With a dearth of anything approaching actual entertainment on telly over Christmas (is it wrong to dream of bludgeoning Brucie to death?), I dusted off some old, unwatched TV from the archive and found myself drawn into a marathon session of The Practice. For those of you who didn’t lap this up in the late nineties, The Practice was the eldest child in David E Kelley’s Bostonian law tilogy – otherwise known as the show that wasn’t Ally McBeal, ran longer than Ally McBeal, was consistently better than Ally McBeal but that almost no one actually watched.
The show sprung out of a weird first-refusal deal Kelley struck up with both ABC and Fox, which saw The Practice snapped up by ABC, Ally McBeal going in to production at Fox and both hitting screens at the close of 1997. In tone the two shows were night and day. While both were set within the same universe (and city) McBeal was a fluffy, caricatured romp about legal buffoonery and the occasional dancing baby. The Practice, o...
One thing Comic-Con has become famous for is people dressing up in weird and wonderful costumes. A healthy percentage of all Con-goers are sporting some kind of costume, whether it be as film stars, superheroes, anime icons or just about anything else you can think of. It all builds up to a huge event on Saturday night called the masquerade, where the best of the lot compete for the grand prize. Sadly press aren't allowed to take pictures of the masquerade - and besides, the queue was legendary - but we've been keeping an eye out for the imaginatively attired throughout the Con and compiled an extensive gallery of some of the best (and worst) this year's Con had to offer. ...
Matthew Vaughn's comic book adaptation really does kick ass, hurling Mark Millar's vision onto the screen in a lurid splash of ultra-violence and young girls with the mouths of truckers. The director/writer/producer basks in the glow of the film's Comic-Con reception before returning to his hunt for a distributor. Watch the interview after the jump. ...
Of all the figurines, T-shirts, props and articulated Admiral Ackbars, there's one line of schwag that dominates all others. Yes, we're talking about comic book superheroes. Whether it's Marvel, DC, Vertigo, Dark Horse or any of the countless other publisthers out there, the stars of their graphic novels are scattered everywhere at the Con. You can't so much as turn your head without being assaulted by visions of tights, capes and crotch-hugging Lycra. Here's a small sampling....
Yes, there's more. This is Comic-Con after all so it should come as no surprise that the place is positively brimming with Lucas tat. Here's a further selection of all the goodies on offer.
