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I was able to have a peek into the minds of so many incredible creators: Max Landis (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency), Kevin Smith (Clerks), and Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror) Each one of them unique in their processes, but similar in their passion for making new content Most of all, I realized how much they[...]
Bleak, Bleak, Jesus Christ, This Is Bleak: Black Mirror at NYCC
This is exactly what drew me to Black Mirror and co-creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones hit the nail on the head with their description: "You get a full meal with each episode; something that can't be sustained for seven seasons It doesn't need to be." The dynamic duo have known each other for about 17[...]
Looking Into THQ Nordic's 'Black Mirror' At PAX West
When the word got out that THQ Nordic was revitalizing the old Black Mirror PC game franchise, a number of people took notice as it was one of the better titles to come out during the early '00s The company brought several games over for PAX West, and Black Mirror had a fully playable demo[...]
THQ Reveal Their Latest Game Before Gamescon: 'Black Mirror'
THQ Nordic is releasing a brand new game called Black Mirror, and no, it has nothing to do with the sci-fi series on Netflix What people may not be aware of is that there was a point-and-click adventure game called The Black Mirror back in 2003 made by Future Games, which spawned a couple of[...]
Gotcha. New Black Mirror Season 3 Trailers Hits Us In Our Technological Blind Spot
There's the inevitable comparisons to The Twilight Zone, but Black Mirror is actually quite a bit more specific than that It's that intersection where the pace of technology outruns the ability of society to deal with it, and grim hilarity ensues — or horror, more likely, depending on your point of view. As creator Charlie Brooker[...]
Did Charlie Brooker Know? Or Did He Just Get Very Lucky?
The first episode of British sci-fi anthology TV show Black Mirror, by Charlie Brooker for Channel 4, is infamously gross. Spoilers below. Titled The National Anthem, the plot begins with the kidnap of a much loved British princess, as a blackmail threat is delivered to the British government It states that if the Princess is not to be killed, the Prime[...]
When They Asked Jon Hamm To Audition For The Tudors Thinking He Was John Hannah
I just attended the press screening for Black Mirror: "White Christmas" This time I made it through with my own black mirror intact, and am on the 170 bus right now writing this article. There were Christmas crackers with jokes written by the show's writer Charlie Brooker,  a viewing of the feature length Christmas edition of the[...]
Trailer For Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror – "Cult TV Event Of The Year"
We've seen episode 1 of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror, and spoken to the man himself about it It's pretty angry stuff, and funny with it. The first trailer gives a good hint of how Brooker himself fits into this "contemporary spin on The Twilight Zone," a horror with black comedy about our media-saturated information age. This will[...]