Rob Batchelor, Author at We Got This Covered

Chris O’Dowd And Others Join Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong Biopic

The race to make the first film tackling the story of Lance Armstrong's drug enhanced success, and his subsequent downfall, has in itself become like the Tour de France that Armstong fraudulently won so many times.

Rob Batchelor Oct 15, 2013

Marvel

Marvel In Talks To Make Four New Shows And A Mini-Series For TV And VOD

Marvel have had a hell of a time over the last few years, with no sign of stopping. Now, Deadline has word that the company plans on putting together four new TV shows and a VOD mini series - totalling sixty episodes altogether. Both traditional cable networks and digital platforms are vying for interest, which is particularly impressive at such an early stage as there is very little casting information attached and no publicly released information at all.

Rob Batchelor Oct 15, 2013

Homeland Review: “Tower Of David” (Season 3, Episode 3)

Well, this is it. This is the one. Brody's back. When we first see him he's big, bald, and full of bullets, breathing heavily and being rescued by Venezuelan mercenaries. From that lovely opener, "Tower of David" gets bleaker, and bleaker, and bleaker. But at least Brody's back, right? In a warm climate at least? The humidity will be good for him. Clear out the lungs a little bit, get him back to fighting fitness.

Rob Batchelor Oct 14, 2013

New Girl Review: “The Captain” (Season 3, Episode 4)

New Girl has always succeeded in finding unexpected ways for the characters to interact. This is sitcom bread and butter - it's how Frasier kept so fresh for so long, and how Friends managed to become stratospherically successful in its mid-period.

Rob Batchelor Oct 9, 2013

Homeland Review: “Uh… Oh… Ah…” (Season 3, Episode 2)

Homeland has long painted in broad strokes, but the brush used this episode was particularly big. Its title might as well have been "The Ends Justify The Means," so keen was it on taking a leaf from 24's Big Book of Underhand Tactics. Unless there's an ongoing metaphor concerning US foreign policy in how the characters interact with each other, it's difficult to imagine how anybody could consistently act as unpleasantly as Saul is right now. Although he assures Quinn that it'll all be worth it, there's simply no need for him to relish his treatment of everybody around him as much as he seems to.

Rob Batchelor Oct 7, 2013

Movies

12 Years A Slave Has A New TV Spot And Release Schedule

Steve McQueen's (not that one) latest feature, 12 Years A Slave, has been receiving a lot of positive word of mouth on the festival circuit lately, gathering potential Oscar buzz like tiny curious fish in the wake of its cinematic jet ski.

Rob Batchelor Oct 4, 2013

24: Live Another Day Will Be Set In London

The new event series, 24: Live Another Day, will be set in London, according to co-showrunner and executive producer Evan Katz. 24 was huge in the UK when it originally aired, so setting it in London a nice way to recognize that fact and pay tribute to the loyalty of the British fans, while giving them more of what they so crave right in their backyards.

Rob Batchelor Oct 4, 2013

New Girl Review: “Double Date” (Season 3, Episode 3)

New Girl might be many things, but serious it ain't. Or is it? "Double Date" comes dangerously close to straight drama in its final minutes, or as close as we're ever likely to get with Jess and the gang around. This showdown has been building over the previous two episodes, with the ongoing saga of Schmidt's simultaneous relationships with Cece and Elizabeth. We've seen near misses - Winston discovered what was going on, but kept it to himself, and Cece and Elizabeth encountered each other at an office party, but Schmidt somehow styled it out (much to his own bemusement) - but that is over now. Done. This is where the shit hits the proverbial fan - the end of Schmidt's "double date," so to speak. There is an actual tangible double date organized, but it is soon forgotten.

Rob Batchelor Oct 3, 2013