ITV’s Demons starts this Saturday

Demons, ITV’s modern day take on the Dracula legend starts this Saturday (3rd January). The series stars Philip Glenister as Rupert Galvin, a larger-than-life American with a zero tolerance policy to the rabble of mythical “half-life” entities that exist all around us and Christian Cooke as Van Helsing’s descendant Luke, who is also Galvin’s the godson.

Christmas in soapland

Increasingly the soaps seem to be written and produced by people who don’t care how unbelievable the end result is. More melodrama than drama, they now rely on plot devices taken from the American 80’s supersoaps such as Dallas and Dynasty.

Preferring hotels to country houses

Whereas I’d hope the hoteliers would listen to Ruth’s advice long enough to turn their ailing businesses around, I find myself pretty much unmoved by the ‘plight’ of people unimaginative enough to turn around the country estate they were lucky enough to inherit.

Has Channel 4 finally gone too far?

Can’t say I’m too impressed by the news that Channel 4’s alternative Christmas message is to be delivered by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. We all know the channel often does things for pure effect but even by Four’s standards this is pretty puerile.

Conroy & Hamill to voice new Batman game

Eidos, the company behind the upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum game, have announced that Batman: The Animated Series Veterans Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill will reprise their roles as Batman and The Joker for the game.

Luhrmann, Kidman Australia interviews

Baz Luhrmann’s epic action adventure Australia hits screens this Boxing Day and, as an early Christmas present to our readers, we have some great interviews with Luhrmann and cast stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.

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