THE GOLDBERGS It’s one thing to see a long ago period of history portrayed on television where you have no direct links and no real emotional connection, and another entirely to watch a decade you lived through (yes all of it) come to life again. But The Goldbergs, a Continue Reading
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Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock trip the light fantastic … on a Big set of piano keys
Oh happy piano key tap dancing days! Two of my favourite actors in the whole world, Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock – as opposed to the intergalactic ones but that’s a matter for another post entirely – appeared together on the October 12 edition of The Jonathan Ross Show in Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “30 Days Without an Accident” (S4, E1 review)
* minor spoilers ahead * Picture this if you will. It’s a bright, sunny day, the birds are softlly chirping (no, they really are; the one thing that can outfly the undead it seems) and one Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), former Ricktator, now gentleman farmer splashes his face with Continue Reading
TV reviews: Mom (pilot) and Trophy Wife (pilot)
MOM I am always in two minds when it comes to Chuck Lorre sitcoms. On one hand he makes winningly accessable sitcoms that appeal to a wide range of people, meaning of course that he is a network TV darling able to bring in the audiences, and thus, the Continue Reading
RIP Us & Them: We barely knew you at all
Well, a TV network has finally managed to cancel a show I was really looking forward to before it even airs. In a move that wasn’t entirely unexpected since its producers had been sent away to tinker further with the scripts, which is rarely a good sign, it’s been Continue Reading
Here comes Greg Poehler! Welcome to Sweden set for NBC
It looks like the Poehlers are getting ready to rule the entertainment world! Or at least the NBC portion of it anyway. With Amy Poehler’s witty take on life in public service, Parks and Recreation, heading into its sixth season on the Peacock Network, younger brother and show business Continue Reading
TV review: Hostages (Pilot episode / E2 “Invisible Leash”)
*Minor spoilers ahead* If any more proof was needed that American TV’s great love affair with re-making successful overseas television in their own image is showing no signs of dimming, it’s CBS’s new political thriller, Hostages. Following in the footsteps of State-side versions of shows like Scandinavia’s The Bridge or Continue Reading
New sci-fi shows incoming! Extant and Red landing soon (ish)
Time to blast off into space, or come hurtling back down to earth, or both, depending on your sci-fi tastes. Steven Spielberg, who knows a thing or two about crafting a compelling tale, especially sci-fi ones (Minority Report, Falling Skies) is bringing the 13 part thriller Extant to CBS Continue Reading
Hot diggity dog! The Walking Dead S3 retold with puppets and much hilarity
If you’re anything like me, and let’s just assume for your sake that you’re not, you likely have trouble remembering what you had for breakfast, let alone what happened in the long ago broadcast season 3 of AMC’s The Walking Dead. Well fear not! For the good folks at Continue Reading
Some thoughts on … Revolution: “There Will Be Blood” (S2, E2)
I will admit, I wasn’t planning on blogging beyond the premiere episode of Revolution season 2 but there was something so compelling, so epic about “There Will Be Blood” (buckets of it apparently and not a mop to be seen) that I had to quickly thrown some observations down Continue Reading