Ella Fitzgerald once remarked that “the only thing better than singing is more singing” and while it’s sentiment a lot of musicians would quote naturally subscribe to, it’s not been as commonly embraced on TV which has traditionally tended to keep it storytelling reasonably song-free. But as the latest as-always Continue Reading
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Fear the Walking Dead: “So Close, Yet So Far” (S1, E2 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SCHOOL LOOKING JUST THE WAY YOU FANTASISED IT MIGHT … THE WORLD THOUGH? NOT SO MUCH.* If ever an episode title aptly captured the storyline within, it’s this one. No matter how hard Travis (Cliff Curtis) and Madison (Kim Dickens) tried to bring their Continue Reading
Falling Skies: “Stalag 14th Virginia” (S5, E8 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD! AND LOTS OF ALIEN-CHASING CARDIO* Well, catch me a giant cod, slap its head on Rage Tom (Noah Wylie) and call him an Espheni Overlord, Falling Skies finally found its gung-ho storytelling mojo in “Stalag 14th Virginia”! Granted it was in the third last episode ever Continue Reading
Whoosh! The Flash season 2 teaser trailer is here then it’s gone
One of the unexpected delights of the last year TV-wise has been The Flash, one of the ever-expanding list of DC Comics properties on the small screen. I say “unexpected” because I have never been a great fan of superhero comic books nor their movie or TV adaptations but Continue Reading
The Muppets Fun x3: Floyd and Animal, Kermit and Fozzy, Big Bird and Jimmy Fallon
The Muppets are beyond awesome. We all know that right? But sometimes clips come along that remind just how brilliantly eternally awesome every last one of the characters are, no matter whether they’re on The Muppets new ABC called, rather prosaically, The Muppets, or on Sesame Street (granted the Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Pilot” (S1, E1 review)
We are not a patient people any more. Too many words on the page? Not gonna read that. Song goes over three minutes. Off goes the radio. TV program doesn’t have three deaths, an epidemic, alien and zombies by the gigazillion in the first two minutes … well “Hello!” Continue Reading
Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street’s Game of Thrones?
You may or may not have noticed that finding the way to Sesame Street is now going to entail a 9 month detour to HBO. In news that surprised many people, but which upon examination is pretty much a win-win for all concerned, Sesame Workshop (previously the Childrens’ Television Continue Reading
Falling Skies: “Everybody Has Their Reasons” (S5, E7 review)
* SPOILERS AND REDNECKS IN UNIFORM AHEAD * THE SCENE Deep within the red light-washed Shadow Plain known as “Tom Mason Memorial Place o’ Death and Wanton Destruction” (they were a tad premature with the naming rights), a most unusual group of Espheni is meeting. Each of the Overlords, Continue Reading
“I’m in a dream”: The dark desires of HBO’s new-look Westworld (teaser trailer)
SNAPSHOT The series comes from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, and boasts J.J. Abrams as a producer. Based on the 1973 film from Michael Crichton, Westworld revolves around a futuristic theme park where patrons can bring their darkest desires to life with the help of androids. James Marsden, Evan Continue Reading
Hi-yah! The Muppets leap back onto TV with all new star-studded promos
If you’re a Muppets fan, and of course you are, then your heart will no doubt have rung with a million joyous “Wocka Wockas!” when news broke that The Muppets, newly zeitgeist-resplendent after two very successful movies, were going back on TV. In primetime. In an The Office-style mockumentary Continue Reading