Another Tuesday and yes I hear you, Monday has taken it’s toll and you’ve arrived at one of those oddly pointless days of the week – not the beginning, not halfway through and not the blessed TGIF we all love. So here are 5 wonderful songs I have collected on Continue Reading
… and the location of Eurovision 2013 is …
Malmö! Yes Malmö has won the three way “contest” between the capital Stockholm, Gothenberg in the west of Sweden, and itself. The city’s Hartwall Arena, which houses 15,500, considerably less than Baku’s Crystal Hall, will play host to Europe’s annual festival of song. Found in 1275 when that part of Sweden Continue Reading
New “The Hobbit” poster revealed
With Comic-Con almost upon us – well those who are attending that is; it remains, frustratingly, on my pop culture bucket list – there’s a veritable torrent of wonderful reveals from the purveyors of all the TV shows and movies that make a geek boy like me smile in anticipation Continue Reading
Movie review: “ted”
There are three things I now know after watching Seth MacFarlane’s (The Family Guy) first movie, ted: 1. To create a truly subversive movie, pair debauched douche bag behaviour with happy feel good 1950s Leave It To Beaver/My Three Sons-esque music 2. Giovanni Ribisi is now the go to Continue Reading
Mixtape: 1970s
If you have read anything on this blog before, it will have become mighty obvious that I am not exactly fresh out of high school. Not that I am eyeing up a glittery red Zimmer frame to buy with all the fervency of teenage girls spotting Justin Bieber, but I Continue Reading
RIP Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith died today, aged 86 at his home on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. A man who embodied the very essence of the southern gentleman, chambering and captivating audiences over a 50 year career that included stints on Broadway, in film and of course on television. It was on television Continue Reading
“Grimm” debuts second season art
With Grimm returning a little earlier than usual to the American broadcast schedule on August 13 as NBC tries to capitalise on its Olympics coverage, it makes sense that they have released the second season artwork which displays our heroes in all their dancing-on-the dark-side-of-fairytales glory. With another Lost alum Continue Reading
First impressions: “Veep”
This is one seriously funny show. Leaving aside the fact that saying this show’s name makes me feel like I am the Roadrunner about to sprint off from my hapless Foe, Wile E. Coyote one more time in a Looney Tunes cartoon – which I must hasten to add Continue Reading