Doomsday rock1 is an exceptionally average movie. The plot, about a disgraced scientist who takes over a nuclear launch site so he can destroy an…
CIPC #497: Taskmaster S8 E3, Stuck in a mammal groove
Taskmaster is one of the more unusual shows around. The concept is that a quintet of British comedians are set a series of extravagant tasks.…
CIPC #496: The abominable Dr. Phibes
Every good actor, or more accurately, every prolific actor will, sooner or later, find his way to this blog. Yet it seems that horror icon…
CIPC #495: The big bang theory S11 E15, The novelization correlation
By the time the eleventh season of the The big bang theory came around,1 it had deflated to a sort of small whimper supposal. The…
CIPC #494: The Carol Burnett show 29-03-1975
There have been many, many sketch comedy shows throughout the years, but there have been precious few of them on this blog. Today we add…
CIPC #493: Dance for ever cover
Every year, there are a few momentous events that make their way in the historical canon. For 1977, these include the worst aviation disaster ever,…
CIPC #492: The Thursday murder club
As actors become older, it becomes harder for them to find roles in mainstream movies. So if you’re shooting a film that is set in…
CIPC #491: Nancy Drew No.2, Stay tuned for danger
Ah shit, here we go again. I’ve found yet another long-running multimedia detective franchise that I’d never heard of but that’s massively popular: Nancy Drew.…
CIPC #490: The Perry Bible Fellowship, Endgame
The Perry Bible Fellowship is one of the granddaddies of web comics. It’s not quite Sluggy Freelance, which by now has about a billion issues,…
CIPC #489: Benson S1 E18, Checkmate
Benson is a well-regarded but otherwise unremarkable American sitcom. It focuses on the antics of the titular character in his role as the state’s governor’s…