Cliffhangers are both a delirious, intoxicating blessing, and a patience-sapping curse. We crave the tension and sense of anticipation they bring us but loathe the long wait till a hopefully satisfying resolution. Falling Skies, which tells the story of an Earth plunged into apocalyptic madness by an alien invasion Continue Reading
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Weekend Pop Art #1: You will want to eat up these pop culture characters
Hungry for more and more of your favourite pop culture characters? It is not usually a literal craving – chomping down on a DVD is neither practical, healthy or recommended from a dietary perspective – but now it can be thanks to these imaginatively realised food renderings of all Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “L’écume des jours” (“Froth of the Daydream”)
L’écume des jours, the latest film from acclaimed French film director Michael Gondry, and starring the woman who must surely be regarded as France’s sweetheart, Audrey Tautou (whom I have loved and adored since her star turn as the elfin Amélie), looks like being the most deliciously quirky movie Continue Reading
Now this is music #3: My favourite 5 songs of the week
It’s the end of the week yet again and given that all good TGIFs demand … nay mandate … a glass of wine, Jessica Fletcher head-back laughs with your friends and music, I have come to the party with 5 of the songs that have been making my musical Continue Reading
Movie review: “Une Estonienne à Paris” (“A Lady in Paris”)
When we first set out on this adventure called life, very few of us expect to near its middle or god forbid, its end, marooned in time, far from the idealistic expectations of youth. Certainly neither Anne (Laine Mägi) nor Frida (Jeanne Moreau), two very different women separated by a continent Continue Reading
“The Walking Dead”: episode 14 ‘Prey’ (review)
What a chilling, deeply unsettling episode. Just when I thought the Governor was as crazy as he could possibly get, he managed to dial up the crazy to somewhere around Jack-Nicholson-in-The-Shining levels, with Andrea (aided by a newly repentant Milton who still clings to the utterly unrealistic idea that Continue Reading
Movie review: “Oz the Great and Powerful”
Oz the Great and Powerful, directed by Sam Raimi (Spiderman), and based on the books of L. Frank Baum, was always going to be, at least to a certain extent, a victim of nostalgia. While it is effectively a prequel of sorts to the iconic and much-loved 1939 MGM Continue Reading
Scifi-trailer-apalooza: “Star Trek: Into Darkness”, “Dr Who”, “After Earth” and “In the Flesh”
So many trailers, so little time … And all gathered here in one handy easy-to-refer-to post! You’re welcome … STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS MOVIE SYNOPSIS: When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own Continue Reading
Movie review: “Du Vent Dans Mes Mollets” (“The Dandelions”)
Life can be a scary proposition, and people usually react to its many uncertainties in one of two ways. They either retreat to well-fortified, rigidly-controlled positions where caution and common sense are the orders of the day, or they plunge headfirst with heedless abandon into its many sweet rewards, Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “Upside Down”
As I’ve noted on more than one occasion in the past, 2013 is shaping up to be a bumper year for science fiction (sci-fi) fans at the movies. After being treated as the black sheep on the family, who is only occasionally allowed to eat at the big table Continue Reading