So to the TV shows of Christmas present! Now when selecting what would make this post, my criteria was not so much when they telecast the episode as whether the show itself is still on the air, which I can happily say is definitely the case with all these Continue Reading
Sneak peek! “Pacific Rim” trailer
And the sci-fi mega0-movies just keep on coming. Now we have the Guillermo Del Toro helmed-movie, Pacific Rim, which is based on an initial treatment by Travis Beacham (who has been given the job of writing a sequel already despite the movie not releasing till July 12, 2013 in Continue Reading
On the 1st day of Christmas … “Christmas Rules” aka “Holiday Rules” (music)
This album, released in the USA as Holidays Rule (a culturally appropriate title since the “holidays” period in the USA covers Hanukah, and Kwanzaa in addition to Christmas), but as Christmas Rules internationally, was the brainchild of “producers Sara Matarazzo, Chris Funk and executive producer Randall Poster of bi-coastal Continue Reading
Miranda Hart and Dr Who together on TV? Can it be true?
Miranda Hart and Matt Smith together in the one show? Could it be so? Well it almost was, as this post on tardis-base.blogspot.com.au outlines. Way back in July 2011, Miranda Hart, whose star was very much on the rise thanks to her hit sitcom Miranda, was offered a Continue Reading
Only one month to go till “Cougar Town” is back on TV
Yes its back soon my friends and while it’s likely some time till it’s on the air in Australia, the fact that it’s back on the TV at all warms this fanboy’s heart. As does some soft, mellow red wine but hey, that’s another story completely. One thing Continue Reading
Sneak peek! Trailer for M Night Shyamalan’s “After Earth”
One of Hollywood’s most gifted, and yet at times maddeningly inconsistent directors. M. Night Shyamalan’s is back with another movie, and you what? It looks pretty damn good. I know there are a great many people who have tired of Shyamalan’s cinematic vision after films like Lady in the Continue Reading
Quick peek! “Oblivion” trailer
Behold the trailer for the upcoming apocalyptic movie Oblivion, where once again mankind has not played nice with planet Earth, rendering our precious blue and green ball irradiated and unfit for habitation for neither man nor beast. Or so the remnant of humanity, safely ensconced in towering cities above Continue Reading
Movie review: Skyfall
I get it. It’s James Bond’s 50th anniversary and so all the stops have been pulled out to craft a worthy movie to mark this historic occasion. And as far as it goes, the Sam Mendes-directed Skyfall does that admirably. It has the daring over-the-top, larger-than-life opening action sequence with Continue Reading
Pack your bags son, I am taking you on a “Guilt Trip”
I have a great relationship with my mum. We talk regularly, talk deeply about all sort of issues and laugh at silly jokes late at night when everyone else is sound asleep. She’s a great lady and when I see her, we get on brilliantly well. But even I Continue Reading
Kirk and Superman are poster-ing me to go to the movies
I love movie posters. In the hands of truly inspired designers, they are a thing of beauty, capable of firing the imagination and heightening the anticipation for the story to come. Over the last week, movie posters were released for the new iteration of Superman, and for the new Continue Reading