It’s time for more amazing, stirring, captivating music! And this week we have chosen from a range of established artists and some artists just beginning to make their presence felt, and they’re all, naturally enough, iPod-worthy and then some! So slip on the headphones, power up the listening device Continue Reading
Movie review: “The Place Beyond the Pines”
Thwarted expectations lie at the heart of The Place Beyond the Pines, Derek Cianfrance’s almost Shakespearianly-epic tale of two distinctly different men struggling to reconcile two implacably opposed extremes – what they believe life will bring to them and what it actually ends up delivering. Both Ryan Gosling as Continue Reading
“World War Z” goes downunder + new movie poster
SYNOPSIS The film, a loose adaptation of Max Brooks’s bestseller World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, is directed by Marc Forster. Pitt stars as Gerry Lane, a United Nations researcher who must leave his family in the care of the military and go on a Continue Reading
Zoom! “Planes” gets ready to take off with new trailer
SYNOPSIS Dusty (Dane Cook) is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper (Stacey Keach) and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true. Continue Reading
Ellen Degeneres gets together with some of her “Friends”
If you’re a pop culture junkie like me, there is nothing more exciting than the reunion of the cast from one of your favourite TV shows. (OK perhaps there is – if Ryan Reynolds called and asked if he come over and watch said reunion with me, I would Continue Reading
Judging a book by its cover #3: “The Windup Girl” by Paolo Bacigalupi
The object of this series, which I am running in conjunction with my wonderful friend, Elle, who blogs at Inkproductions.org (well-written, entertaining and thoughtful articles on all things writing and blogging-oriented) is to grab a long-neglected unread book off our shelves, speculate on what we think the book’s about Continue Reading
Coming to a TV near you: 5 promising new season sitcoms #1
It’s that time of the year again! The current TV season is coming to a close and as the shows we know and love wrap it up for another year, some of them never to be seen again, a jostling crop of hopefuls is waiting in the wings ready Continue Reading
Weekend Pop Art #4: Zombies are everywhere
These days you could be forgiven for thinking that zombies are everywhere. So prevalent have the post-apocalytic undead become that they are starting to pop up in movies that never featured them in the first place and it’s thanks in part to the imaginative brilliance of one Matt Busch. Continue Reading
Come join the “Revolution” My current thoughts on a show I once spurned
Way back when J. J. Abrams’ latest hit TV series, Revolution, debuted in October 2012, I was initially underwhelmed by a show that, though armed with an imaginative, promising premise, seemed uncertain how best to execute on it. The pilot episode, which introduced us to a world where electricity Continue Reading
Now this is music #7: My 5 favourite songs of the week – Lindsey Stirling, Godwolf, Jagwar Ma, Emma Louise, Haerts
Much as I have loved my time in Eurovision-land, it is time to dive right back into the gloriously unceasing flow of music cascading past my ears on a daily basis. Some might all that new music a little overwhelming; I find it ridiculously exciting. a chance to discover new Continue Reading