Ramble on over to Obsessed With Film, where you can read my review of semi-improvised comedy THE TRIP, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, brought to you by the makers of sticky toffee pudding:
"I don't want to do British TV", Steve Coogan tells his agent during The Trip's first episode, somewhat ironically. But thank goodness Coogan's more flexible in reality, as it would be a shame to permanently lose one of the UK's best comic actors to Hollywood. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are reunited for director Michael Winterbottom's six-part peripatetic comedy The Trip, playing exaggerated versions of themselves, for what's essentially a TV sequel to their 2005 movie A Cock & Bull Story. Continue reading...
