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You know what never gets old? Japanese gameshows. This is a particularly funny one, helped by the fact that is more on the entertaining, rather than the cruel and unusual, side of the genre.

Hot:

Steven Moffat – knocked out another brilliant episode of Dr Who the other week (blink, the one with the creepy statues) .
David Rambo – Continuing CSI’s twin trends of a) being brilliant and a bit weird b) the unchecked resurgence of Gil’s hat.

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Everyone at Prison Break -  OK, it ended last week, but did we [...]

On saturday, while visiting my brother in our nation’s fair capital, I went along to see the new(ish) Lord of the Rings stage production. Overall it was worth the money – the show is literally spectacular, with an incredible moving stage, and some brilliant moments, like the balrog (which closes the first half), the [...]

For people that haven’t watched Heroes (and you should, Adrian Pasdar Profits all over the place) this post contains a spoiler that a) there is a character called Mohinder b) he, for at least part of the series, drives a taxi and c) his dad is dead.
There are several Heroes mini-comics up on the Heroes [...]

Warning: CSI New York has had two (repeat, two) good episodes in a row. We’re off the map now people.

If you listen to enough hip-hop, practically everything turns into a game of sample spotting. I caught the end of Princess Bride on five life just now, and had to spend the last few minutes digging around until I found the Apathy track Mother Molesters, which samples the music from when Wesley and co. break [...]

I have been pleasantly suprised by a few films recently. First up, I saw Pirates of the Caribbean 3: Son of Richards at the cinema a little while back, and unexpectedly found myself enjoying it. It’s a little long, but I wasn’t checking my watch at any point. The pace keeps up nicely, and the [...]

I don’t think this is the best track on Brother Ali’s Undisputed Truth, but it does have the advantage of having a YouTubable video – and it’s still very nice indeed.