SNAPSHOT In Frozen, fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell ) teams up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff ) and his loyal reindeer Sven in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna’s Continue Reading
TV review: Revolution (S2, E1 “Born in the USA”)
Revolution is no longer your grandmother’s apocalyptic drama, my friends. Somewhere between the nukes being launched, courtesy of soon-to-be-dead patriot Randall Flynn (Colm Feore), from the newly powered up Tower towards the yet-to-be-renamed Monroe Republic, headquartered in Philadelphia, and the Georgia Federation in Atlanta, and the resumption of Revolution‘s Continue Reading
[All of us] will be here for you: Orphan Black gets a Friends makeover
Two odder TV bedfellows you could not imagine right? Which is course precisely the point for the inspired YouTube user SnowBalls3, who put together images from BBC America’s dark conspiracy-rich sci-fi drama Orphan Black, starring the multi-talented Tatiana Maslany, and Friends, one of the most successful sitcoms in TV history Continue Reading
The accidental novelty song: What does The Fox say exactly?
We’re all far too familiar with the novelty song, an insanely catchy song of often dubious artistic value that seems to come out of nowhere, usually from an artist no one has never heard of, and disappears almost as quickly as it comes. Theirs is usually a brief, bright, Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: A Case of You
SNAPSHOT Young writer Sam (Justin Long) has a crush on Birdie (Evan Rachel Wood), a cute and quirky barista. When his conventional attempts to woo her crash and burn, he takes his efforts online, creating an Internet profile embellished with all of the details that make him Birdie’s dream Continue Reading
The Undead News: The latest from the apocalyptic world of The Walking Dead
We are so close to the premiere of season 4 of The Walking Dead on October 13 that I can almost taste it. (Naturally of course I won’t be since (a) Zombies have major hygiene and ongoing health issues and (b) contrary to what you’ve been told they don’t taste Continue Reading
TV review: Big School (S1, E1)
It seems, if the press reports are anything to go by, that David Walliams and I have something in common. No, you may be surprised to learn it’s not a stellar career as a BAFTA Award-winning comedian (thanks to his work on Little Britain with co-creator Matt Lucas) nor Continue Reading
Music review: Tales of Us by Goldfrapp
There is a haunting, almost confessional tone to Goldfrapp’s new album Tales of Us, as if you are dipping into an intimate, ongoing conversation between two old friends. Or perhaps that is, many old friends, acquaintances and ex-lovers, or those you might wander past on the street and wish Continue Reading
Drive, he said: Joel McHale and Neil Patrick Harris/Rainn Wilson get their autos on
I am not a car person. It’s true. While others dream of screaming down the highway in a streamlined red car, or daydream of meandering drives in the country just because (What? Without an actual destination? Madness!), I see the cars in my life as purely utilitarian devices, designed Continue Reading
Movie review: Thanks For Sharing
Contrary to what you might think, making an engaging movie about sexual addiction, an issue replete with all the misunderstanding and innuendo in the world, is not the slam dunk easy proposition you might imagine it to be. One goofy step to the right and you’re fair and square Continue Reading