Ella Fitzgerald once remarked that “the only thing better than singing is more singing” and while it’s sentiment a lot of musicians would quote naturally subscribe to, it’s not been as commonly embraced on TV which has traditionally tended to keep it storytelling reasonably song-free. But as the latest as-always Continue Reading
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Fear the Walking Dead: “So Close, Yet So Far” (S1, E2 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SCHOOL LOOKING JUST THE WAY YOU FANTASISED IT MIGHT … THE WORLD THOUGH? NOT SO MUCH.* If ever an episode title aptly captured the storyline within, it’s this one. No matter how hard Travis (Cliff Curtis) and Madison (Kim Dickens) tried to bring their Continue Reading
Life is about knowing how to take a hit: Ashby (trailer + poster)
SNAPSHOT “Ed Wallis (Nat Wolff) and his spirited single mom (Sarah Silverman) are new in town. At school, Ed struggles to fit in. He secretly desires to make the football team although the jocks disapprove, and he connects with only one other student, brainy Eloise (Emma Roberts). Given an Continue Reading
Falling Skies: “Stalag 14th Virginia” (S5, E8 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD! AND LOTS OF ALIEN-CHASING CARDIO* Well, catch me a giant cod, slap its head on Rage Tom (Noah Wylie) and call him an Espheni Overlord, Falling Skies finally found its gung-ho storytelling mojo in “Stalag 14th Virginia”! Granted it was in the third last episode ever Continue Reading
Whoosh! The Flash season 2 teaser trailer is here then it’s gone
One of the unexpected delights of the last year TV-wise has been The Flash, one of the ever-expanding list of DC Comics properties on the small screen. I say “unexpected” because I have never been a great fan of superhero comic books nor their movie or TV adaptations but Continue Reading
Movie review: Ricki and the Flash
Following your dreams is one thing. Following your dreams, moving to California, abandoning your family in Indiana who grow to resent you (mostly), and finding your dreams aren’t quite what they’re cracked up to be; ah, well, that is quite another. It’s a lesson Ricki Rendazzo aka one time Continue Reading
The Muppets Fun x3: Floyd and Animal, Kermit and Fozzy, Big Bird and Jimmy Fallon
The Muppets are beyond awesome. We all know that right? But sometimes clips come along that remind just how brilliantly eternally awesome every last one of the characters are, no matter whether they’re on The Muppets new ABC called, rather prosaically, The Muppets, or on Sesame Street (granted the Continue Reading
Now this is music #54: Holy Models, sjowgren, CAPPA, Galantis, TACACHO
Get up and dance people! It’s Friday, your cubicle no longer needs yo,u and your dancefloor most certainly does. But fear not; should intense full on gyrating prove a tad too taxing, there’s some quieter but no less emotionally-ebullient music to luxuriate in as well. There’s something for everyone Continue Reading
Movie review: Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
Ladies and gentlemen, this is how you begin an espionage action movie. Particularly one as gloriously over the top, in all the best possible ways, as Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, the latest instalment in the classic TV show-cum -movie franchise that literally shows no sign of slowing down anytime Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Pilot” (S1, E1 review)
We are not a patient people any more. Too many words on the page? Not gonna read that. Song goes over three minutes. Off goes the radio. TV program doesn’t have three deaths, an epidemic, alien and zombies by the gigazillion in the first two minutes … well “Hello!” Continue Reading