While occasionally clumsy in the way it goes about things, the first season of Torchwood ultimately makes good on its promise to be a science fiction programme for an older market. So while it's spun out from the more family-friendly Doctor Who, it does carve out an edgy, entertaining niche for itself. The programme follows the adventures of the Torchwood agency (who we ...
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori, Gareth David-LloydDirected By: Alice Troughton, Andy Goddard, Ashley Way, Brian Kelly, Colin Teague
In many ways a far more experimental and variable series than the show it spun out of, Torchwood demonstrates many of the qualities of Doctor Who, but has certainly developed a tone all of its own. Season two finds the Torchwood team still under the pavements of Cardiff, and still led by John Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness. But there's a lot going on this second series, ...
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: John Barrowman, Gareth David-Lloyd, Eve Myles, Naoko Mori, Burn Gorman
As its title suggests, Layer Cake is a crime thriller that cuts into several levels of its treacherous criminal underworld. The title is actually one character's definition of the drug-trade hierarchy, but it's also an apt metaphor for the separate layers of deception, death, and betrayal experienced by the film's unnamed protagonist, a cocaine traffic middle-man played with smooth appeal ...
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentStarring: Daniel Craig, Kenneth Cranham, Dexter Fletcher, Jamie Foreman, Michael GambonDirected By: Matthew Vaughn
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: John Barrowman, Burn Gorman, Naoko MoriDirected By: Colin Teague, Brian Kelly
As its title suggests, Layer Cake is a crime-thriller that cuts into several levels of its treacherous criminal underworld. The title is actually one character's definition of the drug-trade hierarchy, but it's also an apt metaphor for the separate layers of deception, death and betrayal experienced by the film's unnamed protagonist, a cocaine traffic middle-man played with smooth appeal by ...
While occasionally clumsy in the way it goes about things, the first season of Torchwood ultimately makes good on its promise to be a science fiction programme for an older market. So while it's spun out from the more family-friendly Doctor Who, it does carve out an edgy, entertaining niche for itself. The programme follows the adventures of the Torchwood agency (who we met in ...
Manufacturer: BBCStarring: John Barrowman, Burn Gorman, Naoko MoriDirected By: Brian Kelly, Colin Teaque
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori, Gareth David-LloydDirected By: Alice Troughton, Andy Goddard, Ashley Way
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: John Barrowman, Burn Gorman, Naoko MoriDirected By: Brian Kelly, Colin Teague
There are many reasons why Torchwood is unlikely to ever match the appeal of its parent show, Doctor Who, and this collection of episodes from its maiden series ably demonstrates why.Firstly, the show is blatantly aimed at an older demographic, both through crude and clever means, and that's already lost it as many fans as it's won. Secondly, there's a real sense of risk-taking to ...
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: John Barrowman, Naoko Mori, Burn GormanDirected By: Colin Teague, Brian Kelly
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, Burn Gorman, Naoko MoriDirected By: Alice Troughton, Brian Kelly, Colin Teague, James Strong
