(courtesy Oceanfilm.net) To be honest, this reviewer put off watching Ocean With David Attenborough for quite a few months because life was, and is, super stressful and who needs to find out more about how supremely comprehensively humanity is trashing our oceans on top of the litany of other environmental Continue Reading
Revealed! The Jim Henson Hour: “Secrets of the Muppets” #AndyAt60
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTJoin Jim Henson and his dog, Jojo, for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of The Jim Henson Creature Shop in this rare 1989 documentary episode of The Jim Henson Hour. In “Secrets of the Muppets,” Jim reveals the innovative techniques that brought the Muppets to life, including the integration Continue Reading
A lifetime of reading … my 60(ish) top books #AndyAt60
(via Shutterstock) Reading has always been a lifeline for me. My childhood, while full of love from my parents, was marked by unending bullying, which began as I stepped on the school bus and only stopped as I stepped off that afternoon, and judgement and censure from not all but Continue Reading
Retro comic book review: Scooby Doo … Mystery Comics #1 #AndyAt60
A curious thing happened in late January 1990 as I prepared to move to Sydney, by overnight Kirklands bus no less, and tried to sort out my belongings at my parents’ place. I decided to throw out, for reasons that completely escape me now, almost all my ABBA collection (since Continue Reading
Book review: Somewhere, a Boy and a bear by Gyles Brandreth #AndyAt60
(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Childhood is in many ways, the most perfect and yet, once departed, the most impossible of idylls to return to, and yet as the enduring power of A. A. Milne’s now 100-year-old creation Winnie the Pooh reminds us in ways melancholic and yet comforting, it doesn’t Continue Reading
Ready for my cinema seat, Mr. DeMille: my favourite 60 movies #Andyat60
(via Shutterstock) I honestly recall the first movie I ever saw but it was highly likely it was on the TV. When I was a kid, cinemas were few and far between on the Far North Coast of New South wales and while my family wasn’t poor, we weren’t flush Continue Reading
The loveable characters of Sesame Street do their best to get into the Netflix vibe
(courtesy Netflix TUDUM) When HBO decided not to renew its contract to screen first-run episodes of Sesame Street, there was a brief moment of worry about who would step in to keep kids learning their ABCs and 123s with the likes of Grover, Big Bird and Elmo. Thankfully, Netflix stepped Continue Reading
Book review: Myself & Other Animals by Gerald Durrell #AndyAt60
(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) As part of my 60th birthday celebrations, I am highlighting figures and characters and franchises which have meant the world to me, enriching my life beyond measure and granting the ability to see this amazing world of ours in ways that might otherwise have evaded me. Continue Reading
Saturday morning TV: Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har #AndyAt60
It’s a fascinating exercise watching a cartoon show you haven’t watched since you were a kid. Some of the cartoons, such as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, The Flintstones or any and all Looney Tunes shorts, hold up really well, every bit as charming and fun as they were when, snuggled Continue Reading
Let the end times roll … Fallout S2 has a fabulously apocalyptic new trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe new season will pick up in the aftermath of season one’s epic finale and take audiences along for a journey through the wasteland of the Mojave to the post-apocalyptic city of New Vegas. Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout Continue Reading