If Shakespeare had made it through to the zombie apocalypse, then there’s every chance he would written something along these lines to describe the tone and feel of the penultimate mid-season eight episode, “Crossed”: Once more unto the Atlanta breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up Continue Reading
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Make it hilarious! Star Trek: Next Generation blooper reel proves you can hear laughter in space
It’s serious business going boldly where no one has gone before. Much as Picard and his hardworking, seriously intense crew would like to spend all their time having a good chuckle in Ten Forward with their shipmates or throwing down a synthale and share some laughs with sexy Andorians on Risa, they’re Continue Reading
To be a Grimm or not to be a Grimm, that is the question: 3 things I am loving about season 4 of Grimm
A protagonist with extraordinary powers or perceptive abilities is hardly a rarity in popular fiction. Movies, TV shows, and books are full to the brim with men and women possessing superhuman strength, metamorphic talents or sensory abilities that allow them to see the dead, fight supernatural creatures and powers, fight battles beyond Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: From thrift store paintings comes pop culture gold
I think it would be fair to say that most of us don’t immediately thinking of heading to our local thrift store – in Australia, they’re known as “op shops” short for “opportunity shops” – to procure some art for our homes. After all, while the art there is Continue Reading
“Do you want to build a meth lab?” Frozen meets Breaking Bad
* IF YOU HAVEN’T BINGE-WATCHED BREAKING BAD YET THEN … SPOILERS! * Awww Breaking Bad finally has a theme song people and it’s wonderful! It’s all thanks to Frozen, which truth be told, is not the first thing you would associate with Walter White and his ultimately corrupting plan Continue Reading
Good grief Charlie Brown you have new movie images! AND a full-length trailer!
My affection for Peanuts runs long and deep. I can’t, in all honesty, think of a time in my life when Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the whole Peanuts gang weren’t an integral part of my life. The comic strip, which next year turns 65 – I will Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Consumed” (S5, E6 review)
* BEWARE OF SPOILERS … AND ZOMBIES … AND THINGS FALLING (EVEN IF YOU MAKE GOOD TIME) * The Walking Dead has remarked more than once on the transformative effects of the zombie apocalypse, siding usually with the fact that it is NOT a Good Thing. This stands Continue Reading
Deck the halls with rabid monsters: Doctor Who Christmas special teaser trailer
Ah Christmas. Chestnuts roasting by an open fire … Jack Frost nipping at your toes … Yuletide carols being sung by a choir … and Alien-esque monsters chasing you around the North Pole … wait, WHAT THE WHAT THE?! Well it is a Doctor Who Christmas special after all and Continue Reading
So many sunny days: Happy 45th birthday Sesame Street
It’s mid 1971, and in a lounge-room in Grafton, NSW, Australia, a wide-eyed five year old is sitting cross legged in front of his family’s TV set early one morning, unable to take his eyes off the program on the screen before him. He had only just been introduced a Continue Reading
Trailers, teasers and posters galore: Minions, Chappie, Into the Woods
MINIONS SNAPSHOT The story of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Minions begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters–from T. rex to Napoleon–the Minions find themselves without someone Continue Reading