No, that’s not prison lingo for some kind of sex act. There is literally a goat on fire. Notably absent from the episode is Phantasm (who is obviously in love with himself), though Ricky takes a moment to deface a poster of him. Phantasm, it appears, will be a recurring presence, definitely pivotal to the ongoing story of Chozen’s revenge/redemption but not the antagonist of every episode. “Love and Bottlerockets” plays with a lot of racial humor, its satire is successful because it’s a send-up of ignorance rather than a reinforcement....

5.8 Chuck Versus The Baby Chuck Versus The Baby pretty much carries on with the same carefree plan that will see this show end in four weeks’ time with probably the lowest viewing audience of its entire run. I think what’s beginning to annoy me most here is not the haste with which NBC obviously want to finish with Chuck, but the way the funny side of the show appears to have entirely evaporated, like it’s just too much trouble to make people laugh....

Premiering on Sunday night after Walking Dead‘s mid-season pseudo-premiere – and right before its Bizarro follow-up Talking Dead – Kevin Smith has shown he’s the best there is at what he does, Weapon X-style. You probably got abducted by X-Files greys and missed the ’90s if you’re unfamiliar with Smith and his sidekicks, the Secret Stash’s manager Walt Flanagan and rambunctious hanger-on Bryan Johnson. Smith was the slackers’ director-of-choice. Flanagan and Johnson made notable appearances as characters Walt Grover the Fanboy and Steve-Dave in the seminal comic-book-guy movie from back when Marvel had yet to go bankrupt and turn to film – Mallrats....

It’s showdown time at Greendale College. Will the gang save the day? Will Jeff realise cowboy is not a good look for him? And will Annie ever find her skirt in the season 2 finale of Community? Having satisfactorily covered the Old West in A Fistful Of Paintballs, Team Community ditched frontier land for the cold vacuum of space this week, going all Star Wars on us, in a very Family Guy kind of way....

At first I assumed that it was because I was interviewing random people on the street and asking them questions that could, in the right circumstances, be used to have me convicted of a surprisingly wide variety of crimes. I blame the times. What, these days, isn’t considered saucily haranguing an old lady? For example, in my interview with Will Ferrell, he told me that, “If my career ends up like Jack Black’s, I will genuinely murder my agent....

This episode worked just as a badass horror story. It centered on a record that contains a recording of an old time Blues singer who sold his soul to the devil being dragged to Hell during a recording session. The tale was told in a very effective flashback that was chilling enough to permeate the entire episode. As for Constantine and Zed’s involvement, the series is still using Liv’s map to pinpoint the story of the week....

When Raquel faced down that demon with her “I’m bullet-proof” speech, I felt a tingle. That scene showed that with the right combination of Susan Wokoma, Raquel’s attitude and plot peril, Crazyhead is capable of heart-lurching thrills. It’s not just her look, but also her dialogue. Filth meets whimsy in the odd mental images it conjures up. If “Namaste, bitches” weren’t already a thing, it would definitely become one among fans....

A mile-wide river of the macabre has always flowed through del Toro’s work, from his ornately drawn vampire debut Cronos, via his giant bug B-flick Mimic to the ickier moments in his most recent movie, Pacific Rim. But even more so than The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth, del Toro’s last excursions into horror, Crimson Peak clearly expresses the filmmaker’s affection for Hammer’s output, Roger Corman’s Poe cycle, as well as such literary touchstones as Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights and The Turn Of The Screw....

Which brings us to 2015’s Daddy’s Home, which paired Ferrell with reliable scene partner Mark Wahlberg to create a disappointing family comedy that left very little impression after it was done. But it made enough money at the time to warrant a sequel in the studio’s eyes, so here we are. From here there’s little in the way of plot. While Lithgow’s character finds it easy to connect with his son and grandchildren, Gibson’s Kurt showers them with increasingly extravagant gifts in order to win them over....

I don’t think the book would work as well as it does were Elvie not the kind of person who makes up names for stoic commanders in her head or who refers to her foetus as “Goober.” As wild as the premise is, it needs Elvie’s voice to make it work. She (and by extension through her, the writers) knows how weird her situation is and she’s going to laugh at it even as she tries to survive it....

Since the third, or perhaps fourth, season, Dexter has created a pleasing formula: a ‘monster’ of the week, with an arc storyline often featuring a serial killer played by a notable actor. Usually, this actor is playing against type: Jimmy ‘The West Wing’ Smits, John ‘Third Rock from the Sun’ Lithgow and Jonny ‘Doctor Who: Kinda’ Lee Miller (I’m sure he’s in something more famous but I can’t think of it at the moment) have all let their hair down, hammed up their performances and gone bad....

Speaking to Screenrant, Israelite agrees, It’s a shame parents might not have taken their kids to see the film but Israelite hopes that with the films release on home media, “parents will feel more comfortable. Maybe they’ll check it out for themselves and then see that it’s suitable.” The home media releases might be the last chance for a Power Rangers movie sequel to happen. Prospects for a second film are doubtful, although some strong toy tales could help....

“First, do no harm.” I’m no doctor, clearly, but I’m nonetheless confident that the bioethical principle of non-maleficence extends to not running people over in your Honda CRV. It was prescient of Doctor Foster creator Mike Bartlett to take the precaution of writing a proper character for Kate in series one. Yes, she was young, beautiful and under Simon’s spell, but Kate was always more fleshed out than a cardboard cut-out TV mistress....

Now how about that for packing plenty into one 60 minute episode? Taking the basics of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as its basis, Steven Moffat skilfully wove the well-known and well-filmed tale into a intriguing and layered Doctor Who story. For a Christmas episode, too, it was relatively light on action, as instead, Moffat pooled together the ingredients for a real cracker of a story. Firing out of the gates with a Star Trek homage, a crashing spaceliner, the continuation of the Rory/Amy relationship and plenty of jokes particularly at the former’s expense, you could have been forgiven at first for thinking that this was going to be a loud, comedic, action adventure....

Interesting. Not without a few problems, but interesting, and plenty in this one to make you want the gap between this and the next episode to be less than seven days. Picking up in the aftermath of last week’s Extremis, The Pyramid At The End Of The World is an episode of Doctor Who that continues to ramp things up, as the threat to the world escalates. It’s the kind of episode, in fact, that you could imagine fitting a few episodes later in a run, with a growing threat and some other stuff I’m not going to talk about here....

Given the reaction to the Neil Gaiman-penned The Doctor’s Wife this past weekend, the episode that followed it was always going to be facing a tougher than usual job. And with that in mind, The Rebel Flesh takes a different tack altogether, offering a far more traditional Who adventure. It’s very wise to do so. We also get to meet the workers in the factory that’s occupied the monastery, including Sarah Smart, Marshall Lancaster (Ashes To Ashes) and Mark Bonnar (Paradox)....

There was never any doubt that an accomplished actor like Peter Capaldi was going to do justice to the role of the Doctor, but he’s surpassed many expectations, working with Steven Moffat to reshape the character as someone far more alien than we’ve seen in the revived show – a distinct contrast to Matt Smith’s cuddly uncle figure. He’s still the same man we’ve known for the last 50 years, but increasingly in this series his morality and outlook put him at odds with the people around him....

1.1 The Blood is the Life And yet, by the end of the first episode, and ignoring the exaggerated age difference always depicted between Catherine of Aragon and Henry, I was sold. Sure, the lavish costumes, expert actors, frequent bed-mauling, and gorgeous sets helped. But in the end, the entire project rested squarely on Meyers’s shoulders. And what he knew he couldn’t deliver on physically had to be made up for in other ways – namely by nailing the twisted, paranoid, arrogant, but still charismatic quality of one of the most compelling kings to sit on the English throne....

Dragon Ball Super Episode 10 Finally, right guys? After Beerus’ long, draining search, the show is finally in Super Saiyan God territory. More importantly this means that the colossal fight that’s been teased since the show’s start can finally get underway. Last episode saw Goku reaching the status of Super Saiyan God, but this week is basically all about Goku coping with that new-found strength and figuring out how to acclimate to it all....

Early bird showings aside, the festival is looking pretty damn snazzy this year. The opening night gala goes to The Jacket director John Maybury’s newie The Edge Of Love, a period romance starring Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller. The three names are appearing at the festival, adding some glamour to the proceedings – but let’s face it, it’s not all about the glamour. We’re looking forward to most of the smaller names on the program: vegan slasher Blood Car; promising South Korean comedy Milky Way Liberation Front; machina-obsession documentary Mechanical Love; The Juche Idea, an insight into North Korean propaganda; the award-winning coming of age story The King of Ping Pong....