Way back in 1965, Mitch Leigh (music) and Joe Darion (lyrics) penned the song “The Impossible Dream (The Quest)” which went on to become the most popular song from the musical Man of La Mancha, the story of Don Quixote by novelist Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. It was variously used Continue Reading
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The Walking Dead: “A” (S4, E16 review)
The explosive finale of season 4 of The Walking Dead, enigmatically titled “A”, was many things – tense, deceitful, cruel, vindictive, hopeful, suspicious, but above all, an excellent lesson in relativity. Or to put it another way, no matter how great you think your own sins are, a factor which Continue Reading
All aboard for Harmontown: A documentary about Dan Harmon, creator of Community
Brilliant and wildly creative he may be, and the father of Community, one of the one of the most idiosyncratic, funny and inventive sitcoms I have ever had the privilege to watch but there’s no escaping the fact that Dan Harmon is a polarising figure. His flair for flawed, Continue Reading
Poster me this! Dumb and Dumber To, Orphan Black S2, Blended
They, whoever they are, may be intent on prosecuting poor Bill Posters but the rest of us can’t wait to see what else the master of promotion does next. I will grant you that threats of prosecution usually accompany physical posters on hoardings and buildings and so on but Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Us” (S4, E15 review)
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
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