett, Rebecca Nicholson, Boyd Hilton, Maggie Brown, Matt Hill
- The Guardian - Film News
John Plunkett is joined this week by Media Guardian acting editor Jason Deans and Broadcast editor Lisa Campbell. Together they dissect the week's media stories, checking their privileges as they go.
Single documentaries strand Modern Times is coming back, thanks to BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow – but will the budgets and quality match up to the original?
In other news. Channel 4 releases a new second-screen app, there's more fallout at the BBC from the Digital Media Initiative fiasco and Jemima Kiss has a reality check for culture secretary Maria Miller, over plans to curb the sharing of illicit content on the web.
Plus Rebecca Nicholson recovers from this week's Games of Thrones to review ITV1's Love and Marriage and new import The Americans.
John PlunkettMatt HillJason DeansJemima KissRebecca Nicholson...
Single documentaries strand Modern Times is coming back, thanks to BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow – but will the budgets and quality match up to the original?
In other news. Channel 4 releases a new second-screen app, there's more fallout at the BBC from the Digital Media Initiative fiasco and Jemima Kiss has a reality check for culture secretary Maria Miller, over plans to curb the sharing of illicit content on the web.
Plus Rebecca Nicholson recovers from this week's Games of Thrones to review ITV1's Love and Marriage and new import The Americans.
John PlunkettMatt HillJason DeansJemima KissRebecca Nicholson...
- 6/7/2013
- by John Plunkett, Matt Hill, Jason Deans, Jemima Kiss, Rebecca Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
John Plunkett is joined by Folder Media's Matt Deegan and Broadcast magazine's Lisa Campbell to sift through Channel 4's annual report: we all knew they'd be out of pocket, but has the investment paid off in the medium- to long term?
Mike Smith – yes the Mike Smith – joins us to unpick this year's Sony awards, there's more good and bad news at Newsnight and John finds out why John Humphrys paid tribute to George Entwistle.
As if that wasn't enough, Emily Bell joins us from New York to give us the latest on the White House's snooping agenda and we talk Eurovision with TV's Rebecca Nicholson.
John PlunkettMatt HillEmily BellRebecca Nicholson...
Mike Smith – yes the Mike Smith – joins us to unpick this year's Sony awards, there's more good and bad news at Newsnight and John finds out why John Humphrys paid tribute to George Entwistle.
As if that wasn't enough, Emily Bell joins us from New York to give us the latest on the White House's snooping agenda and we talk Eurovision with TV's Rebecca Nicholson.
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- 5/17/2013
- by John Plunkett, Matt Hill, Emily Bell, Rebecca Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
Joining presenter John Plunkett to discuss the week's media news are John Myers, former chief executive of Gmg Radio and now of Team Rock, plus Media Guardian reporter Josh Halliday.
Aside from Team Rock's launch, there's talk of BBC director general Tony Hall's performance on the Today programme and the news that online music licensing revenues have trumped radio for the first time. Is this the beginning of the end for radio's influence over music companies?
Jemima Kiss drops by to share some more titbits from the online media landscape and Rebecca Nicholson reviews the new episode of Game of Thrones, now officially the most illegally downloaded programme of all time.
What did you think of the Game of Thrones series opener? Can Team Rock succeed where other digital stations have failed? Please join the discussion below …
John PlunkettMatt HillJemima KissJosh HallidayRebecca Nicholson...
Aside from Team Rock's launch, there's talk of BBC director general Tony Hall's performance on the Today programme and the news that online music licensing revenues have trumped radio for the first time. Is this the beginning of the end for radio's influence over music companies?
Jemima Kiss drops by to share some more titbits from the online media landscape and Rebecca Nicholson reviews the new episode of Game of Thrones, now officially the most illegally downloaded programme of all time.
What did you think of the Game of Thrones series opener? Can Team Rock succeed where other digital stations have failed? Please join the discussion below …
John PlunkettMatt HillJemima KissJosh HallidayRebecca Nicholson...
- 4/5/2013
- by John Plunkett, Matt Hill, Jemima Kiss, Josh Halliday, Rebecca Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
Following our roundup of the top 10 gay movie cliches earlier this week, Rebecca Nicholson reveals the top lesbian tropes – including high-concept deaths, sudden-onset homosexuality and spontaneous skinny-dipping
• Sad eyes and erotic socks: the top 10 gay-movie cliches
A big talk about complicated feelings in a coffee shop
Pass the double espresso with a frappuccino chaser: in lesbian films, as in lesbian life, there are a lot of feelings to be discussed. (This is what distinguishes an actual lesbian-themed film from one of those other lesbian-themed films.) These conversations can take place in any location, at any time, for any length of time – but the preferred locale is a coffee shop. It isn't as loud as a bar, and all that relationship-processing is so exhausting it makes sense to be able to call on the rallying power of an artificial stimulant.
The pensive walk in a dark forest
The 2001 doomed-teen flick Lost and Delirious...
• Sad eyes and erotic socks: the top 10 gay-movie cliches
A big talk about complicated feelings in a coffee shop
Pass the double espresso with a frappuccino chaser: in lesbian films, as in lesbian life, there are a lot of feelings to be discussed. (This is what distinguishes an actual lesbian-themed film from one of those other lesbian-themed films.) These conversations can take place in any location, at any time, for any length of time – but the preferred locale is a coffee shop. It isn't as loud as a bar, and all that relationship-processing is so exhausting it makes sense to be able to call on the rallying power of an artificial stimulant.
The pensive walk in a dark forest
The 2001 doomed-teen flick Lost and Delirious...
- 3/28/2013
- by Rebecca Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
On this week's Media Talk, we hear from BBC4 boss Richard Klein about the Review Show's move from BBC2; and ask if there's finally light at the end of the tunnel for the music industry after a surprise upturn in global sales.
Plus, we look at the latest music piracy crackdown, the row over online photos of James Bulger's killer, and Seth McFarlane's controversial Oscar performance.
We also review the first episode of ITV crime drama Broadchurch, Us country music drama Nashville, and new Channel 4 sketch show Anna and Katy.
Joining John Plunkett are former Radio 1 and Channel 4 radio exec Sam Steele, and the Guardian's Lisa O'Carroll, Josh Halliday and Rebecca Nicholson.
John PlunkettRebecca NicholsonJosh HallidayLisa O'Carroll...
Plus, we look at the latest music piracy crackdown, the row over online photos of James Bulger's killer, and Seth McFarlane's controversial Oscar performance.
We also review the first episode of ITV crime drama Broadchurch, Us country music drama Nashville, and new Channel 4 sketch show Anna and Katy.
Joining John Plunkett are former Radio 1 and Channel 4 radio exec Sam Steele, and the Guardian's Lisa O'Carroll, Josh Halliday and Rebecca Nicholson.
John PlunkettRebecca NicholsonJosh HallidayLisa O'Carroll...
- 3/1/2013
- by John Plunkett, Rebecca Nicholson, Josh Halliday, Lisa O'Carroll
- The Guardian - Film News
By Zachary Swickey
Listen, everyone makes mistakes, but it’s a whole other ball of wax when one of music's biggest publications can't tell two of the most well-known and influential female rockers in the world apart in its review of one of their albums – in this case, the artist's first in 7 years!
Alongside NME's review of Fiona Apple’s fourth studio album – The Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords will Serve You more than Ropes will ever do – appears a picture of Jagged Little Pill crooner Alanis Morissette rather than the very recognizable Miss Apple.
Yikes!
Rebecca Nicholson, Twitter
The review is notably a positive one, writing, “The lyrics may emerge from a bottomless pit of despair, but they float bewitchingly on some sublime music,” but it can’t help but lose some credibility considering the mix-up.
>> Fiona Apple's The Idler...
Listen, everyone makes mistakes, but it’s a whole other ball of wax when one of music's biggest publications can't tell two of the most well-known and influential female rockers in the world apart in its review of one of their albums – in this case, the artist's first in 7 years!
Alongside NME's review of Fiona Apple’s fourth studio album – The Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords will Serve You more than Ropes will ever do – appears a picture of Jagged Little Pill crooner Alanis Morissette rather than the very recognizable Miss Apple.
Yikes!
Rebecca Nicholson, Twitter
The review is notably a positive one, writing, “The lyrics may emerge from a bottomless pit of despair, but they float bewitchingly on some sublime music,” but it can’t help but lose some credibility considering the mix-up.
>> Fiona Apple's The Idler...
- 6/13/2012
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Webdultery
Directed by Charles Wahl
Written by Charles Wahl
The paradox of social media is that, the more they proliferate, the less social we tend to become. As we are increasingly alienated from friends and family, the present day alternative is to turn to the dark refuse of the Internet to find meaning in our unhappy lives. Therefore, it’s no surprise that when Toronto couple Fred and Deb are experiencing marital problems, they turn to the web for their e-solutions.
Fred and Deb are the principal characters of Charles Wahl’s Webdultery, a fresh, candid look into the details of a marriage on the rocks. When they find that their marriage isn’t as fulfilling as it once was, they both clandestinely turn to adulterous websites, anonymous strangers, and spurious confidentials to find their new Mr. and Mrs. Right (if you think you know how this is going to end,...
Directed by Charles Wahl
Written by Charles Wahl
The paradox of social media is that, the more they proliferate, the less social we tend to become. As we are increasingly alienated from friends and family, the present day alternative is to turn to the dark refuse of the Internet to find meaning in our unhappy lives. Therefore, it’s no surprise that when Toronto couple Fred and Deb are experiencing marital problems, they turn to the web for their e-solutions.
Fred and Deb are the principal characters of Charles Wahl’s Webdultery, a fresh, candid look into the details of a marriage on the rocks. When they find that their marriage isn’t as fulfilling as it once was, they both clandestinely turn to adulterous websites, anonymous strangers, and spurious confidentials to find their new Mr. and Mrs. Right (if you think you know how this is going to end,...
- 4/2/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas | This Is England '88 | True Stories: Transgenders – Pakistan's Open Secret | Enlightened | Him & Her | Imagine: Books – The Last Chapter?
My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas
9pm, Channel 4
A festive special of the documentary series about members of the Irish travelling community and their enormous dresses. We meet some new characters as they prepare for Christmas. Obviously, producers have chucked in a couple of weddings, so the audience's lust for orange women in giant doilies can be sated. And Celebrity Big Brother winner Paddy Doherty invites us into his home to see how he and his family celebrate. But it's no easy task hiding presents from the kids when you live in a caravan. Or cramming everyone around the table for turkey and pudding. Julia Raeside
This Is England '88
10pm, Channel 4
From the scene-setting clips of Thatcher to Lol watching the EastEnders Christmas special...
My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas
9pm, Channel 4
A festive special of the documentary series about members of the Irish travelling community and their enormous dresses. We meet some new characters as they prepare for Christmas. Obviously, producers have chucked in a couple of weddings, so the audience's lust for orange women in giant doilies can be sated. And Celebrity Big Brother winner Paddy Doherty invites us into his home to see how he and his family celebrate. But it's no easy task hiding presents from the kids when you live in a caravan. Or cramming everyone around the table for turkey and pudding. Julia Raeside
This Is England '88
10pm, Channel 4
From the scene-setting clips of Thatcher to Lol watching the EastEnders Christmas special...
- 12/13/2011
- by Julia Raeside, Ali Catterall, Rebecca Nicholson, Richard Vine, David Stubbs, Ben Arnold
- The Guardian - Film News
Love Your Garden | Channel 4's Comedy Gala | The Santana Story | Paul Merton's Birth Of Hollywood | Isle Of Wight Festival 2011 | In Treatment
Love Your Garden
8pm, ITV1
It's easy to forget that before Ilkley's favourite son was a daytime chatshow colossus and racy novelist, Alan Titchmarsh was a humble, green-fingered horticulturist. In Love Your Garden, he's going back to his roots (ahem), going up against Monty Don on BBC2's Gardener's World, the show Titchmarsh himself used to front. There could yet be blood on the potting shed floor. This series is aiming itself not at coverage of the unobtainable country estate gardens, but something a little more achievable, celebrating the classic suburban garden. Ben Arnold
Channel 4's Comedy Gala
9pm, Channel 4
The return of the standup show in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital, something you may need to bear in mind as you resentfully endure the comedy stylings of Chris Moyles.
Love Your Garden
8pm, ITV1
It's easy to forget that before Ilkley's favourite son was a daytime chatshow colossus and racy novelist, Alan Titchmarsh was a humble, green-fingered horticulturist. In Love Your Garden, he's going back to his roots (ahem), going up against Monty Don on BBC2's Gardener's World, the show Titchmarsh himself used to front. There could yet be blood on the potting shed floor. This series is aiming itself not at coverage of the unobtainable country estate gardens, but something a little more achievable, celebrating the classic suburban garden. Ben Arnold
Channel 4's Comedy Gala
9pm, Channel 4
The return of the standup show in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital, something you may need to bear in mind as you resentfully endure the comedy stylings of Chris Moyles.
- 6/9/2011
- by David Stubbs, Rebecca Nicholson, Jonathan Wright, Richard Vine
- The Guardian - Film News
Bible's Buried Secrets | Carole Quentin: A Passage Through India | Lily Allen: From Riches To Rags | Agony & Ecstasy: A Year With English National Ballet | True Stories: Marilyn, The Last Sessions | $#*! My Dad Says
Bible's Buried Secrets
9pm, BBC2
The story of the empire of King David is fundamental to the validity of the state of modern Israel. It was David who was supposed to have united Israel and Judah. An extensive archeological dig in the 50s and 60s supposedly provided verification. However, here, Dr Franscesca Stavrakopoulou questions whether those archeologists were digging "with a trowel in one hand and a Bible in the other" and examines more recent evidence that casts doubt on whether David presided over much of an empire at all. David Stubbs
Caroline Quentin: A Passage Through India
9pm, ITV1
It will be an iron-willed viewer who doesn't switch this off or heave their television into the street after 10 seconds.
Bible's Buried Secrets
9pm, BBC2
The story of the empire of King David is fundamental to the validity of the state of modern Israel. It was David who was supposed to have united Israel and Judah. An extensive archeological dig in the 50s and 60s supposedly provided verification. However, here, Dr Franscesca Stavrakopoulou questions whether those archeologists were digging "with a trowel in one hand and a Bible in the other" and examines more recent evidence that casts doubt on whether David presided over much of an empire at all. David Stubbs
Caroline Quentin: A Passage Through India
9pm, ITV1
It will be an iron-willed viewer who doesn't switch this off or heave their television into the street after 10 seconds.
- 3/15/2011
- by Rebecca Nicholson, David Stubbs, Martin Skegg, Phelim O'Neill, Andrew Mueller
- The Guardian - Film News
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