Reviews
Dancing With The Stars Ejects Aaron Carter, Thank God
Admit it - for a moment there you were worried that Aaron Carter was going to win Dancing With The Stars. It's OK, we were worried too. Just the thought of renewed public validation of Aaron Carter filled us with absolute dread. What if he was allowed to bring back his reality TV show House Of Carters? What if he got to re-release his album Aaron's Party (Come Get It)? What if he was driven so berserk by renewed fame that he started legally emancipating his parents again? Well, relax. Aaron Carter was kicked off Dancing With The Stars last night. We're in the clear.
Admit it - for a moment there you were worried that Aaron Carter was going to win Dancing With The Stars. It's OK, we were worried too. Just the thought of renewed public validation of Aaron Carter filled us with absolute dread. What if he was allowed to bring back his reality TV show House Of Carters? What if he got to re-release his album Aaron's Party (Come Get It)? What if he was driven so berserk by renewed fame that he started legally emancipating his parents again? Well, relax. Aaron Carter was kicked off Dancing With The Stars last night. We're in the clear.
Night at the Museum 2 – DVD Review
Night at the Museum 2 isn't a film content with itself. When it isn't vying for the title of most irrelevant sequel, it decides to take a trip to Ben Stiller's house for a mass celebrity circle jerk. This isn't just an excuse to make a mundane sequel, but for a bunch of overpaid comedians to make few laughs out of big ideas.
Night at the Museum 2 isn't a film content with itself. When it isn't vying for the title of most irrelevant sequel, it decides to take a trip to Ben Stiller's house for a mass celebrity circle jerk. This isn't just an excuse to make a mundane sequel, but for a bunch of overpaid comedians to make few laughs out of big ideas.
X Factor Recap: Lucie Jones Out, Jedward Rule Forever
X Factor has ditched Lucie Jones. And it hasn't ditched John And Edward. We feel dirty saying this, but we want to kiss Simon Cowell on his face. But anyway, Saturday's X Factor was Songs From The Movies night. And, in fact, it was the first episode of X Factor where all the contestants chose to perform numbers from the same movie - a 1983 VHS home recording of a feral street cat being repeatedly punched in the testicles. Or that's what it sounded like, at least. We might be wrong. Anyway, you came here for an X Factor recap, so let's give you one...
X Factor has ditched Lucie Jones. And it hasn't ditched John And Edward. We feel dirty saying this, but we want to kiss Simon Cowell on his face. But anyway, Saturday's X Factor was Songs From The Movies night. And, in fact, it was the first episode of X Factor where all the contestants chose to perform numbers from the same movie - a 1983 VHS home recording of a feral street cat being repeatedly punched in the testicles. Or that's what it sounded like, at least. We might be wrong. Anyway, you came here for an X Factor recap, so let's give you one...
TV Preview: Misfits, E4
A new E4 series called Misfits you say? About a group of young delinquents doing community service? We've not been this put off a new TV series since the Bad Girls pilot. In fact, the likelihood of a good series coming from E4 is akin to that of finding a hen's tooth, or Tess Daly's soul. Imagine the disquiet and shock which consumed us when we saw the first episode of this teen-insert genre here and discovered it's actually quite good. Maybe Tess Daly has a soul after all.*
A new E4 series called Misfits you say? About a group of young delinquents doing community service? We've not been this put off a new TV series since the Bad Girls pilot. In fact, the likelihood of a good series coming from E4 is akin to that of finding a hen's tooth, or Tess Daly's soul. Imagine the disquiet and shock which consumed us when we saw the first episode of this teen-insert genre here and discovered it's actually quite good. Maybe Tess Daly has a soul after all.*
V Pilot: Why It Will Succeed, And Why It’s Doomed
Leaping lizards – cult Eighties sci-fi TV mini-series V is back on our TV screens! Twenty-six years since I hid behind the sofa at the sight of a big-haired Jane Badler scoffing down a poor, hapless guinea pig, our favourite reptilian alien overlords are back - albeit with a slight makeover. Gone are the big hairstyles, orange jumpsuits, huge sunglasses and funny voices – the new series, which was piloted last night on US screens, is very much a creation of the post-9/11 age.
Leaping lizards – cult Eighties sci-fi TV mini-series V is back on our TV screens! Twenty-six years since I hid behind the sofa at the sight of a big-haired Jane Badler scoffing down a poor, hapless guinea pig, our favourite reptilian alien overlords are back - albeit with a slight makeover. Gone are the big hairstyles, orange jumpsuits, huge sunglasses and funny voices – the new series, which was piloted last night on US screens, is very much a creation of the post-9/11 age.
Dancing With The Stars Loses Irvin and Dacascos. Oh Well.
Last night, Michael Irvin and Mark Dacascos were eliminated from Dancing With The Stars. We'll just give you a minute to Google Michael Irvin and Mark Dacascos so you know who they are, and then we'll continue. Ready? OK, Michael Irvin and Mark Dacascos, who are... no, wait, it's gone. We'll just Google their names again. Hang on. Oh, one's an American footballer and the other's the Iron Chef guy. Anyway, the footballer and the Iron Chef guy - whose names we have already forgotten - were kicked off Dancing With The Stars last night. That's basically the gist, more or less.
Last night, Michael Irvin and Mark Dacascos were eliminated from Dancing With The Stars. We'll just give you a minute to Google Michael Irvin and Mark Dacascos so you know who they are, and then we'll continue. Ready? OK, Michael Irvin and Mark Dacascos, who are... no, wait, it's gone. We'll just Google their names again. Hang on. Oh, one's an American footballer and the other's the Iron Chef guy. Anyway, the footballer and the Iron Chef guy - whose names we have already forgotten - were kicked off Dancing With The Stars last night. That's basically the gist, more or less.
DVD/Blu-ray Round-Up: Year One & Godzilla
We’re looking at two releases here at Hecklerspray this week; the new Jack Black/Michael Cera Neanderthal comedy Year One and a Blu-ray release of the much maligned lizard dump Godzilla.
We’re looking at two releases here at Hecklerspray this week; the new Jack Black/Michael Cera Neanderthal comedy Year One and a Blu-ray release of the much maligned lizard dump Godzilla.
Hecklerspray’s Monday Music Mango: Sting, Bryn Terfel, Brett Anderson
Separating the sweet, juicy flesh from the stone and skin of this week’s major label releases. There have been many songs written about Monday, but they all seem to use the working week's start as a metaphor for sadness, despair, and classroom shooting rampages. Well, no more: your Mango thinks this is a pretty damn fine day, actually (much better than stupid Thursday. More like 'Turdday' if you ask us) and we have done a little song of our own to show you how brilliant it is. Come follow us to the post-jump world, where we'll show it off...
Separating the sweet, juicy flesh from the stone and skin of this week’s major label releases. There have been many songs written about Monday, but they all seem to use the working week's start as a metaphor for sadness, despair, and classroom shooting rampages. Well, no more: your Mango thinks this is a pretty damn fine day, actually (much better than stupid Thursday. More like 'Turdday' if you ask us) and we have done a little song of our own to show you how brilliant it is. Come follow us to the post-jump world, where we'll show it off...
