My these zombies are a popular lot aren’t they? They may not be able to fashion together an articulate sentence (or even, it has to be said, a coherent set of gurgles and groans), possess only the most rudimentary of (non) existent personal hygiene and practice the most limited Continue Reading
Movie review: I Give It a Year #StGeorgeOpenAir
I Give It a Year is one very confused movie. Written and directed by the Dan Mazer, who is perhaps best known as Sacha Baron-Cohen’s writing and production partner of long standing, it aims, somewhat unsuccessfully, to be all things to all moviegoers. In part, and this forms the Continue Reading
When Ryan Gosling met Dr Who
So news hot off the movie-making press is that Matt Smith (aka Dr Who) … has been chosen to star in Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, How To Catch a Monster … which also stars Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) … as a single mother who Continue Reading
Now this is music #1 : my favourite tunes of the moment
In the spirit of all things new and exciting – inspired no doubt by New Year optimism run delightfully amuck – I have decided to re-name my “Sonic Bliss” series as “Now this is music” to better reflect the sense of excitement I experience every time I hear a Continue Reading
Scatter the glitter and dance: Just 100 days till the Eurovision 2013 final!
I swear it was but yesterday that I was knee deep – nay, waste-deep – in dushbara and dolma as the Eurovision extravaganza rolled into Baku Azerbaijan and after much singing, dancing and Russian babushka-adoring, crowned Loreen the musical queen of Europe with her hauntingly evocative get-and-and-dance-Kate-Bushesque song, “Euphoria”. Continue Reading
Movie review: “Silver Linings Playbook”
What do you do when your entire world spectacularly, and comprehensively, falls apart? That’s the question that Silver Linings Playbook, a muscular romantic comedy and drama hybrid by David O. Russell, and based on the book by Matthew Quick, dares to pose and to be honest, for much of Continue Reading
They’re back! “Community” and “The Walking Dead” strut their promo stuff
At last its October 19, 2012! Yes I have been waiting for this day for months and finally … OK in case you think I have completely lost my marbles – I’ll have you know I have only partially lost them thank you; I have a certificate from the Continue Reading
P is for Parody: “Sesame Street” spoofs popular drama “Downton Abbey”
One of the great strengths of Sesame Street since its earliest days has been its ability to simultaneously cater to both its core audience of very pre-school and young school age children and to the adults who often watch the show alongside their kids. The liberal sprinkling of knowing Continue Reading
Movie review: “Lincoln”
Rarely does a movie transport you so completely to another place and time, and into the lives of the people who called that era home, such that you feel as if its evocation is more real than the time you inhabit, but Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg from a Continue Reading
Shiny new posters for “Oz: The Great and Powerful”
Disney are certainly going to a huge amount of effort to make sure that Oz: The Great and Powerful, directed by Sam Raimi, and which makes its debut on 8 March this year, is every bit as much an event release as the original Wizard of Oz was back Continue Reading