Last week, as my friend Warren and I sat discussing what we had and hadn’t enjoyed about the new iteration of Total Recall starring Colin Farrell and former 7th Heaven star Jessica Biel – for the record we liked it much more than many critics did – we started Continue Reading
First impressions: “GCB (Good Christian Bitches/Belles)”
THE SHOW Based on the novel of (almost) the same name by Kim Gatlin – the title was shortened in deference to the fact that the comic drama was shown one of the main broadcast networks in the US, ABC, which operate under far stricter criteria than their cable Continue Reading
Sesame Street: Sad day for The Count … and all of us
I have written often of my enduring love affair with Sesame Street, a magical TV program that is as funny as it is clever and educational. Central to the show from the beginning were the wonderful Muppet characters that, despite warnings from child psychologists in the late 1960s that Continue Reading
New season’s US TV shows 2012: Part 2
Yes more exciting enticing shows and as always it brings up the great question of life – is sleep really necessary? I mean, really? After all, I am already way behind on number of shows and barely keeping up with a number of others and so I do wonder just Continue Reading
Sneak peek: “Glee” season 4 posters released
I will admit it. I am tad behind viewing the last of Glee’s season 3 episodes. It’s not from a lack of enthusiasm at all, but rather the clamour of so many shows baying for my attention. But I have a feeling that these new posters, just released to Continue Reading
Movie review: “Total Recall”
The first thing anyone needs walking into a fast-moving action-saturated movie like this is a suspension of belief so large and weighty you need a cherry picker to hoist it into the cinema seat next to you. Once that’s done, Total Recall, directed by Underworld’s Len Wiseman, and based Continue Reading
Fox on NBC and an NBC alum on FOX
Never have two news releases prompted so much fun with a headline. Well for this blog at least. On Monday, it was announced that one of the most loved stars in the world, Michael J Fox who has found fame on both the small and big screens is returning Continue Reading
Sonic Bliss #13: My favourite songs of the week
Time for another dive into the pools of musical goodness and see who has been creating beautiful music in the last little while. So sit back, strap on the headphones – memo to self: must get the ginormous ones so large that if they fell from my ears whole Continue Reading
“Husbands” season 2 premieres
Husbands is that rare beast of a sitcom. It is a side-splittingly funny satire, replete with more pop culture references that an attendee at Comic-Con, which also manages to be a political call to action for equality, all without being preachy or overly earnest. How does it manage this Continue Reading
Sneak peek: “Falling Skies”, final episode season 2
We have almost reached the final episode of season 2 and all I can say is that ten episodes go by so fast! But my haven’t the team behind Falling Skies used them well this season. The 2nd Mass. have successfully traversed the eastern seaboard of the USA, from Continue Reading