But Hollywood doesn't just make the movies people wants to see. It also shapes the movies people want to see. To treat the mass film industry as some passive "invisible hand" given all we know about how visual depection of women, men, relationships, bodies, clothes, smoking etc does have an affect on consumption…

Random? Some respect please. That's Martin Clunes. Living legend and backup UK national treasure should Stephen Fry, heaven forbid, not always be around to occupy that spot.

Of course. Betrayal. The lobster was discussed in the Fusilli Jerry, but not consumed.

Because the food looked lousy? They ate there because it was handy. It had very little else going for it. Other than the big salad. Didn't George get food poisoning from the lobster?

It's an average movie, but I always thought Dancing Zorba's, the family restaurant in My Big Fat Greek Wedding looked great. My favourable impression of the restaurant could be getting mixed up with my favourable impression of John Corbett, but I love Greek food and I can happily imagine overeating there.

Ah, Kragle. In this case I think we can agree Lord Business has done good work.

I don't think it's necessarily another issue (the sperm stealing). It's part of the same characterisation of women as hormonally driven irrational beings. Even if they are shown as being capable of acting as strong, rational and driven for a few seasons, in the end their "true colours" shine through.

That's harsh! Let us dream a little before we face the reality of moaning for years only to sign up to find endless Kate Hudson movies and all 7 seasons of Rules of Engagement. Somehow I'm sure they'll have no problem ironing out the licensing issues on those ones.

Maybe this column should be in debate form. You put forward your defence of Foreigner. I think it'll take about 3 minutes to dismantle it, but maybe I'm wrong. Bill Bailey called them the musical equivalent of a piece of dough hitting you in the face.

Agreed. These people who can legally access content they are willing to pay for have no idea what it's like down here at the bottom of the earth… where we have to furtively sneak around trying to find ways to hand across our money for TV and movies the rest of the world can legitimately see.
Netflix. Hulu. iTunes TV.…

Now this is why this column exists. Great stuff. Clearly the key is getting someone with strong, witty opinions who likes a good rant and who has more to draw on than that they are sick of the song currently being overplayed on radio. In the UK there was (is?) a whole TV series dedicated to similar rants - "Grumpy Old…

Mila Kunis was a bit of a revelation in that role. Kunis plus the vampire puppetry was enough to take the movie from bad to very watchable.

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Most episodes are on YouTube too.

What about 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'? It's not bad. She doesn't do a lot in the movie, despite having the title role, but she had to put up with Russell Brand in close proximity so I think she earned her money.

Name names? Well, Peep Show of course. Inbetweeners, Green Wing, Black Books, Mitchell and Webb. Fresh Meat. Assorted Panel Shows - Never Mind the Buzzcocks especially. I'm not sure you and I would be able to communicate in real life. I've never watched any of the shows you listed! (Combination of not living in the…

This would have been a much better question. Most of my day to day conversation is lifted from obscure UK comedies that no one around me knows.

I'm not going to disagree with her stance (except perhaps with the idea that the first Mrs Doubtfire was any good - it wasn't. Although at least Pierce Brosnan didn't sing in that movie). But I will point out that 'Before Sunset' was an unplanned sequel and it was glorious. Perhaps Linklater is the exception that…

Thanks for the response. I had thought I had misunderstood the difference between TV Club and TV review. A mid-season update sounds like a good idea. Thanks again.

This says "one episode watched for review" but gives the entire season a grade based on that one episode? Am I reading that right? I thought TV Review normally looked at a few episodes at least - not just one.