Howard: Top Tudor TV Picks
Sixteenth century Tv critic Howard Elston (DOA) tells us what to watch on the box today
Screengrab: All Aboard the Ealing Express
Films on tv this week include some great Brit comedies, says Richard Lutz
Screengrab: That Movie You Just Got To Watch on Tv This Week…
This week’s film on the box is a Caine classic, says Richard Lutz
Screengrab: The One Movie on TV You Gotta See….
007 and Holly Golightly on the tv? Richard Lutz has more
Screengrab: If You Gotta See One Movie on TV This Week:
Best flick on the box this week? Richard Lutz gives us a tip
It doesn’t get tougher than this
But Laurence Inman’s ire drives him to new levels of toughness.
Screengrab: Shhhh…. Someone’s Watching
Two visionary films about surveillance on tv this week, says Richard Lutz
‘Boycie’ to visit The Public
John Challis, best known for playing ‘Boycie’ in hit BBC show, Only Fools and Horses, was at The Public in West Bromwich promoting his forthcoming show, ‘Only Fools and…Boycie’.
Robin Ince: The Importance of Being Interested
Award winning comedian and science enthusiast Robin Ince will be performing at The Public in West Bromwich
Aku & Kamu set to appear in animated television series
Birmingham based children’s publisher Aku & Kamu is celebrating the transition of their flagship characters onto the small screen
Tres mis over Les Miz
Laurence Inman says: “Don’t get me started on Les Misérables.”
Screengrab: The Xmas Edition Plus All The Carry On Films You Would Ever Need
TV films galore over the Xmas period, Check oout Richard Lutz’s recommendations
The Poisonous World of Anti-Social Media
Richard Lutz is worried how social media is ruining the spread of free speech.
Hollywood legend meets Brummie teen
A 16-year-old schoolgirl from Birmingham has turned star reporter for a day for education charity FILMCLUB, when she interviewed Hollywood star Dustin Hoffman about his directorial debut film Quartet
Screengrab: Spinal Tap- The Music of Fun
What’s on the box this week? Richard Lutz has the details
Screengrab: Is This The Best Week Ever for Movies on TV?
Never start a story with a question as a headline. That’s the ironclad law when I was a cub reporter around the time of the Mongol Horde invasions across Europe.
Apprentice finalist Nick Holzherr secures venture capital funding for Whisk online food shopping app
Nick Holzherr, finalist on BBC1’s The Apprentice this year, has secured a £170,000 investment for Whisk, the online shopping business pitched to Lord Sugar.
Screengrab: The Hitch Abides
Wimbledon, Euro Cup (sans England), the grinding inevitability of the London Olympic bunfight…what you need is a good movie on the box to get you away from well endowed men and women doing sports
Screengrab: An Offer You Can’t Refuse
There’s a major classico this week on the box, says our man with the remote Richard Lutz
Screengrab: The Duke Goes to War- Hollywood Style
What with all the Jubilee stuff, the finals of The Voice, the re-intro of Big Brother and, finally, Greece ready to pummel Russia 5-0 in the opening of Euro 12, I guess flatscreens will be burning bright throughout this blessed isle.
TV star and world-class music producer front competition panel in Birmingham
Simon Britton – the music producer of Eminem, Leona Lewis and Michael Jackson, will sit alongside the popular TV and film actor Wil Johnson at the final of one of Birmingham’s hottest new talent competitions.
Screengrab: The Week of the Big Chuckle
Richard Lutz says the tv is filled with some classic film comedies this week. There is no doubt that Nicholas Cage, that on again off again Hollywood star, can make you laugh. Not at some of his over the top musclebound turkeys. But quite simply as a good screen comedian. Two are on the…
Screengrab: White Whales and Kirk Douglas Drag Us Into The Deep Blue Hollywood Sea
from Richard Lutz Stolid if not boring Gregory Peck takes to the high seas in Moby Dick (Mon, Ch5; 14.15) It was a great novel. Still is. It is a laughably appalling movie. Director John Huston made a mega mistake by signing up po- faced Peck to be Captain Ahab in pursuit of that…
And Here Is Lots of News- North of the Border At Least
by Richard Lutz Banished to Scotland for a while, and thoughts turn to tv once I tire of haggis flavoured crisps, ‘interesting’ weather patterns and monomanic Old Firm sport coverage ITV’s local franchise STV, out of Glasgow, is an intriguing offer. Whenever I come north of the border, I notice it…
Screengrab: From Jack Nicholson And Into The Abyss With Mad Max
Richard Lutz looks at the week ahead on the box for movies Screengrab comes to you this week from Scotland. And it’s indeed a pleasure to report that along with heather and tartan, this place also has television. So, it is a complete and unalloyed pleasure to go through the listings and send you my…
Screengrab: The Brits Are Coming
British directors take precedence in this week’s tv schedules. And one name dominates, according to Richard Lutz Someone at Channel 4 likes Alfred Hitchcock. Starting on Tuesday, each afternoon has one of his films and they range from good to bad to blissfully unknown. On Tuesday we kick off with Rear Window (Tues,…
Screengrab: Dross, Dregs and Sharktopus
by Richard Lutz Let’s start at the bottom and, don’t fret, some people like bottoms. To put it more succinctly: what’s on the satchannel Syfy this week? Well, in one 24 hour burst, you have such classics as Princess of Mars (Wed; 3.00pm) Mongolian Death Worm (Wed; 23.00), and, the most intriguing, Sharktopus (Thurs; 04.00).…
City TV’s Development Board develops
City TV has attracted several business luminaries to its Interim Development Board in support of its application for Birmingham’s Local-Digital Television Programme Service.
Screengrab: Movies On The Box
by Richard Lutz Screengrab opens this week with a five star heads up for Cool Hand Luke (TCM; Thurs, 11.20pm) Now, here’s a film that really changed things. It was a 1960’s story about rebellion – but not in the counter culture/long hair/smoking pot kind of way. It was the slowburn truculence of Paul…
On The Box: Which American Super-Series Do You Like Best?
Richard Lutz looks at those big mega-strand US tv shows and tries to figure out which is best.