A killer comedy from the director of Bend It Like Beckham. I loved that film so am truly looking forward to this one!

With a cast featuring the best of British comedy talent, It's A Wonderful Afterlife tells the story of a British-Asian mother whose obsession with marrying off her daughter has hilarious results.

As each potential suitor meets a sticky end, in a series of curry-themed murders, policemen Mark Addy (The Full Monty) and Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes) are brought in to investigate...

See larger image Bend It Like Beckham (Widescreen Edition) (DVD) Directed by: Gurinder Chadha Starring: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) List Price: $14.98 USD New From: $6.73 In Stock Used From: $0.97 In Stock Released September 30, 2003.

Tags: bend it like beckham, British people, comedy, danny dyer, Full Monty, goldy notay, Heroes, horror, It's a Wonderful Afterlife, jimi mistry, Mark Addy, sendhil ramamurthy, shabana azmi

The internet is buzzing with the news that Adrian Pasdar (aka Nathan Petrelli) is exiting Heroes. Inside sources apparently told TV Guide that NBC have let Pasdar go, although NBC have refused to comment on their story.

Sites all over the web are now posting that the "shocking death" on this season of Heroes is the death of Nathan Petrelli. What the? His shocking death was last season! Pasdar has merely been playing Sylar's shapeshifted and brainwiped version of himself and, given that, obviously such a scenario can only be temporary. Not only that, but after being shot by a hitman and buried, and with Sylar subsequently crawling out of the grave, it seemed a fairly obvious statement to me that not only is Nathan Petrelli as a character done for, but so to is Pasdar's role (aside from the odd shapeshifting).

Yes it may be disappointing to some fans to hear that Adrian Pasdar has been fully let go (if it turns out to be something other than a rumor), but I hardly think this news qualifies as a "shocking death" on Heroes this season.

I'm still betting the major death will be Hiro.

Tags: Adrian Pasdar, Heroes

It's been talked about for a long time so it's not really a big secret at all - a major character is going to die during this season of Heroes.

The latest news is that it will be a male character, which will disappoint all those cheerleader haters out there.

Personally I think it's fairly obviously going to be Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka).  Firstly, they've been talking about the fact that he's been dying for some time.  Episode by episode they keep referring to the fact that the more he uses his time travel powers, the closer he gets to death. Oka has also hinted at his death in interviews. Surely the writing is on the wall for Hiro.

Realistically, if Hiro doesn't die, then all the lead up has been a complete waste of viewer time and, more so, he's just gotta go - Hiro is one of the worst characters in the series.  He's annoying, childish and completely unbelievable.  As soon as he walks on screen stupid music plays, stupid things happen.  He's stupid.

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Tags: Heroes, Masi Oka

Okay I'm just going to come right out and say it.  The latest episode of Heroes, S04E05 'Hysterical Blindness', was pretty good and easily the best episode so far this season.

All the talk about that lesbian kiss between actress Madeline Zima and Hayden Panettiere left me certain this was going to be another awful episode with a moment of girl-on-girl shock value action to try and redeem itself, but that wasn't the case.  The kiss was portrayed in a kind of fitting way, and it was fleeting enough that there wasn't any time to really dwell on it.  Most of all, the guesswork the writers have thrown in about Zima's character Gretchen is beginning to shine.  Is she a good gal, or a bad? I have no idea, and that's good.

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How's this for an absurd DVD sales statistic: Heroes Season 3 is outselling Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2.

This week TSCC sold $2.032M, lagging just behind Heroes' $2.089M.

Despite the apparent neck and neck nature of those numbers, it wasn't really a close finish. In context, this is the fifth week of release for Heroes, whilst Terminator is in only its second.

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I'm kind of amazed at just how much coverage Heroes is receiving over a single kissing scene between actress Madeline Zima and Hayden Panettiere. It seems everywhere I turn there it is, leading me to believe that either people haven't realized what typing "lesbian" into a Google image search can do, or are just simply more interested in these two actresses in particular.

Assuming it's the latter, I thought you might be interested in hearing what Madeline Zima thought about this absurdly popular kissing scene.

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Tags: Hayden Panettiere, Heroes, Madeline Zima

I've been struggling with Heroes since the beginning of season two.  The show has simply never found the greatness it exhibited in the first season.  In fact, I'll go as far as to say that Heroes sits firmly in my mind as the show that completely screwed itself worse than any other show in history.

Heroes season 4 is about redemption, but there's nothing redeeming about it.  Sure, 'Acceptance' was definitely the best episode yet this season, but unfortunately that only means it wasn't as crap as the first three episodes.

If you think I'm being a bit harsh, let me put this episode in perspective.  The primary storyline follows Hiro (Masi Oka) as he pushes himself closer to death by using his time traveling power to save a guy who can't stop photocopying his ass.

Seriously, do I need to write any more.

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Tags: Heroes