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[All of us] will be here for you: Orphan Black gets a Friends makeover

Posted on September 29, 2013September 29, 2013 by aussiemoose

  Two odder TV bedfellows you could not imagine right? Which is course precisely the point for the inspired YouTube user SnowBalls3, who put together images from BBC America’s dark conspiracy-rich sci-fi drama Orphan Black, starring the multi-talented Tatiana Maslany, and Friends, one of the most successful sitcoms in TV history Continue Reading

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The Undead News: The latest from the apocalyptic world of The Walking Dead

Posted on September 27, 2013September 27, 2013 by aussiemoose

  We are so close to the premiere of season 4 of The Walking Dead on October 13 that I can almost taste it. (Naturally of course I won’t be since (a) Zombies have major hygiene and ongoing health issues and (b) contrary to what you’ve been told they don’t taste Continue Reading

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TV review: Big School (S1, E1)

Posted on September 27, 2013December 16, 2013 by aussiemoose

  It seems, if the press reports are anything to go by, that David Walliams and I have something in common. No, you may  be surprised to learn it’s not a stellar career as a BAFTA Award-winning comedian (thanks to his work on Little Britain with co-creator Matt Lucas) nor Continue Reading

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Drive, he said: Joel McHale and Neil Patrick Harris/Rainn Wilson get their autos on

Posted on September 26, 2013September 26, 2013 by aussiemoose

  I am not a car person. It’s true. While others dream of screaming down the highway in a streamlined red car, or daydream of meandering drives in the country just because (What? Without an actual destination? Madness!), I see the cars in my life as purely utilitarian devices, designed Continue Reading

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TV review: Ray Donovan (S1, E1 “The Bag or the Bat”)

Posted on September 25, 2013September 25, 2013 by aussiemoose

  I am a little late coming to Showcase’s latest dramatic success story, Ray Donovan, whose season one finale has just aired in the USA, along with the series finale of Dexter, to powerhouse ratings. And to be honest my sluggard response to this series, which stars Emmy® and Golden Globe® Continue Reading

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Poster Me This! [2] – The Counsellor, Thor: The Dark World, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Sweetwater, American Horror Story: Coven

Posted on September 25, 2013September 25, 2013 by aussiemoose

  This may date me badly (OK it definitely will!) but I still remember when a movie would come out with one poster and one poster only. And you wouldn’t get to see it till there was space in the “Coming Soon” poster bays at the local cinema, which weren’t Continue Reading

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Who are the [famous] people in your neighbourhood? Sesame Street’s latest celebrity guest, Peter Dinklage

Posted on September 24, 2013September 24, 2013 by aussiemoose

  Sesame Street never disappoints. Not only does it manage to teach kids their ABCs and 123s, as well as important social skills, it does in a imaginative ways that are always up the minute relevant. Take the appearance of Peter Dinklage who plays wine and women-loving Tyrion Lannister on Continue Reading

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Live blogging the 65th Primetime Emmys 2013

Posted on September 23, 2013September 24, 2013 by aussiemoose

  Houston, the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards are upon us, and one thing’s for sure – we’re not in analogue Kansas anymore. If ever you needed proof, any proof at all, that the digital revolution, along with more than a few movie stars like Kevin Spacey (House of Cards) and Continue Reading

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Now, where were we? 10 returning TV shows to look out for

Posted on September 22, 2013December 13, 2013 by aussiemoose

  This post first appeared on inclassicstyle.com Summer is not kind to TV-watchers, my friends … not kind at all. In fact, it’s downright cruel (which reminds me of a quite apropos mid tempo Bananarama song from my youth but I digress). For while others are chowing down on hotdogs Continue Reading

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Hilariously hapless in love: Stephen Merchant’s Hello Ladies (trailer)

Posted on September 21, 2013September 20, 2013 by aussiemoose

  Finding love can be a challenge at the best of times. But even more so when you’re Stuart, a single guy at the heart of HBO’s new eight part series Hello Ladies. He’s a lonely, insecure Englishman labouring under the delusion that the fantasy life he imagines himself leading Continue Reading

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    (courtesy Beth O’Leary newsletter) A fresh start is waiting for Charlie Jones.But another Charlie Jones wants it too… The Isle of Ormer: population 500, soon to be 501. Charlie Jones has landed on the island to embark on her brand new life. As the manager at Ormer’s only farm shop, Continue Reading
  • Funny, tender, goofy – Catherine O’Hara lit up the screen every time she showed up (curated article)
    (New York, NY – June 09, 2019: Catherine O’Hara attends the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall / via Shutterstock) Article by Ben McCann, Adelaide University (The Conversation) Catherine O’Hara, the beloved actor and comedian who has died aged 71, occupied that rare position in contemporary screen culture: Continue Reading
  • Movie review: Addition
    (courtesy Village Cinemas) There is a very real gnawing sense when you are caught in the midst of dealing with mental health issues where you wonder if you have any agency in this at all. Your therapist will say you do, and as a grown-up who makes decisions all the Continue Reading
  • Witness how became He-Man … trailer lands, by the power of Grayskull, for Masters of the Universe
    (courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTTen-year-old Adam Glenn (Nicholas Galitzine) crash-lands on his mother’s home planet Earth, separating him from his ancestor’s Power Sword of Grayskull. Two decades later, he takes his sword back and bears the mantle of He-Man as he battles for his home planet, Eternia, fighting against the evil Continue Reading
  • Book review: Lost in Time by A. G. Riddle
    An escapee from the depth of this reviewer’s TBR – 2026 is supposed to be the year of the much-neglected reads though so far 13 new books have been bought so who knows who well this will go – Lost in Time by A. G. Riddle comes with a doozy Continue Reading
  • The mystery is afoot … Thoughts on Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials
    (courtesy IMP Awards) In the grand scheme of things that relax, soothe and put your soul at ease, crime, particularly of the murderous variety, should not rate all that highly. Surely after all the murder of someone can not come remotely close to putting anyone into a chilled state? Likely Continue Reading
  • Book review: The Greatest Possible Good by Ben Brooks
    (courtesy Simon & Schuster Australia) What does it mean to live a good life? We all have airily vague ideas of what that might entail from doing good to others to treating people with kindness to not using plastic and prioritising people over digital obsession. But it’s wide and open Continue Reading
  • Movie review: Train Dreams
    (courtesy IMP Awards) Grief is rarely a beautiful thing. What it mourns often is, a time or a person or a place that so captured our hearts that its absence is mourned because the loss of its beauty, of its specialness, is too great to ever be replaced; but grief Continue Reading
  • It’s time to raise the curtain again … trailer lands for The Muppet Show 2026 special
    (courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIt’s time to raise the curtain on The Muppet Show, a highly-anticipated special event with a special guest star and Executive Producer and guest star Seth Rogen. Kermit, Miss Piggy and the beloved Muppet gang are back with a brand-new special event. Music, comedy, and a whole Continue Reading
  • Book review: Café Puccini by Tony Matthews
    This book was read at Kalimna, Yeranda cottages, near Dungog in early January 2026. If we’re honest, most of us live in fairly ordinary, decidedly unexciting cities or towns where everyone is as reasonably straight down the line as you can expect the contrarily idiosyncratic human race to be. They Continue Reading
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