Plus the endless riffing. I found Trainwreck really obnoxious because you could see that Apatow found the cast improving so hilarious that he kept every single iteration in the finished film.

It’s only just occurred to me now that Rhys Ifans’ Spike is a bit of pop culture that has wormed its way into me and my Dad’s shared vocabulary:

As someone who’s disliked Brock for years now, I couldn’t disagree more that he can’t sell. He’s actually one of the best sellers and bumpers in the business, which is why he infuriates me so much. The guy is an immense talent but shows what he’s capable of maybe once every 12-18 months. The rest of the time is just…

Be honest BoyManChildMan: Did you direct this film?

Couldn’t agree more. For me, The Good Place was so thrilling and clever and breakneck in its first two seasons that it just couldn’t sustain that pace from Season 3 onwards. There were good episodes and performances, but in general I thought the last two seasons were solid but inessential. A very good final episode to…

Are you thinking of Life Itself? The one in which someone shoots themselves, some gets knocked down by a bus, the narrator is the grown up baby and Oscar Isaac has a dog named Fuckface?

My pick for  pleasant surprise of last year. The trailers made this thing look really cliche and generic, so I was amazed to find myself really enjoying the characters and how frank this is about sex and sexuality. It covers such a broad spectrum of ideas and issues without ever becoming preachy or heavyhanded. And…

I’ve hardly seen ...Like Clockwork on any Best of the decade lists. Have people forgotten how good it is? For my money, it’s probably the top to bottom best rock album of the last ten years.

If we’re talking British shows that should be here, Inside No. 9 should definitely be on the list.

I genuinely didn’t know that “Guys and Dolls! We’re just a bunch of a crazy Guys and Dolls!” was made up for the Simpsons until a few months ago.

Ozymandias, Granite State, and Felina from Breaking Bad’s final run. So much incredible acting, cinematography and direction, all wrapped in a satisfying conclusion to one of the best TV dramas of all time. 

I definitely wish it was more pulpy. The original Twilight Zone episodes work because they were short, set up a neat little concept and then paid it off with a clever and/or cruel twist, like a perfect short story.

This current run just feels like a more sanitised, less memorable Black Mirror.

Hayley Lu Richardson really is becoming one of those actresses who can save or steal just about any film she’s in. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Columbus but I thought her performance was the first sign of an amazing talent, and she was just as good in Support the Girls. It’s a shame this looks pretty drab, but I’m…

Shout out to the film Frank, in which Michael Fassbender’s titular character accidentally ingests the ashes of his tour manager instead of the protein powder he thinks he’s drinking.

I continue to find the decline of Ricky Gervais fascinating. I adore his early output. The Office and Extras are two of my favourite sitcoms ever, while the XFM radio show and podcasts with Karl Pilkington have been in regular rotation for going on about ten years now.

And yet almost nothing Ricky Gervais has done…

There’s a behind-the-scenes video on the Extras DVD where, during a moment of hardship, Ricky says “This is where there would be a montage set to Coldplay”.

Perhaps it’s just my British bias. Over here, Stephen Merchant is a fairly recognisable face, if somewhat (unfairly) overshadowed by Ricky Gervais.

It has the look and feel of a massive flop ala Valerian or the truly appalling Delgo.

Genuine question here: Does Stephen Merchant need introducing as ‘comedian who co-created The Office’? I thought he was a fairly big name in his own right, given he’s been in a lot of feature films (including Logan) and had his own HBO sitcom.

Hey! There is no cane in Citizen Kane!