Eureka‘s final episode, which I watched with great reluctance purely because I simply didn’t want to say goodbye to such a clever, warm hearted show – you know the idea; if you haven’t watched the episode then has the show really ended? Alas it has – ended on a Continue Reading
Sitcoms: Not dead folks … just different
With a record 29 sitcoms being pitched for this year’s US fall TV pilot season, such as Go On and The Mindy Project, you could be excused for wondering why anyone would suggest that the sitcom is in terminal decline? But it wasn’t that long ago that commentators were Continue Reading
Movie review: The Bourne Legacy
*SOME SPOILERS BELOW* In this modern cynical age, it is a given that the world is rotten to the core, the structures of power and authority that govern it are hollowed out and corrupt, and those that work within it morally compromised beyond all redemption. It is a world Continue Reading
Movie review: “Pillow Talk”
I am not usually a subscriber to the adage that “they don’t make ’em like they used to” since I firmly believe that, while old movies/film/books are valuable parts of the pop culture canon, they are not the sum total of human creative expression, and are certainly not the Continue Reading
Amazing behind-the-scenes photos from TV shows
The wonderful folk at flavorwire, who have a genius for gathering together a whole host of things you never knew you wanted to see (and are so excited when you do), have pulled together some photos behind the scenes of some of our favourite TV shows past and present. While Continue Reading
Grimm: First look at season 2
Season 2 of Grimm is just days away from starting in the USA, post-Olympics, on Monday 13 August and to whet our appetites, NBC have released a first look video which gives some insight into what’s inshore for our favourite fantasy procedural team. The biggest news is the introduction Continue Reading
ALF Returns: The 80s live on and on …
It’s not exactly news I will grant you that the 80s are back in a big way. At the moment we have all the New Romantics-inspired synth pop we can listen to, the return of acid washed jeans and Hypercolor-esque Tshirts, the Rubik’s Cube restored to icon status … Continue Reading
The Second Screen is upon us
NBC announced today that it is releasing Grimm: The Essential Guide, which will be available on Apple’s iPad, Barnes and Nobles’ Nook and Amazon’s Kindle Fire, is what the network calls a Second Screen interaction companion ebook for its hit TV show, Grimm. The guide, which will give fans Continue Reading
Do I know the way to Sesame Street?
I grew up with Sesame Street which began on November 10, 1969 just before my 4th birthday and only a few months before my mum and dad returned to Australia with my sister and I for good after six years or serving as missionaries on remote postings in Bangladesh. Continue Reading
MIKA evades my pop culture radar
This information-drenched modern age of ours is a double-edged sword in many ways. On one hand we have the chance to not only hear the latest news about our favourite music artist/author/actor’s latest project but hear about it often from the person themselves. It is a level of accessibility Continue Reading