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  • The Rise and Fall of Charlie Brooker

    The Rise and Fall of Charlie Brooker

    15th March 2011 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    It’s hard to see your heroes turn into background noise. I’m talking about Charlie Brooker here; going from a lauded cult mouthpiece of cunning, wit, irreverent humour and brilliant and articulate observation to just a man on TV.
    Should I blame Connie Huq? Or should I shut up and let Brooker get on with it? Well, no, I won't actually shut up.
    When I was about 17, a friend introduced me to...

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  • Heroes is dead. Long live the TV superhero

    Heroes is dead. Long live the TV superhero

    17th January 2011 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    Since Heroes is gone, TV audiences have been yearning for the next watered-down, comic book style show all about superheroes, honestly you have. And what do you know, there’s two coming along.
    Look out for No Ordinary Family, starring Michael Chiklis (The Shield) and Julie Benz (Buffy, Angel). Then look harder for The Cape starring some bloke no one recognises, Summer Glau (The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Chuck, Dollhouse and Firefly) and......

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  • Get your geek on at MCM London Comic-Con

    Get your geek on at MCM London Comic-Con

    15th October 2010 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    After last year’s fantastic event, the MCM London Expo is on again this year from 29 to 31 October at the Excel Centre in London’s Docklands.
    It’s sure to be an overwhelming exhibition of the greatest comic books, TV shows, films and video games you’ll ever find in one place. In London. There will also be a brilliant, and all together fabulous, display of cosplayers – or hardcore fans in amazing...

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  • Big Bang Theory – Season 3 DVD Review

    Big Bang Theory – Season 3 DVD Review

    24th September 2010 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    The legacy of American sitcoms is a varied one. Most of them, from here in the UK, can seem trivial, weak, brash and unoriginal. If you disagree, you’re probably thinking of Friends, or maybe Cheers or Frasier.
    Well, let me break it to you; those are an exception rather than the rule. First of all, there are dozen upon dozens of US sitcom you’ve never seen. Some will be airing somewhere...

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  • Why FlashForward will never be Lost

    Why FlashForward will never be Lost

    7th April 2010 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    It takes more than a mysterious premise fed morsel by morsel to audiences to emulate one of the greatest, most involved TV shows in history. This hasn't stopped the creators of FlashForward from trying, though.
    Now roughly half-way through its first season, the Lost-wannabe is doing nothing to convince me, or anyone else with sense in their head, that FlashForward is the epic successor to Lost many heralded it to be back when...

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Richard Preston

Richard Preston

A product of Scotland and a second-generation child of modern media, Richard's natural ability to form accurate and correct opinion has seen him work for a number of actual printed publications. He's tinkered with gadgets, condensed huge swathes of Cult TV and Sci-Fi into his head and has even stood on stage to tell jokes what he wrote himself. Now living in North London, he dedicates his life to guiding you through our planets maze of media hell.

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