*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A ROUSING GAME OF WHACK-A-ZOMBIE …” Season finales of apocalyptically-inclined shows like Fear the Walking Dead are usually fairly grim, violence-packed affairs when the metaphorical apple carts of all the characters are upset, things go even more to hell in a handbasket than they have Continue Reading
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Poster me this! The Flash, The Walking Dead, Legends of Tomorrow
I’m a visual guy. Explain something to me using big, bright pictures and clearly-spelled out steps and I’m happy as a pig in really clean, easy-to-wash-off mud. The same goes for the advertising of TV shows (and movies for that matter) – gift me with a really cool, memorable Continue Reading
Road to Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life #2: “The Bracebridge Dinner” (S2, E10)
It would be fair to say that Stars Hollow, the cosy, postcard-perfect town that Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel) is as much a character in the show as any of its human inhabitants. Sporting the requisite central town square, quaint shopfronts, and cosy neighbourhoods you can walk Continue Reading
From Bowie to Bieber: The under-appreciated art of the music video (curated article)
The spectacular release of Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade earlier this year, and the critical response to it, has fleetingly put the music video in the spotlight. For a ubiquitous and influential art form, music videos tend to be easily dismissed and under-analysed, which means it took something as extreme Continue Reading
What’s going on? What’s happening? Will and Grace cast (temporarily) reunite
In news that thrilled the hearts of almost everyone – TIME Magazine was NOT a fan let’s be honest – the cast of Will and Grace (1998-2006) reunited for an all-too-brief 10 minute episode all about the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Centred on Will (Eric McCormack), Grace (Debra Messing), Continue Reading
Saturday morning cartoons: The Addams Family
Way back in the dim, dark days of my childhood, I somehow missed how often episodes of my favourite TV cartoons were repeated. Not surprising in one way since (a) I was a child and the immediacy and fun of something was the preoccupation, not a statistical repeating pattern – Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Date of Death” (S2, E13 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF FOOLISH ACTIONS, GOOD AND BAD … AND FRAT BOYS WITHOUT CONSCIENCE* “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Mr. Amorality 2017! In a contest which is sure to create a talking point within the apocalyptic Twitterati – now confined to using actual birds Continue Reading
Road to Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life #1: “Pilot” (S1, E1 review)
Premiering on 5 October 2000, Gilmore Girls was one of those rare shows that many people, myself included, loved right from the start. Crafted with a very strong sense of time and place, and an exquisitely good eye for characterisation, by Amy Sherman-Palladino, Gilmore Girls was inspired by a Continue Reading
Kickass reading! The Librarians gear up for season 3
SNAPSHOT Returning to the universe of TNT’s hit movie franchise, The Librarian, this new series centers on an ancient organization hidden beneath the Metropolitan Public Library dedicated to protecting an unknowing world from the secret, magical reality hidden all around. This group solves impossible mysteries, fights supernatural threats and Continue Reading
Want supplies for the zombie apocalypse? Superstore can help you
SNAPSHOT America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) and Ben Feldman (Mad Men, A to Z) star on the hilarious workplace comedy Superstore about a unique family of employees at a supersized megastore. Superstore centers around Amy (Ferrera), the store’s most stalwart employee as well as the glue holding the place together, Continue Reading