Tag Archives: Doctor Who

HBO Max, Scuttling Content and the Waste of the Streaming War

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Sam S-P

This week the completely dumbfounding news emerged that HBO Max has cancelled two upcoming films that had already been completed; Adil and Bilall’s BATGIRL and animated sequel SCOOB: HOLIDAY HAUNT. It’s not unheard of for studios to pull the plug … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Comment, Television | Tagged Adil El Arbi, Batgirl, BBC, Bilall Fallah, DC, Disney, Doctor Who, HBO Max, Netflix, Scoob!, Warner Brothers | Leave a comment

Review: Good Omens (2019)

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Sam S-P

GOOD OMENS has been a Biblically long time coming. Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman seemed to have given up after years of false starts at adapting their 1990 fantasy novel but Pratchett’s terminal illness and Gaiman’s promise to him finally … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Television | Tagged Adria Arjona, Brian Cox, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Good Omens, John Hamm, Michael McKean, Michael Sheen, Neil Gaiman, Peter Anderson, Terry Pratchett | Leave a comment

A Few Thoughts More: Infinity War

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Sam S-P

The following piece contains major spoilers for AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR. So now the dust has settled and most people who really want to see Infinity War will have done, lets dig into what happened, who died and what could be … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature, Film Review | Tagged Avengers 4, Avengers: Infinity War, Blockbuster, Doctor Who, Superhero Movie | Leave a comment

12 for Twelve: The Best of the Twelfth Doctor

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Sam S-P

Series 10 may well be the best DOCTOR WHO series finale of the revived series. It’s certainly one of the darkest stories in the show’s history and a high point for writer Steven Moffat. Now Peter Capaldi’s time as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature, Television | Tagged A Christmas Carol, Alex Kingston, BBC, Ben Miller, David Suchet, David Tennant, Deep Breath, Doctor Who, Empress of Mars, Errol Flynn, Frank Skinner, Groundhog Day, Heaven Sent, Jenna Coleman, John Simm, Julian Bleach, Knock Knock, Mark Gatiss, Matt Lucas, Michael Gambon, Michelle Gomez, Mummy on the Orient Express, Pearl Mackie, Peter Capaldi, Robot of Sherwood, Robots of Death, Sci-fi, Scooby Doo, Steven Moffat, The Day of the Doctor, The Doctor Falls, The Husbands of River Song, The Magician's Apprentice, The Pilot, The Thick of It, The Waters of Mars, The Zygon Invasion, Tom Baker, Tom Riley, TV, World Enough and TIme, Zulu | 2 Comments

Review: Free Fire (2016/17)

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Sam S-P

Does Ben Wheatley ever sleep? Over the past eight years the British polymath has produced kitchen sink drama, folk horror, black comedy, Avant-garde, period-sci-fi-satire and DOCTOR WHO. He never does the same project twice and tends to mix it up … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Amy Jump, Armie Hammer, Ben Wheatley, Black Comedy, Brie Larson, Doctor Who, Free Fire, Mad Max: Fury Road, Michael Smiley, Reservoir Dogs, Sam Riley, Sharlto Copley, Thriller | Leave a comment

“Enough about me, let’s talk about me…”: When Actors Play Themselves (Sort-of)

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Sam S-P

What’s an actor to do when your star persona becomes a joke? You embrace it of course, and let the audience know that you’re in on the gag. It can be incredibly self-indulgent if mishandled, but if pitched just right … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature, Television | Tagged Alejandro Iñárritu, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Batman, Batman: The Animated Series, Being John Malkovich, Birdman, Bruce Campbell, Charlie Kaufman, Christopher Nolan, Colin Baker, Doctor Who, Edward Norton, Extras, Film, Flash Gordon, Jeremy Renner, John Barrowman, John Malkovich, Last Action Hero, Liam Neeson, Life's Too Short, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, Movies, My Name Is Bruce, Olivia Colman, Paul McGann, Peter Davidson, Peter Jackson, Ricky Gervais, Robert Downey Jr, Sam Jones, Seth MacFarlane, Stephen Merchant, Steven Moffat, Sylvester McCoy, The Five(Ish) Doctors, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Office, TV | Leave a comment

Review: Doctor Who: Deep Breath (2014)

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Sam S-P

On Christmas Day 2013, Matt Smith regenerated into a very different actor. Arguably no more drastic a change personality-wise than it was from Christopher Eccleston to David Tennant two regenerations ago, but certainly a world apart from youngish David Tennant … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Television | Tagged Ben Wheatley, Catrin Stewart, Christopher Eccleston, Colin Baker, Dan Starkey, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Film, Jenna Coleman, Jon Pertwee, Matt Smith, Neve McIntosh, Penny Dreadful, Peter Capaldi, Sci-fi, Steven Moffat, Television, Tom Baker | 2 Comments

Review: Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Sam S-P

THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR is everything a 50th anniversary celebration of DOCTOR WHO disserves to be. It not only works as a glowing and affectionate tribute to half a century of an icon of science-fiction, but it’s also a cracking episode … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Television | Tagged David Tennant, Doctor Who, Film, Matt Smith, Movies, Sci-fi, Steven Moffat, Television, The Day of the Doctor, The Empty Child, The Night of the Doctor | 1 Comment

Time of the Timelord

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Sam S-P

I know this is a film blog, but I couldn’t resist marking this occasion. Today’s the day (as if you’d managed to miss it), the 50th anniversary of the debut of DOCTOR WHO. I haven’t always been a diehard fan … Continue reading →

Posted in Television | Tagged Billie Piper, Christopher Eccleston, Daleks in Manhattan, David Morrissey, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Evolution of the Daleks, Human Nature, John Barrowman, John Hurt, Kylie Minogue, Last of the Time Lords, Matt Smith, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Troughton, Russel T Davies, Sci-fi, Sophia Myles, Steven Moffat, Suranne Jones, Television, The Day of the Doctor, The Doctor Dances, The Doctor's Wife, The Edge of Destruction, The Empty Child, The Family of Blood, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Next Doctor, The Robots of Death, The Sound of Drums, The Vampires of Venice, Tom Baker, Voyage of the Damned, William Hartnell | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Doctor Who

HBO Max, Scuttling Content and the Waste of the Streaming War

Review: Good Omens (2019)

A Few Thoughts More: Infinity War

12 for Twelve: The Best of the Twelfth Doctor

Review: Free Fire (2016/17)

“Enough about me, let’s talk about me…”: When Actors Play Themselves (Sort-of)

Review: Doctor Who: Deep Breath (2014)

Review: Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)

Time of the Timelord

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