The recent death of Adam West at 88 was justifiably mourned by many, especially those who remember his scene-stealing turn as Batman in the 1960s TV series. But what many people didn’t realise is how active West had remained up to the present day, particularly with voiceover work for Continue Reading
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Want to join Grover Singing in the Rain? Of course you do!
Grover is my favourite resident of Sesame Street hands down. He’s lovable, enthusiastic, a little impatient at times but always ready to give anything a red hot go. Like taking on Gene Kelly’s iconic role in the evergreen musical Singing in the Rain. Problem is that while he, and Continue Reading
A mass of #SDCC2017 movie and TV trailers: Stranger Things S2, Star Trek Discovery, Pacific Rim 2 + more
If you are an avid pop culture consumer, and if you’re reading this blog there’s a reasonably good chance you are, you will be well aware that the nerd extravaganza of sight and sound that is San Diego Comic-Con has just finished its 48th event. With all the amazing Continue Reading
All the undead: #SDCC2017 trailers for The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead
After a very rocky season 7 in which I (a) seriously questioned my sanity and tolerance for torture-porn violence (damn near negligible) and (b) wondered if The Walking Dead had surrendered what was left of its once-philosophical soul to empty, ever-more murderous narratives, season 8’s trailer arrives with an Continue Reading
Droughtlander no more! Outlander debuts its achingly touching S3 trailer
SNAPSHOT The third season of Outlander picks up right after Claire (Caitriona Balfe) travels through the stones to return to her life in 1948. Now pregnant with Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) child, she struggles with the fallout of her sudden reappearance and its effect on her marriage to her first husband, Continue Reading
Fight the unimaginable darkness: Stargate Origins #SDCC2017
It’s a good time to be a Stargate fan. Actually it’s always been a good time to be a Stargate fan but right now, it’s more wonderful than usual. Fresh from immersing ourselves in the series-completing comic book brilliance of Stargate Universe: Back to Destiny issue #1, there’s now Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: “Dragonstone” (S7, E1 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND DRAGONS, WEIRD MARRIAGE PROPOSALS, AND A REALLY POOR (OR GREAT, DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE) VINTAGE Game of Thrones has always been a BIG show. A big, epic, grand, expansive show that took in the entirety of the lands of Westeros and then some, a multitude Continue Reading
Special bonds live on: Big Hero 6 The Series set to launch
SNAPSHOT “The series picks up immediately following the events in the movie, and continues the adventures of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro and his robot Baymax. Joining the pair on their journey is control freak Wasabi, scientist Honey Lemon, fanboy Fred and no-nonsense Go Go, who together form the Big Continue Reading
Saturday morning cartoons: Rocko’s Modern Life
I have always liked my cartoons larger-than-life, super-absurd, colourful, silly and full of clever ideas and witty oversized characters. In other words, just like Nickolodeon’s ’90s classic Rocko’s Modern Life. Created by Joe Murray, who originally invented the character of Rocko the wallaby for a comic book series that Continue Reading
Ozark: Delve into the dark, dangerous, and sometime quirky, world of money laundering
SNAPSHOT Ozark is an upcoming American drama series created by Bill Dubuque. Jason Bateman will play financial planner Marty Bird, who suddenly relocates from a Chicago suburb to a summer resort community in the Missouri Ozarks, and who must pay off a debt to a Mexican drug lord, with Continue Reading