*DIRTY, NASTY, LEADER-CULLING SPOILERS AHEAD* If you, like me, bought last episode’s version of the Governor (David Morrissey), all boxed up in his shiny, new family man guise, complete with all new added tenderness and endless kindness or your money back, you may want to ask for a refund Continue Reading
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Happy birthday to … 5 of my favourite fictional characters (#2)
I am a madly sentimental guy. If it’s an important event like say my birthday (which it is today) or Christmas or a family or friend’s birthday, I will go all out to make sure the day is as perfect as possible with chronic over-catering, balloons, accessories or trees Continue Reading
Doctor Who turns 50: Review of Day of the Doctor
*SPOILERS, SWEET, SPOILERS!* There are many days in which it is very good to be a lifelong fan and companion of Doctor Who, the mysterious, enigmatic, currently bow-tie loving hitherto last of the Time Lords but today … well, today was a very good day indeed. For today Continue Reading
Chow down on Sesame Street’s spot on Hunger Games parody
Sesame Street have always had their hands on the pulse of pop culture, delivering up timely parodies of the shows, movies and songs of the moment, that are both charmingly irreverent while also containing a valuable teaching lesson of some sort to their impressionable young demographic. It’s hard to Continue Reading
Weekend Pop Art #10: The 50 year history of Doctor Who as an imaginative tapestry
I absolutely anyone who dares to think outside the box in any sphere. And Bill Mudron, who hasn’t so much as stepped outside the artistic box as he has left the plant, shredded all the cardboard-making technology and burned the factory down, has created one of the most original Continue Reading
The Walking Dead plays Monopoly … and goes back to the future or is that the past?
Way back in the dim, dark days of my youth – which actually weren’t that dark actually since we did have, you know, fire and such – I spent many a happy hour playing Monopoly with my family, usually during end of year summer holidays when we’d decamp to Continue Reading
5 things I love about The Crazy Ones
I know it isn’t fashionable to say in some quarters but I really like The Crazy Ones. Nay, LOVE it. It’s one of my favourite shows of the new fall season on US TV, full to the brim with whippet smart writing, finely tuned comic performances and a situation Continue Reading
It’s wine o’clock again! Just 2 months till Cougar Town returns to our screens
One of my favourite shows on television, the greatly underrated and woefully under-appreciated comedy gem Cougar Town is going to back on our screens soon and very soon! With an appearance by star Courtney Cox’s old Friends co-star Matthew Perry (following Cox’s stint on Perry’s now defunct sitcom Go On) and Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Live Bait” (S4, E6 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD (and walkers … and an emotional catharsis …redemption … and more walkers)* “When my girls were born, that’s when I figured out what it was to be a man. You know, a real man. You protect ’em, keep ’em safe, you just try to make them stronger Continue Reading
Doctor Who turns 50: Night of the Doctor webisode
It’s hard to know how to react when you hear that one of the defining TV shows of your childhood/youth is being brought to life after a reasonably lengthy period out of production. Part of you sings with the angels, thrilled that you’ll be able to see characters you Continue Reading