TQS StaffSo after last weeks alternative universe with the Nazis running the country, this time we have some body swapping shenanigans. Oh, and another dead probation worker. At the beginning of the episode Seth asks Kelly out on a date; she’s happy, he’s happy, everything looks great. However, the Misfits have to go and do some community service at a hospital. In there, Kelly tries to help a coma patient but when she touches her, they swap bodies and Kelly is left in the hospital with no way out. The gang end up realising it’s not Kelly they are talking to… The tension between the characters is increasing this time as the foreshadowing of future conflicts continues. As usual the cast is on fine form as Daryl takes centre stage. However this episode does flounder a little bit as some of the individual moments don’t work well with the whole. On the positive side though Hershel’s continued reluctance to keep our survivors around is made even more interesting with the end of episode reveal. The fallout from that secret will probably be left for the mid season Christmas break in two episodes time, but it looks like it’s going to be… 
Few films are as successful at placing the audience inside the heads of their protagonists as Take Shelter, the second feature from Jeff Nichols (Shotgun Stories). That’s especially impressive since the character in question is Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon), a man who finds himself plagued by terrifying visions of an apocalyptic storm which may be a sign that he is going mad, or that he is a prophet. In short, his head isn’t the sort of place that you really want to be in, but Nichols and Shannon put you there from minute one and don’t let you out until the… 
All the Misfits’ old powers went somewhere and at the start of this episode we see an old man called Friedrich who has Curtis’ old ability to wind back time. And what does he do with that? Decide to kill Hitler of course. It’s quite moving, as we see Friedrich at a memorial to the heroes of World War 2 and he says he is doing it for them. But of course, not all runs smoothly and Hitler ends up getting his hands on Friedrich’s mobile phone. Flash forward and we see that the mobile gave the Nazis a technological… 
Since its debut last month at the London Film Festival the buzz around Steve McQueen’s second directorial outing Shame (the first being 2008’s Hunger) has been impossible to avoid. Following Brandon’s (Michael Fassbender) struggle with sex addiction and complicated relationship with his cabaret singer sister, Sissy, (Carey Mulligan) Shame takes us on a dark journey of addiction and self-destruction. Brandon is a high-flying (though non-defined) business man who admits to never have had a relationship for longer than 4 months who is so addicted to sex he watches porn around the clock, masturbates at work and picks up one night stands at… 
It’s Simon’s turn in the spotlight this week, and he’s still trying to become “Superhoodie” (which seems to be his official name now). He knows it’s his destiny and he knows what will happen to him but still he does it all for Alisha. Awwww! Things are going pretty well for Simon. Him and Alisha are together and in love, he is still doing loads of parkour trying to hone his Superhoodie routine, okay so he’s back on probation but overall things are looking good. Especially considering what he has been through. I think he is the centre of the… 
With a pitch currently underway to convert Charlie Chaplin’s work into 3D for multiplex release causing debate around the blogosphere, Silent Clowns was a timely piece of programming at Leeds Film Festival. The programme consisted of extracts from Snub Pollard, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy with a full feature screening of Harold Lloyd’s Safety Last comprising the second half. All the films were accompanied by a fantastic live band and introduced or had the premise set by Paul Merton. However, I deliberately contracted the title to omit Paul Merton earlier as to be completely frank, he might as… 
After a great opener last week, I was keen to see if they could keep up the momentum with the second episode. And even more keen to see how they’d make further use of Curtis’ gender swapping power. Things were back to “normal” for the Misfits by the end of the last episode; they were all back in their orange jumpsuits with their probation officer, Shaun being generally unhelpful and rather unsurprised they were back. After Rudy’s opening episode, this one centres on Curtis and his new power. While watching a group of youths train for athletics it’s obvious he… 
We’re spoiled for choice for shorts at this year’s Leeds Film Festival with 3 different strands comprising Short Film City; World animated, World live action and UK/Yorkshire. The first batch of the animated shorts is a certainly mixed bunch, ranging from the nightmarishly surreal to slapstick hilarious. Here I’m going to talk about the first six shorts of the first screening. Birdboy Birdboy follows the story of the eponymous misfit lost in his fantasies set against the backdrop of a town turned upside down following an explosion at the local industrial plant. The acid rain from the fallout destroyed the fish, trees… 
There is a big moment in this episode, which sends one character on a path that has no return. It’s powerful, horrendous and above all, justifiable. Well justifiable for the character in question. However this big revelation will probably dwarf most of the other story progression that was done in this episode when people look back. Which is a shame as there is a lot to like about this latest installment.As poor little Carl still fights for his life, Lori comes to a realisation that is chillingly practical. In a world full of horror, would it be better if Carl just…
