Expanded from Cutter Hodierne’s own short film of the same name, “Fishing Without Nets” is the flipside of “Captain Phillips.” Hodierne explores Somali pirates from the point of view of...
Transparent is part of Amazon’s answer to Netflix, an attempt to make itself relevant in a new television landscape by producing indie web content for subscribers; and it’s getting rave reviews,...
Remember when movies were movies? Remember when voice–overs were the words of god on celluloid, balls out and bombastic? Remember Cannon Films? “Cannon Films the home of high power, high voltage...
Series five of Downton Abbey premiered in the UK on Sunday night, which normally would have had ISPs across the US humming as people furtively downloaded the hit British drama. Yet, something curious...
Rejoice, for the fates have declared that Gilmore Girls shall be accessible to all on Netflix as of 1 October. The US classic joins a growing number of series making their way to the internet for a...
How do you get inside the head of a man whose head is inside a papier-mâché head? In the 80s and early 90s Frank Sidebottom’s painted noggin was a strangely familiar sight on Britain’s...
Have you ever wondered what the Avengers would look like if their costumes were by supercute Sanrio brand Hello Kitty? Well, wonder no more as the internet turns the superheroes into something more...
True Blood finally lurched to an end after seven seasons on 24 August, but how many readers actually cared? Enough, apparently, for Twitter to momentarily flare with irritation and distaste over the...
If video killed the radio star, TV stars sure are making a killing today. Perhaps in keeping with the new gilded age in the US, television stars are making more than ever before, and a roundup of...
With the revelation of Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor, I was deeply skeptical, and a bit dismayed: Yet again, the series had gone with a white man, refusing to buck a long tradition in which white...
