TV & Film

As Steve Coogan returns to our screens as the insufferable Alan Partridge, Alan Parry looks back fondly at one of his less remembered characters, Tommy Saxondale. ...

With the release of the much anticipated biopic Stan and Ollie, Shaun Ponsonby revisits ten of Laurel and Hardy’s classic films. ...

A queer, Liverpool-based horror podcast, you say? Shaun Ponsonby speaks to Jon Larkin and Stephen Moore from Screaming Queenz to discuss queer subtext, horror in the gay...

Matt Mak reviews the UK exclusive extended version of Betty: They Say I'm Different – the new biopic on pioneering Queen of Funk, Betty Davis....

With Paul Verhoeven’s infamous trash classic heading to the Output Gallery, Shaun Ponsonby asks whether Showgirls is a truly bad film, or simply misunderstood. ...

A new biopic has been made on the life and music of this 1970s Funk icon – and it's coming to Liverpool for one night only on Monday 6th August 2018....

Exploring the effect of Section 28, Shaun Ponsonby heads to The Reeds for a much needed LGBT history lesson. ...

 As the latest Star Wars movie makes its way to home media, Bruce McAdam deconstructs the film and analyses the controversy surrounding it. ...

Christy Smyth brings this battle of two TV titans to a close, with Black Museum and Tempting Fate getting it on in the final round. ...

Created by Dawn French, and written by a formidable writing team of twin sisters, Alan Parry remembers a largely forgotten sitcom that should be ranked as one of the fine...

As Christy Smyth gets to the business end of both Black Mirror and Inside No. 9 it’s almost level pegging. Up next it’s Metalhead vs. And The Winner Is…...

Continuing his look at two incredibly popular anthology series, Christy Smyth explored Black Mirror’s Hang The DJ and Inside No. 9’s To Have And To Hold....

Christy Smyth returns with round three of Black Mirror vs. Inside No. 9 to pit Crocodile against Once Removed. ...

Continuing his weekly breakdowns of Black Mirror and Inside No. 9, Christy Smyth compares Arkangel and Bernie Clifton’s Dressing Room. Spoiler alert....

As Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror and BBC Two’s Inside No. 9 return to our screens, Christy Smyth pits each episode against each other. Spoiler alert. ...

Planet Slop welcomes back Snips’ Dave Wain for an almost nearly festive Christmas movie guide. ...

As Cartoon Network hits a golden age, Christy Smyth winds down our week-long celebration by asking why British animation is so far behind America.   ...

As John Waters prepares to make his sole UK appearance in Liverpool, Shaun Ponsonby commemorates the 20th anniversary of the classic Simpsons episode Homer’s Phobia...

Animania turns towards the East as Craig O’Reilly & Laura Coppin pick their Ghibli favourites. ...

Continuing our week-long celebration of all things animated, Laura Coppin challenges the long held belief that cartoons are primarily made for children. ...

As the first ever animated feature film celebrates its 80th anniversary this week, Planet Slop present Animania – a week long celebration of cartoons throughout the...

Ahead of The League of Gentlemen’s TV return and UK tour, Alan Parry looks at the legacy of one of British comedy’s darkest gems. ...

As Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi is unleashed, Bruce McAdam takes an in-depth look at the franchise under Disney. ...

Planet Slop offer a spoiler free review straight from the red carpet of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. ...

In the second in his series of imagined backstage stories from terrible TV shows, Shaun Ponsonby travels back to 1983 for an erotic, romantic epic set in the early days o...

Ahead of the big screen adaption of The Disaster Artist, Shaun Ponsonby explores the cult classic film on which it is based and asks why this particular bomb resonates wi...

With the release of his new film The Killing of a Sacred Deer, we take a look at the films of Yorgos Lanthimos with a guest piece by Michael Fowler from Picturehouse at F...

The Death Of Stalin gets the Planet Slop Film Club treatment in our second collaborate review. ...

Slop’s Vicky Pea teams up with Snips’ Dave Wain to bring you a spooky selection of seriously shocking Halloween films. ...

Planet Slop welcomes you to our inaugural edition of the Film Club, first up in our firing line, Blade Runner 2049. ...

Gentlemen start your engines, and may the best woman win! Shaun Ponsonby sees something in Drag Race that he doesn't get from any other reality contest.    ...

In the first of his short stories based on the backstage antics of bland TV shows, Shaun Ponsonby imagines the events surrounding The One’s Show’s Christmas p...

As the BBC announce Jodie Whittaker as the first Time Lady, Sean Broadhurst argues that the change is not only canon, but central to the show. ...

George A. Romero, the Godfather of the Dead, has died after a short battle with cancer. ...

As Steven Speilberg looks into rebooting Animaniacs, Shaun Ponsonby pays tribute to one of his most beloved cartoons....

Returning like Twin Peaks on a different network, Shaun Ponsonby finds the all-new Cosmic Slop closer to Alien: Covenant....