For a series set in the zombie apocalypse, where survival must be fought for inch by inch, second by second, and there isn’t a whole lot of time for philosophical reflection – unless you’re Tara (Alanna Masterson) entering a dark walker-filled rail tunnel with Glenn (Steven Yeun), in which Continue Reading
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So Fargo, so good: Trailers in abundance for FX’s latest offering
For reasons I can’t quite explain, given my lifelong predilection for all things quirky and idiosyncratic, it took me quite a while to warm to the highly imaginative ways of the Coen brothers. I first came across them via 1987’s Raising Arizona, a film that starred Nicolas Cage and Continue Reading
Chases and cheeses: Cartoon Network revives The Tom and Jerry Show (and more!)
SNAPSHOT “Each episode will feature Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse plotting against each other — with Tom’s determination matched only by Jerry’s own cleverness in evading capture. But this time the cartoon mayhem will not be limited to only Tom and Jerry’s traditional suburban setting. In The Continue Reading
FUNx3: Peanuts makes a movie, The Muppets go to work and The Simpsons go LEGO
I have loved Peanuts for a very long time. I can say without any hesitation whatsoever that it is my favourite comic strip of all time -this is in a world where Calvin and Hobbes, Get Fuzzy and a host of other comics have also captured my heart and Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “The Grove” (S4, E14 review)
* ALL THE DEVASTATING SPOILERS IN THE WORLD AHEAD* The post-apocalyptic world of The Walking Dead just got a whole lot darker in “The Grove”. You may wonder how a nightmarish existence blighted by the loss of loved ones, deprivations without number, and the ever present threat of dismemberment Continue Reading
Poster me this! VEEP S3, Continuum S3, Mad Men S7, GoT S4 + Maleficent
Eyes, it has been said, are the windows into the soul. A wholly romantic notion, thought not one with some truth, that can be applied to a variety of other things in life … you know, say, TV and movie trailers perhaps. Although they are less windows into a Continue Reading
The nightmare begins again: Falling Skies season 4 (new trailer + air date)
Iy would entirely make sense if the beleaguered members of the 2nd Mass., led once again by the indefatigable Tom Mason (Noah Wyle), would feel like the nightmare is well and truly underway, thank you very much. After all, Earth has been invaded by not one but two alien Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Alone” (S4, E13 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND UNDERTAKERS … AND NE’ER DO WELLS* There’s a good chance that no one in this episode would share Audrey Hepburn’s sentiment “I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.” Oh, there are probably moments, of which there are several, when being Continue Reading
The glamour of 0s and 1s: HBO’s Silicon Valley (poster + teaser trailer/trailers)
SNAPSHOT Richard (Middleditch) is an introverted computer programmer living in the Hacker Hostel start-up incubator along with his best friend, Big Head (Brener), pompous Gilfoyle (Starr) and dry-witted Dinesh (Nanjiani). These social misfits live under the watch of Erlich (Miller), a self-satisfied dotcom millionaire who lets them stay in Continue Reading
Less and less alone: New mini-trailers and teasers for Orphan Black season 2
Orphan Black is a rarity on TV these days. In an age of fractured demographics, time-scattered viewing patterns and sub-genre piled upon sub-genre, the show from BBC America about a woman, Sarah Manning (played by Tatiana Maslany who plays multiple parts on the show) who discovers she is one Continue Reading