SNAPSHOT “Season Two of Outlander begins as Claire and Jamie arrive in France, hell-bent on infiltrating the Jacobite rebellion led by Prince Charles Stuart, and stopping the battle of Culloden. With the help of his cousin Jared, a local wine merchant, Jamie and Claire are thrown into the lavish Continue Reading
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The Walking Dead: “Start to Finish” (S6, E8 review)
*SPOILERS … AND BROKEN WALLS, ILL-TIMED FIGHTS AND THE LATEST IN ZOMBIE-INSPIRED FASHION AHEAD.* One of the things that The Walking Dead has always done exceptionally well is weave deep, thoughtful ruminations on the nature of humanity and how it reshapes itself in the face of great threats into its Continue Reading
Can you tell me how to get to the all-new HBO Sesame Street?
Yes Sesame Street, on air for 45 years on PBS, and a recognised leader in the field of children’s educational programming – not to mention the home of Big Bird, Ernie & Bert and Grover, is on the move. Yes, the entire street! For those of us that blanch Continue Reading
Poster me this! Collaborate or resist: Colony asks what your choice would be
SNAPSHOT From executive producers Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Ryan Condal (Hercules) comes USA’s newest, highly-anticipated drama COLONY. Set in the very near future, COLONY centers on one family’s struggle to survive and bring liberty back to the people of an occupied Los Angeles. SAG winner Josh Holloway (Lost) stars Continue Reading
They’re back! The Tenth Doctor (Who) and Donna Noble return in a series of audio adventures
I try not to play favourites with my pop culture children … Oh, who am I kidding? That’s all, and pretty all of us do! So my delight at finding out that my favourite modern Doctor Who – and quite likely my favourite overall sorry Doctor #4 (Tom Baker) Continue Reading
“Welcome a-Bird!” Big Bird tries his hand at comedy writing
Working out what you want to do when you grow up can be kinda hard. After all there’s so many possibilities. Especially if you’re Big Bird and you’ve lived on Sesame Street all of your young life, where your told every day you can be and do anything you Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Heads Up” (S6, E7 review)
* SPOILERS AHEAD … AND THE ALL-NEW CRAZE “DUMPSTERCISE”, THE BIGGEST FITNESS CRAZE AMONG THE UNDEAD OF THE APOCALYPSE * So the big news of the quietly-paced by still dramatic penultimate episode of the first half of season 6 (penned by Channing Powell) was, as had been rumoured whether Continue Reading
Andrew turns the big Five-O: My 50 favourite pop culture characters ever
1. Scooby Doo Hanna-Barbera cartoons in general were a major, beloved part of my childhood (and yes, they still are as an adult) but it was Scooby Doo, whose cartoons were one of the anchoring programs of holidaying programming on the one and only commercial TV channel available to Continue Reading
Watch out Mog! It’s a Christmas cat-astrophe … or is it?
It’s a Christmas cat-astrophe! First appearing in Deborah Kerr’s delightful 1970 book, Mog the Forgetful Cat, and sticking around for a series of delightful books which culminated, at least until this Christmas with Goodbye Mog in 2002, Mog is one very adorably klutzy cat. While she technically died in Continue Reading
Have some super fun at Superstore!
SNAPSHOT America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) and Ben Feldman (Mad Men, A to Z) star in a hilarious workplace comedy (from the producer of The Office) about a unique family of employees at a supersized megastore. From the bright-eyed newbies and the seen-it-all veterans to the clueless summer hires and Continue Reading