the ‘Doctor Who’ teasing is killing me!

I’m such a sucker. The slightest sliver of an enticement of a hint about the upcoming Doctor Who — and new Doctor Matt Smith, whom I both love and hate as Gollum loves and hates the Ring — and I’m just a mess of anticipation and excitement and self-recrimination: How could I be such a … more…

because every girl’s mother is her frenemy

A new reality competition show has just debuted in the U.K. It’s called Hotter Than My Daughter. Really: It used to be sisters who would argue about who looked the most fashionable and alluring to boys. But these embarrassed daughters are at loggerheads with their MOTHERS over their revealing fashion and outrageous behaviour. A new … more…

Edge of Darkness (review)

A suprisingly underpowered, plodding police procedural that thinks that holding back on ‘action’ makes it ‘serious’ even in the absence of anything substantial to take its place…

because Fox really, really hates ‘Torchwood’ fans

The American television network Fox is developing an American version of Torchwood. The Hollywood Reporter has the gall to frame it: Huge news for sci-fi fans: Fox is developing a stateside version of the U.K. hit series “Torchwood.” Yeah, “huge news” like Hitler invading Poland is “huge news.” It gets worse: Unlike U.S. adaptations that … more…