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How JG Ballard cast his shadow right across the arts

JG Ballard's influence on culture went far beyond literature. We look at his lasting impact on film, pop, architecture, TV and visual art Film: Peter Bradshaw JG Ballard's influence on the cinema is elusive, indirect, glimpseable at the margins. Perhaps searching for a ­Ballardian cinema in ordinary terms is obtuse: we should be looking instead at CCTV footage taken from any shopping-mall security camera, or the Big Brother daytime live feed, or one of the direct-impact 9/11 World Trade Centre plane-crash ... (read more)


Tags: Peter Bradshaw  Big Brother  World Trade Centre  Audie Murphy  Steven Spielberg  Christian Bale  American Psycho  David Cronenberg  Dead Ringers  Jeremy Irons  David Lynch  Michael Haneke  Chairman Mao  Dan Dare  Joy Division  The Drowned World  Grace Jones  Thom Yorke  Paul Delvaux  The War  Tate Modern  Kingdom Come  Hello America  George Orwell  OJ Simpson  Princess Diana  Life on Mars  Crash  April 20th, 2009

Play it again, Uncle Sam

Is British TV really dictating what Americans watch? John Patterson finds one area of the Special Relationship where we have a trade surplus If there were such a thing as an equivalent to the Chinese stranglehold on the American economy, the hands around America's cultural throat would be British. First there was the Oscar-winning movie of Traffic, now here's Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck in a Washington-set version of State Of Play, and soon there'll be a Mel Gibson-starring movie of Edge Of Darkness. ... (read more)


Tags: John Patterson  Special Relationship  Russell Crowe  Ben Affleck  State of Play  Mel Gibson  Life on Mars  Eleventh Hour  Rufus Sewell  American Idol  Who Wants To Be A Millionaire  The Weakest Link  Dancing With The Stars  The Office  Beauty And The Geek  Family Feud  Match Game  Blankety Blank  The Price Is Right  University Challenge  The Brits  Till Death Us Do Part  Steptoe And Son  All In The Family  Sanford And Son  George And Mildred  The Ropers  Richard Mulligan  Big Brother  April 17th, 2009

Blog Spotlight: "Life on Mars" Ending Divides Fans

Dark Horizons takes a snapshot of reviews of the series finale of ABC's Life on Mars from around the web (read more)


Tags: Life on Mars  April 2nd, 2009

Blog Spotlight: "Life on Mars" and the perils of mass-appeal television

TV Barn reports on the cancellation of the American version of Life on Mars and wonders if it could have succeeded if it weren't on ABC (read more)


Tags: Life on Mars  March 5th, 2009

ABC axes 'Life On Mars' after one season

The US version of Life On Mars will not be returning for a second season. (read more)


Tags: ABC  Life on Mars  March 3rd, 2009

Keitel consults Glenister over Hunt role

Life On Mars star Philip Glenister reveals that he advised Harvey Keitel about playing Gene Hunt. (read more)


Tags: Life on Mars  Philip Glenister  Harvey Keitel  December 31st, 2008

'Mars' creator "proud" of US version

Life On Mars co-creator Ashley Pharoah admits that he is "proud" of the US remake. (read more)


Tags: Life on Mars  Ashley Pharoah  Mars  November 25th, 2008

British talent dominates at Emmys

David Suchet and Life On Mars are among seven British winners at the International Emmys for TV in New York. (read more)


Tags: David Suchet  New York  Life on Mars  TV  November 25th, 2008

ABC orders four more 'Life On Mars'

ABC orders four additional episodes of time-travel police drama Life On Mars. (read more)


Tags: ABC  Life on Mars  November 21st, 2008

US 'Life On Mars' casts new Annie

US 'Life On Mars' casts new Annie

Gretchen Mol will play Annie in the US remake of Life On Mars.

Read the full story over at digitalspy.co.uk

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Tags: Life on Mars  Gretchen Mol  July 31st, 2008