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Doctor Who (2005) s03e06 – The Lazarus Experiment
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 14, 2020
What is this show’s problem with companions’ mothers? We briefly met new companion Freema Agyeman’s mom, Adjoa Andoh, in the season premiere and she seemed fine. Nope. She’s possibly even more annoying than previous companion’s mom Camille Coduri, which doesn’t even seem possible, but the read more
Enter the Fat Dragon (2020, Tanigaki Kenji)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 13, 2020
Enter the Fat Dragon is about Hong Kong super-cop Donnie Yen (already in a pound of makeup before he puts on the fat suit, presumably to look more age appropriate for love interest Niki Chow) who goes too far one too many times and finds himself busted down to the evidence room. After Chow dumps hi read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e05 – Evolution of the Daleks
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 12, 2020
Last episode I went in pretty hard on the British actors playing Americans but I think I may have emphasized accents too much. Hugh Quarshie’s accent isn’t bad. His performance is bad, his accent is fine. Whereas Andrew Garfield’s accent is bad and his performance is bad. Though even Garfield read more
The Old Guard (2020, Gina Prince-Bythewood)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 11, 2020
The Old Guard is better than any of the Highlander movies (to date, I suppose) but sadly not a success. It gets relatively close to passing at least, but then the epilogue is forced, predictable (screenwriter Greg Rucka’s really obvious, he’s really episodic and he’s really obvious–Old Guard read more
Upload (2020) s01e09 – Update Eve
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 11, 2020
Turns out “Upload” is able to surprise me. This episode reveals the Horizon app where all the dead people live is getting an upgrade. Including having more than two seasonings, which is a heck of a long time into the show to reveal none of the digital dead people eating are tasting anything the read more
Backcountry (2014, Adam MacDonald)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 10, 2020
Backcountry is all about this young couple who need a weekend in the woods to realize why they’re wrong for each other. She’s a lawyer who’s interested in playing on her smartphone with her friends. The movie’s from 2014; maybe it’s supposed to be Candy Crush? Is 2014 too early for Instagram? read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e04 – Daleks in Manhattan
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 10, 2020
So… Nicholas Briggs does do the Dalek voices in this episode. He’s been doing all of them, which is weird because the Dalek voices this episode are terrible and so… I figured it was other actors. But no. It’s Briggs. And he’s terrible. I was waiting for the Daleks to show up—they’re trying read more
The Books of Magic (1993-2019)
The Stop Button Posted by Vernon Wiley on Jul 9, 2020
Books of Magic Original series and recent “Moveable Type” trade paperback Back in 1991, DC decided to let one of their successful new writers, Neil Gaiman, fresh from his success with The Sandman, an opportunity to play in the sandbox with a bevy of their silver age B list characters, weaving read more
Upload (2020) s01e08 – Shopping Other Digital After-Lives
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 9, 2020
The episode opens with Robbie Amell getting Andy Allo in trouble for their relationship. Except she can’t let him know she’s in trouble so when she gets sent home… he assumes she’s still at work. Only it’s her boss, Andrea Rosen, who shuts him down. See, he’s ready to commit to their romance. read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e03 – Gridlock
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 8, 2020
Really nice direction from Richard Clark this episode; really nice. It’s a strong episode overall, because it’s set out in space in the future, which are usually the best “Who” episodes (so far), but this episode manages to do it with a bunch of regular humans. Well, not regular humans. 5 billion read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e02 – The Shakespeare Code
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 7, 2020
I was expecting more from The Shakespeare Code. Dean Lennox Kelly’s Shakespeare is rather wanting. The characterization of it all seems more Knight’s Tale than anything historical or original. There are numerous quotations throughout, usually David Tennant making a quip and Kelly saying he’s going read more
Mr. Boop – Volume 1: My Wife is Betty Boop (2020)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 7, 2020
Mr. Boop is about being married to Betty Boop. The protagonist is Boop creator Alec Robbins, who is presumably not actually married to Betty Boop in real life because otherwise it’d be a series of photos not comics. Robbins, the comic protagonist, is very happy to be married to Betty Boop, who’s read more
Upload (2020) s01e07 – Bring Your Dad to Work Day
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 6, 2020
As a streaming sitcom, filler doesn’t feel the same way in “Upload” as it does in a regular sitcom. “Upload” is not chasing that syndication deal, which in theory wouldn’t affect the A plot—dead guy Robbie Amell falling in love with his living virtual—actual—assistant Andy Allo—much read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e01 – Smith and Jones
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 6, 2020
New only-other-billed actor (but technically not the new companion yet) Freema Agyeman guest starred at the end of last season but is playing a different character here. Thank goodness. Agyeman is a medical resident, so it’s going to be the Doctor and a doctor going forward, which is a lot better read more
Upload (2020) s01e06 – Sleepover
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 5, 2020
Just as Allegra Edwards gets a redemption arc—two of them in fact—dead but living in a virtual reality simulation fiancé Robbie Amell starts getting close to his actual (vs. virtual) virtual assistant Andy Allo. Amell and Allo confide in one another about their suspicions regarding the A plot, read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e00 – The Runaway Bride
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 5, 2020
How does the Doctor (this time David Tennant) usually respond to his companion leaving the show for, presumably, their own projects? Does it matter if you inherent your companion from the last Doctor? Have English school teachers been reading themes on this subject for decades now? I’m vaguely curi read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e13 – Doomsday
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 4, 2020
The BBC does market research, don’t they? I’d love to see what their “Doctor Who” market research says as far as target audience. For instance, this episode—the momentous, earth-shattering (literally?) season finale, which will change the Doctor (David Tennant) forever–has the many experience read more
Upload (2020) s01e05 – The Grey Market
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 4, 2020
Does “Upload” have a show bible the writers ignore—in this case Mike Lawrence, who at least writes a funny enough episode even if it completely breaks with the show’s established future logics-or does the show not have a show bible. Because it doesn’t lean heavy enough into the sitcom to not read more
Upload (2020) s01e04 – The Sex Suit
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 3, 2020
Watching “Upload” do sexy is… uncomfortable. And not just because Allegra Edwards is loathsome and the episode frequently promises she’ll not be around then keeps bringing her back around. She and lead Robbie Amell are in therapy now. They still haven’t had sex because Edwards thinks the suit read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e12 – Army of Ghosts
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 3, 2020
One Earth episode without Camille Coduri was clearly too much so she doesn’t just appear in this one, she also pretends to be daughter Rose (Billie Piper) and play companion to David Tennant. Coduri and Tennant don’t grate as sharply as one might’ve feared (hard to imagine her and Christopher read more