Category Archives: Across the pond
The Beanery
We got our hands on the exclusive, never-before-seen trailer for The King’s Speech, featuring the original actor earmarked for the role of King George VI. As much as we like Colin Firth, we think they should have stuck with their first … Continue reading
Filed under Across the pond, The Big Screen, We'll Get It In Post
Russell Brand on ‘SNL’: Very British
Well, we had little hope that the SNL would rebound from its disillusioning Dana Carvey episode last week. For some reason, lately we’ve been giving the show the reverse of the benefit of the doubt, the doubt of the benefit … Continue reading
Filed under Across the pond, Analysis, Good Humor, Saturday Night Live, The State
‘The Inbetweeners:’ It’s like ‘Skins’ Meets ‘Torchwood’ Meets ‘The Office’ Meets ‘Mr. Bean’ Meets Other BBC Programmes
Okay, so above the comparisons were mostly lies, but, as already been oft-said, British import The Inbetweeners is a like a sitcom version of Skins. It’s to Skins as Undeclared was to Freaks & Geeks. Which means it’s good, if … Continue reading
Filed under Across the pond, Discos and Dragons, Good Humor
