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MTV To Develop U.S. Version of ‘Skins’

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Sigh. MTV is in plans to remake the British teen soap Skins (which launched the career of one Dev Patel):

MTV is developing a stateside version of the raunchy U.K. series “Skins” — but will the network be able to…

‘Almost The Truth’: Bonus Material for the ‘Monty Python’ Doc

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

/Film has a lovely, comprehensive look at the upcoming release of the multi-part Monty Python documentary Almost The Truth: The Lawyer’s Cut. While the feature itself, jointly codirected by Alan Parker, Bill Jones, and Ben Timlett, is comprised of six…

British ‘Life on Mars’ S1: Proof that Brit. TV kicks colonies’ arse

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

by John Stahl
The July 28 release of the 2006 first series, my people call them seasons, of the unique British police drama Life on Mars is timely given the controversy regarding the recent arrest of black Harvard professor Henry…

Independence Is All Around

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

So, I took the title for this post from a joke in a British movie. Off to a great start, aren’t we? When drafting this post for the Fourth of July, I originally figured I should compile some list of…

Sex and the Hogwarts: What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

In response to Alyssa Rosenberg’s article for The Atlantic, in which she criticizes the Harry Potter films for not showing “adult sexual relationships”, PopWatch’s Jean Bentley asks why anyone finds the movies lacking for such a subject.
Bentley makes a…