It’s hard to imagine the word “restraint” when discussing a Joker tale, but think back to the recent brilliant work by Scott Snyder, where the Joker’s presence was enough to create an atmosphere of growing tension and horror. When he struck, the results were brutal and hard to look at, but Snyder saved these moments for when they meant something. Kubert, on the other, has the Joker commit atrocity after atrocity in nothing more than a series of violent vignettes....

4.4 Panic Womb This week’s episode of Being Human USA… this one’s for the ladies. We open with Josh doing crunches while hanging upside down from the bar in his and Nora’s closet. You know those scenes in action films where the lead female character is in her underwear and the camera practically makes love to her body in a completely gratuitous manner? It feels like Josh is that lead female character this week....

It is safe to say that this non-linear approach to his work only increased the appeal, and made me more determined to find out more about the man who had introduced me so perfectly, at such a young age, to the world of observational and alternative comedy. For all these reasons, I was surprised when kindly offered the chance to see Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story for its launch onto DVD, that I was actually slightly hesitant....

An episode featuring a raid on Herot should have provided a dramatic high point as we move past the midway point of this series, but unfortunately this episode highlighted some of the continuing problems this show has yet to resolve. The one shining light in all this stupidity is Varr, who continues to be the most interesting, sympathetic and generally intriguing character. Perhaps his blasé attitude towards taking on an enemy with a sword using only his bare hands is a little over the top, but the general sentiment, that thinking faster can be more valuable than physical strength, is a solid one....

That’s a far cry from the comics version of the character, who was introduced in September 1998 in Ka-Zar #17 by writer Christopher Priest and illustrator Kenny Martinez as a nervous, rather unmemorable little man who worked alongside the Black Panther and succeeded at his job almost in spite of himself. Martin Freeman, of course, needs almost no introduction thanks to the very memorable roles he’s played over the years, including Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit trilogy, Lester Nygaard on the Fargo TV series, and Dr....

Whatever genius came up with the idea of letting Brian Blessed host an episode needs a hefty pat on the back and a firm handshake to boot. From his opening screaming of “Gordon’s alive”, the man was pretty much single-handedly responsible for the funniest episode of the show in some time. Granted, it was even less about the news than usual, but it was very, very funny. If you found the extended episode on Saturday night, you also got a lot more swearing at the autocue, a fabulous anecdote about his trip up Mount Everest, and loads more shouting and table banging....

Please say it’s not so. We’re powerless though. One way or the other, Mark’s fate is already sealed. If causing the audience maximum upset is Broadchurch’s game then he’ll sink under those waves. If it’s still the same story of human resilience it was in series one, he’ll survive. I’m pinning all my hopes on the latter and ignoring the fact that Broadchurch pulled a Neighbours with that special sad music playing over the credits in place of the usual theme song....

Frustratingly, after an episode that pushed one or two things forward last week, the latest episode of Caprica seems to fall back into the already-familiar way of doing things. That is that it’s so determined to keep setting things up for some kind of future pay off, it doesn’t really give you too much here and now to feast upon. Once more, it’s not that it’s not good drama, because Caprica continues to intrigue....

7.7 Once Upon A Time In The West Okay, I’m going to get this off my chest up front because, for the most part, I enjoyed Once Upon A Time In The West. Usually, when we identify with the characters we watch, it’s a good thing. (Unless you’re watching Hannibal, which does an amazing job of forcing you to see yourself in the last people you’d want to serve as your looking glass....

Essentially Disney’s own childhood legend coming of a certain age tale, Christopher Robin imagines a deeply wistful sequel about an adult Christopher dropping in on his Hundred Acre friends, including everyone’s perennially favorite teddy in need of a pair of pants, Winnie the Pooh. In many ways a complement to Hook, and almost certainly a reaction to the perceived mistakes therein, Christopher Robin’s echo is all the more noticeable since it is directed by Marc Forster, the filmmaker who many critics credited with saving Peter Pan on screen in 2003’s Finding Neverland, a charming revision of how J....

First off, let’s get this out of the way: I was never a proper American boy. I only saw a handful of episodes of Thundercats, He-Man, and Transformers. I straight up can’t even remember watching a single G.I. Joe and I certainly didn’t own any of the action figures. Truth be told, I can hardly recall what the hell I was watching. I think it was the sillier stuff like Looney Tunes and other lighthearted fare that everyone’s forgotten about—shows like Denver the Last Dinosaur, Bobby’s World, and Widget, the World Watcher who taught you about saving the environment just like Captain Planet did, but nobody was listening to him except little old me....

As the season of goodwill rumbles on, it’s time for the obligatory Christmas special over at Greendale, but as always with Community, that obligation always comes with a twist. Regional Holiday Music did exactly what it said it was going to: make the darkness darker, by ramping up the cheer – on more than one level. Ostensibly an excuse for hilarious rhyming jokes and a well-deserved dig at the musical massacre that is Glee, Holiday Music also acknowledged – more than once – that the semester could well be over for good....

This review contains spoilers. Ever get the feeling the powers that be might actually be listening? After the fervent prayers featured in last week’s review, Team Community stormed back with an episode that had everything you could possibly wish for – and then some. I love it when a plan comes together… Set around Abed’s new-found addiction to acting out his favourite movie scenes with hired lookey-likeys, Contemporary Impressionists was ostensibly an excuse for fantastic pop culture referencing comedy, as well as some straight up comedy, and could well be in line for the coveted funniest episode of the season title....

For those who are still watching, one of the biggest questions for any series is, where is it going? Continuum has the potential to go on forever, as long as Kiera keeps battling the now fractured Liber8, but one of the biggest questions has not been answered halfway through the second season: Where is the time travel device, and is it ever going to be used? It seems to have been completely forgotten by now....

2.7 The Hope Too Bright To Last Yet we keep coming back to have our hearts ripped out and stomped into the ground like it’s some sick addiction. Other shows are off-putting when they lay on the tragedy too thick. Copper has a knack for executing the worst possible eventuality with morbid finesse. Ellen is spiraling back into a dark mental place, and her attempt to inform Corcoran of her pregnancy is thwarted when she spots him with Eva....

“Serial killing is a modern sort of crime,” observes Takakura (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a university professor and former detective who’s retired from the force following a grim incident involving a captured murder suspect and a fork. A year after that prickly trauma, Takakura moves with his demure wife, Yasuko (Yuko Takeuchi) to a quiet Japanese suburb where the houses are neat and the neighbours avoid talking to one another at all costs....

2.5 – The Sun and the Moon Leonardo Da Vinci has found himself in an entirely new land, full of entirely new plants and animals, entirely new customs, and entirely new people who speak an entirely new language from completely unfamiliar language families. He’s fascinated, because that’s his character; meanwhile, Zoroaster and two redshirt sailors are miserable, attacked by mosquitos and oppressed by the heat and humidity of the South American jungles....

Dark Matter Season 2, Episode 10 The Android’s anomalous behavior has always been one of the more intriguing storylines in Dark Matter, and for it to be at the center of this week’s episode without actually being the cause of the conflict was a nice bit of storytelling. The virus plot itself was a little convoluted, but the character moments it revealed were worth the small hiccups. At times, Dark Matter’s most significant moments are also its most subtle....

Dark Matter Season 2, Episode 6 The Raza crew seems destined in each week’s Dark Matter to put out fires caused by the betrayal of a crew member, corporation, or former criminal colleague, and now that Jace Corso has been taken care of, it’s time to investigate the mysterious Alicia Reynaud for whom Arax tried to acquire Five’s pocket universe key. But fuel and money are short this week, sending the team on a side mission that reveals Nyx’s secret but also brings a number of head-scratchers along with it, making this week’s episode feel like a detour from the main story....

Dark Matter Season 3 Episode 8 Full credit must go to Dark Matter for leading viewers to believe that Android had been taken over by Sarah at the end of last week’s episode after showing her worried expression about Three’s past, but an episode with a hacked Android of any sort is bound to keep everyone on the edge of their seats! With the added surprise of Ryo springing back into action after having shifted the show’s focus to the corporate war, “Hot Chocolate” gave us plenty of unexpectedness to enjoy....