*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM, RELIGIOUS DISILLUSIONMENT … AND ONE REALL MESSY ROOF* It will surprise no one that humanity is a self-destructively contrary creature, just as apt to heroically sacrifice itself in the pursuit of a pure ideal, as it is to self-sabotage if it thinks that Continue Reading
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A sequel to Love Actually? To me, that is perfect
Love Actually is one of those films that is either deeply loved, or ridiculed beyond measure (perhaps it’s the schmaltziness? Who knows). I fall most definitely into the former camp, having fallen in love with the film when it first came in 2003, having decided for reasons that still Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2017: Week 2 – Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Latvia
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Film and TV show icons get the stamp of approval
These stamps are gorgeous aren’t they? Not real unfortunately, and you won’t be licking them onto an envelope any time soon or at all, but they are, nevertheless, gorgeous. They are the work of Clark Orr, who has imagined in the most visually arresting of ways, what an impressive Continue Reading
Silicon Valley: Changing the Way Things Change (season 4 trailer + poster)
SNAPSHOT In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Mike Judge (Office Space, Beavis & Butthead, King of the Hill) brings his irreverent brand of humor, and his own experiences working in Silicon Valley, to Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2017: Week 1 – Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cyprus
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
Go way back prehistorically when with Aardman’s Early Man
SNAPSHOT Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of how plucky caveman Dug, along with sidekick Hognob unites his tribe against the mighty Bronze Age in a battle to beat them at their own game. It Continue Reading
Colony: “Tamam Shud” / “The Garden of Beasts” (S2, E9 & E10 review)
SPOILERS, DRONES AND VINTAGE PLANES, OH MY AHEAD It’s time to dig out all your analogue antiques everyone! While you may love your smartphone, adore your tablet computer and feel joined at the hip to your Netflix subscription, the truth of the matter is that, come the alien apocalypse, all Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Say Yes” & “Bury Me Here” (S7, E12 & E13 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND FUN FAIR ZOMBIES AND BACKPACKS, OMINOUS DEATHLY BACKPACKS* Given that I’ve already made liberal use of the Dickensian idea of a tale of a two episodes, it seems only fair that I not repeat myself by riffing on the same thing, though goodness knows The Continue Reading
Dance your way from A to Z with Disco Grover!
SNAPSHOT Step aside and let the King show you how it’s done. Grover is the King of ABC Disco and he is going to boogie oogie oogie through all twenty-six letter of the alphabet. Watch him get down! I have long been a fan of the absolutely impressive, endlessly Continue Reading