There is no denying that Marvel is a modern cinematic force of nature. Through film after stupendously successful, box office-dominating film such as those of Thor, Captain America or Iron Man or the grandaddy of them all The Avengers, the studio begat by Stan Lee’s sprawling comic book empire Continue Reading
If I were a captain: Firefly Online beckons fans to be a part of its ‘verse
I can still hear her anguished cry echoing across my living room (which is reasonably big so there was sort of a kind of echo … anyway it was dramatic trust me!). After talking talking non-stop for months on end about the brilliance of Joss Whedon‘s epic space opera Continue Reading
Falling Skies: Door Number Three (S4, E6 review)
The quiz show alluding-title aside, Falling Skies was this week less like Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy – “What is a destructive, genocidal, invasive alien species for $50 please Alex?” – or any TV game of chance to be honest, than it was a replay of every bad Christmas Continue Reading
Come and play … Sesame Street’s 45th season trailer is A-OK!
Happy 45th season Sesame Street! Why it seems just like yesterday that I was a 4 1/2 year old kid, freshly returned from Bangladesh in 1970, discovering the delights of television and specifically the enduring delights of a program barely a year old itself – Sesame Street. Premiering on Continue Reading
Now this is music #34: Marz Leon, VÉRITÉ, Ibeyi, Zola Jesus, Moxie Raia
Let’s hear it for the thrill of new music! But not just any old “new” music, grabbed just because it happens to be close and within downloadable reach. Rather as we throw out the old, the tired and the has-been, purging our iPods of songs that have had their Continue Reading
When Peter met Homer: Family Guy and Simpsons join together for an hilarious crossover episode
Crossovers are curious creatures. While it is always a pleasure to see two shows you might love come together – this is not always the case of course with many people usually being a fan of one or other of the two shows; Den of Geek does a superlative Continue Reading