The Beginner’s Guide to Anime: No. 3 – Ouran High School Host Club
Continuing with the theme of genres which exist in anime but not in the west, one of these genres is known as “harem”. It sounds salacious, and sometimes it is, but the most basic form involves one character being surrounded by others of the opposite genre. In most cases, it is a man surrounded by lots of women. However, in some cases you can also have harem in which a woman is surrounded by lots of men, often referred to as a “reverse harem”. One of the best harem anime is Ouran High School Host Club, a romantic comedy broadcast in ...
Top 5 Soap Villains Who Deserve Comeuppance
In recent months, there have been numerous soap villains on the box who have been getting away with far too much in recent weeks. Whether it's their bad manners, shady dealings, blackmail, or even murder, it has been quite unpleasant to see these characters walk around like they're a chosen saint one minute, and then behaving like they're the devil's spawn the next. Here at On The Box, we've selected five soap characters we feel deserve their comeuppance this year. In absolutely any way possible. 5. Phil Mitchell There have been many villains during EastEnders' 28 year run, some nastier than others. ...
“Award-winning” Made in Chelsea
To the delight of about twenty recession proof households in SW10, Made in Chelsea can now be prefixed with "award-winning." Although that award is "Best Reality and Constructed Reality TV show." Much like winning a "Beauty Contest" in Monopoly, there was a lot more luck than skill involved. Nonetheless, like a student with a stolen traffic cone it will still be brandished as though it actually means something. Francis Boulle, well known ginger and bench enthusiast later asked: 'Who would have thought you'd win a Bafta for just being posh?' A question which successfully echoed the whispers of the entire attending audience. Past ...
The Worst TV Bosses
Chief Wiggum Despite being Head of Police in a town of around 30,000 people (according to Wikipedia), Clancy Wiggum has little to no understanding or respect for the law. Routinely ignoring emergency calls, arresting people on the flimsiest of excuses, and being too fat to function, it's terrifying to think that he's been entrusted with a gun. To be fair, he does have his good qualities. His relationship with Lou and Eddie is a perfect model for friendships everywhere, and if Springfield can manage not to descend into anarchy with only 3 police officers, then he must be doing something right. ...
Doctor Who during the wilderness years
You’ve seen them on the display stands in Waterstones. Photo montages of Matt Smith, Daleks and Spirograph designs. Nice present for a Doctor Who-obsessed niece maybe, but inessential. Tie-in books have never garnered the most respect. If looking cool on the Tube with a dog-eared copy of On the Road is at one end of the scale, getting crammed up against the doors with a near-mint edition of War of the Daleks is the other. But hold on, hipster. Most people who care know Doctor Who is the longest-running science-fiction series in the world, but it also holds the record ...
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Frankie
Frankie 14 May, BBC 1 at 9pm Few television characters are more inoffensive than district nurse Frankie Maddox, the title character in Lucy Gannon’s new six-part series. Frankie is the sort of smiley generic everywoman who typically features in adverts for Boots, where she’s seen skipping down the street with her girlfriends, seemingly chuffed... [Read more of this review]
King of Coke: Living the High Life
King of Coke: Living the High Life Tuesday 14th May 10pm on National Geographic This is the story of Larry Levin, a studious and charming young man with his sights set on the big time glamour of dentistry. On the way he uses his charisma and attention to detail to accidentally almost become one of the most significant coke dealers of the 80’s. Born... [Read more of this review]
The Fall
The Fall 13 May at 9pm BBC2 I had hoped this would going to be a dramatisation of Albert Camus’s philosophical novel ‘The Fall’ when I first got the go ahead and review it. It isn’t, and my disappointment only sharpened when I saw it was in fact going to be another detective show about another arsing serial killer. Then I saw Gillian Anderson... [Read more of this review]
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher 12 May at 8pm on ITV I was looking forward to this. I love a bit of Victorian sleuthery, the fog, the gas-light and mangled faces of the supporting casts have always evoked great comfort and pleasure in me. I am also a big fan (who isn’t?) of Mr Paddy Considine, he has a rare charisma that I find hard to pin down and... [Read more of this review]
Murder on the Home Front
Murder on the Home Front 9th May at 9pm on ITV TV dramas can be a tricky one. There’s so many great ones on TV at the moment (hello, new series of Mad Men), that lower-budget shows can pass by unnoticed. There’s also the issue of wanting to catch up on some of the bigger names. Everyone would love to start watching Game of Thrones, but... [Read more of this review]
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