Film Torments: Carry On Emmannuelle (1978)
THIS TIME on Torments, George takes a look at the death rattle of a series desperately struggling for relevance. Disclaimer: I know there are plenty of people who would consider any and perhaps every...
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Film Torments: Sex and the City 2 (2010)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan looks at a facile mess. The original Sex and the City television series, from the scant few episodes I caught on Bravo past midnight as a teenager, was an occasionally...
Film Torments: Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015)
THIS TIME on Film Torments, Dan looks at another fucking monster movie. Reading back on my notes for this film is not a pretty sight. There are a lot of question marks, even more...
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia still finds fertile ground after Twelve Seasons.
IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY in Philadelphia finished its twelfth season last week and it has been one of memorable episodes, breakthrough character moments & a continuing dissent into chaos by Dee, Charlie, Dennis, Mac and...
US Late Night Satire: Jon Stewart’s Legacy
“LAWS, LIKE SAUSAGES, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.” – Jon Saxe Politics has gotten really weird. I mean, it’s always been a bacon-bowl mouth-burn of conflicting human interests...
Michael Bolton’s Big Sexy Valentine’s Day Special is exactly what you’d expect. Probably
SO LET’S ACKNOWLEDGE the elephant in the article: It was Valentine’s Day yesterday. But really, what could be more TV section than to release this a day late. Still, let’s pretend that you’re reading...
The Good Place: a comedy worth dying for.
NO ONE KNOWS what happens next. If we could, well it would change everything. Let’s be honest though, it would ruin the fun if we did know. It certainly would make writers’ jobs less...
Please Like Me might be the voice of a generation, even if it doesn’t want to be.
PERFECTION IS IMPOSSIBLE. Try as we want, even aiming for contentment is difficult. Even if you manage to achieve the lofty aims of feeling like you have that barest of minimum levels of happiness,...
Film Torments: The Cobbler (2014)
THIS WEEK on Film Torments, Dan takes a look at yet another Adam Sandler bomb. You wouldn’t be blamed for assuming that we like to pick on Adam Sandler at SCM, but the reality...
Review: Ghostbusters – Late-night TV fodder
WARNING: Contains mild spoilers. WITH its trailer becoming the most disliked in YouTube history, it’s safe to say that the new Ghostbusters movie hasn’t had the greatest start in life. With fan boys and...
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