* 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
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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
A Mouthful of Megapixels: Why Binge Watching TV is the New Big Thing
This post first appeared on inclassicstyle I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not but life has gotten crazy busy of late. Like rushing out the door to work eating a bagel and finish getting dressed, juggling the finishing touches on three presentations on your laptop while calling your Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Still” (S4, E12 review)
It was a case of burn, baby, burn in latest The Walking Dead episode “Still”. But not in the way you might think. No, this was a case of burning old memories and finally moving on, with Dr Beth (Emily Kinney), she of the newly acquired moonshine liquor habit Continue Reading
We’re all Animals! The Muppets rock Instagram and Lipton Tea
The Muppets are on Instagram … And drinking Lipton Tea to relax … And most excitingly of all, their movie Muppets Most Wanted is almost in theatres! It’s almost too many The Muppets for just day except that you can never have too much of Kermit and Miss Piggy, Continue Reading
Community meets The Walking Dead in the best opening credits ever
If ever there was a marriage made in pop culture heaven, it’s the bringing together of Community and The Walking Dead, two shows with rabidly passionate fan bases and zeitgeist-defining takes on the world. Community is particularly suited to the apocalyptic credits gifted to it by Youtube user atsp88, Continue Reading