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
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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
Fear the Walking Dead: “Pillar of Salt” (S2, E12 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … COOLERS FULL OF ICE AND FISH, REGRETS AND PARANOIA … NO SIGN OF THE PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE* Wholly in keeping with its apocalyptic mandate, Fear the Walking Dead got all badass, end-of-times Biblical this week with “Pillar of Salt”. Presumably a reference to Continue Reading
How could you miss the zombie apocalypse AND Rick and Morty? Shaun of the Dead manages to hilariously do both
You’d think that zombies wandering the streets, all looking to devour your flesh in the most primal ways possible, would be a hard thing to miss. But Shaun (Simon Pegg), the eponymous protagonist of 2004’s horror comedy Shaun of the Dead, manages it, not just once but repeatedly. It Continue Reading
Happy International Angela Lansbury Appreciation Day everyone! #Fansbury
It goes without saying, but I will say it anyway, that Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury is one amazing lady. Born in 1925, her career has spanned an enviable number of decades, beginning in the early 1940s with a number of film roles such as Gaslight (1944) and The Picture Continue Reading
Aftermath: Storms, meteors, plagues and the end of the world
SNAPSHOT James Tupper and Anne Heche star In Aftermath, which follows the Copeland family (parents Karen and Joshua, and their children Dana, Brianna and Matt) as they battle for survival when civilization comes to an apocalyptic end, triggered by massive storms, meteor strikes, earthquakes, a plague – and the Continue Reading
Coffee and sneaky feminism: First page of the Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life script
As a non-coffee drinker of long standing – too bitter and frankly it looks like mud; sorry, not sorry – I never quite understood Lorelai’s obsession with drinking java at every possible opportunity. Still, it was intrinsically and amusingly part of her character and so like everything else about Continue Reading