http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=James+Shenton Entertainment James Shenton Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87389&ca=Entertainment Easily the darkest, most hard-bitten member of the CSI family, CSI:NY returns this fall for a third season: a season that opens following the violent murder of a former CSI, with another recovering from a coma. We left the second season of CSI in turmoil. In the penultimate episode of the season, "H... Entertainment James Shenton Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87390&ca=Entertainment There was always something a little risky in attempting to continue that venerable British sci-fi franchise, Doctor Who. Reviving a show that has run since the early sixties and gathered millions upon millions of loyal followers can be a dangerous business. Done correctly, though, it can be very pro... Entertainment James Shenton Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87394&ca=Entertainment In 1962 a young cartoonist, Stan Lee, came up with an idea for a new comic superhero. During an era in which most of our superheroes were muscle-bound adults, young Peter Parker struck an unlikely figure. An adolescent -- a pimply, gangly short-sighted teen you would expect to be the last kid picked... Entertainment James Shenton Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87397&ca=Entertainment Every so often a movie will come along that is destined for greatness -- be it through powerful imagery, an engaging plot or a stellar cast. Occasionally, though, just occasionally, comes a movie whose success is based not on cast or plot (whose plot, in fact, is purely incidental to its popularity)... Entertainment James Shenton Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=85292&ca=Entertainment Well, it's that time of year again. For the seventh year running, this fall season we'll see a new season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation hit our screens. Since its debut in the fall season of 2000, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has been a major draw for the CBS Network. It became the most watche... Entertainment James Shenton Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=85069&ca=Entertainment There's something oddly satisfying about seeing a big-budget movie flop. Whenever we hear about these ambitious, special effects-laden extravaganzas going down in flames we get an odd feeling of schadenfreude. But why is this? Does it stem from the fact that we feel manipulated, almost exploited... Entertainment James Shenton Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=85291&ca=Entertainment One of the most successful spin-off series in the history of television, CSI: Miami returns for a fifth series this fall. The show, reported by Reuters this year as the most watched television show in the world, returns this season with the continuation of an explosive story line that threatens to d... Entertainment James Shenton Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=85294&ca=Entertainment For those who came of age in the 1980s during a time of sleek consumerism and homogenous globalization, Indiana Jones was something of an idol. Harking back to a time when the jungles of South America and the Pyramids of Egypt were truly a world away, the Indiana Jones trilogy excited in us a feelin... Entertainment James Shenton Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=83314&ca=Entertainment Are you a movie dunce? Do you not know your Corleone from your Kurosawa? Would you recognise a lightsaber if it hit you in the face? Well, don’t panic. To help you catch up on your movie knowledge here’s the second instalment in your 2-part crash course in the top 10 movies of all time, as voted by... Entertainment James Shenton Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=83296&ca=Entertainment One of the least typecast actors in Hollywood, Adrien Brody -- star of the new period biopic Hollywoodland -- has defied critics by choosing a wide range of roles on the basis that they “look like fun”. This approach has taken him from the most serious role imaginable, as a Polish Jew in Roman Polan...