SNAPSHOT A long time ago in a cookies and milky way galaxy far, far away…Princess Parfaita was taken prisoner by the evil Galactic Empire and had to be saved by a group of unlikely heroes including the young Luke Piewalker, Flan Solo, and Chewie the Cookie. One of the Continue Reading
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First impressions: Z Nation (S1, E1 “Puppies and Kittens”)
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my dispiriting task to inform you that we have now reached Peak Zombie. Yes, much like Peak Oil, where all the oil that can be found, has been found and it’s only downhill from here, zombies have finally reach the summit of pop culture Continue Reading
The travails and joys of being Jane the Virgin
SNAPSHOT Set in Miami, the series will detail the surprising and unforeseen events that take place in the life of Jane Villanueva (Gina Rodriguez), a hard-working, religious young Latina woman whose family tradition and a vow to save her virginity until her marriage to [her] detective [boyfriend] Mike (Brett Dier) Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: The imaginatively dark and quirky claymation art of Evil Corp
Ever since I clapped eyes on the whimsical claymation twosome Wallace and Gromit, I have been enamoured of an artform that requires intense creativity, patience and an eye for detail. You can’t just whip up these figures on a whim – they need a whole lot of time to Continue Reading
Here comes the Fall … TV! 6 MORE returning shows I can’t wait to see again
Yes, yes I know what you’re thinking … and tweeting … and Facebook status updating. You have already reminded of six great shows I should be watching and now you want me to take on six more? To which I reply, with a calmness that is only present before Continue Reading
Jimmy Kimmel loves hanging with his Friends
Sooooo … how you doing? You know, because it’s been over 10 years since Friends shuffled off its mortal TV coil – yes 10 years! 10 entire Joey-less years – and well, time may just been feeling like it’s completely getting away from you. (To mark the 10 year Continue Reading
Falling Skies: Space Oddity/Shoot the Moon (S4, E1/E12 finale review)
* THERE BE SPOILERS … AND ESPHENI … AND VOLM … AND ??? AHEAD * Watching the double episode finale of Falling Skies felt, in all the best possible ways, like watching a twisted Hallmark movie of the week where estranged family members finally see eye to eye and Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Make-up artist pays best possible lip service to cartoon charcters
Laura Jenkinson, a supremely creative, über-talented make up artist from London, is a woman after my own heart. Inspired to use her lips as a canvas for all sorts of animated characters, the beauty blogger, after a suggestion from a friend, started with the Minions from the Despicable Me franchise, before going to (‘toon) Continue Reading
Extra! Extra! John Oliver and Cookie Monster spread the news about Words are Here, There and Everywhere
WORDS. They’re everywhere! Why there’s even quite a few in this blog post. Yes really! Words, in fact, are so wonderful, so useful and so important that Sesame Workshop, the non profit educational organisation behind Sesame Street, and Mashable have joined forces to produce a delightful news broadcast parody featuring Continue Reading
Here comes the Fall … TV! 6 returning shows I can’t wait to see again
Fetch me some smelling salts! A large barrel of Skittles and vats of Coke! A large pair of foam hands which to slap myself awake! In fact anything that will keep me alert and attentive and concentrating on the endless of hours of TV available to me, and countless others, Continue Reading