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Miranda Hart as Doctor Who? Such fun!

Posted on June 13, 2013June 14, 2013 by aussiemoose

  No sooner had Matt Smith announced his intention to leave the role of Doctor Who after this year’s 50th Anniversary special, which airs in November and also features his predecessor as the lone remaining time lord, David Tennant, that speculation about who would replace him zoomed straight into hyperdrive. Continue Reading

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“Hart To Hart” remade: Adam Scott and Amy Poehler paid homage to the ’80s TV icon

Posted on June 9, 2013June 9, 2013 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Hart to Hart is an American television series, starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a wealthy couple who moonlight as amateur detectives. The series was created by writer Sidney Sheldon and produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. It ran from 1979 to Continue Reading

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Fear your enemy: “Falling Skies” returns!

Posted on June 9, 2013June 9, 2013 by aussiemoose

  WHEN SEASON 3 OPENS … When “Falling Skies” season 3 begins, seven months have passed since the 2nd Mass arrived in Charleston, and Tom (Noah Wyle) is the new President, but he’s also still out there fighting with the resistance. His decision to have the rebel skitters fight alongside Continue Reading

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It’s time to watch the Muppets again … “That Puppet Game Show” announced

Posted on June 7, 2013June 7, 2013 by aussiemoose

  More Muppets in a brand new fun-filled format? Yes please! News that Disney-owned The Jim Henson Company is working closely with the BBC on a brand new show, That Puppet Game Show, to be shown on BBC1, sent a madcap shiver of excitement through my Muppet-loving veins. Consisting of Continue Reading

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TV review: “The Revolution” season 1 finale, ‘The Dark Tower’

Posted on June 7, 2013June 9, 2013 by aussiemoose

  *SPOILERS AHEAD* Now this is how you stage a finale. Power plays, shifting alliances, plot twists, explosions (some bigger than others; or at least with the potential to be), fist fights, gun fights, relationships broken, relationships rebuilt … and death. Lots and lots of death. It had everything you Continue Reading

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Where is the love? 5 shows I have inadvertently neglected … and how I plan to remedy that

Posted on June 6, 2013June 6, 2013 by aussiemoose

  It is often said nowadays that we live in a new, glorious golden age of television. And to a large extent that is true with television increasingly the medium where gifted storytellers choose to tell their stories in preference to movies, many of which tend to be relying on Continue Reading

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Everything “Breaking Bad” must come to an end

Posted on June 5, 2013June 5, 2013 by aussiemoose

  SNAPSHOT Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer at the beginning of the series. He turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine with a former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), Continue Reading

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Coming to a TV near you: 5 promising new season sitcoms #2

Posted on June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 by aussiemoose

  It’s that time of the year again! The current TV season is coming to a close and as the shows we know and love wrap it up for another year, some of them never to be seen again, a jostling crop of hopefuls is waiting in the wings ready Continue Reading

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Those were the days my friend: sneak peek at the “Revolution” finale

Posted on June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 by aussiemoose

  EPISODE SYNOPSIS Title: “The Dark Tower” Life-threatening dangers abound on all sides as the Rebels infiltrate the Tower. Miles’ (Billy Burke) leadership abilities and character are sorely tested as well as his feelings for Rachel (Elizabeth Mitchell) and Nora (Danielle Alonso). Aaron’s (Zak Orth) genius comes in handy while Continue Reading

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Is there a 12th Doctor in the house? Matt Smith to leave “Dr Who” end of 2013

Posted on June 2, 2013June 2, 2013 by aussiemoose

  Like a threatening crowd of Weeping Angels growing in numbers and proximity, there have been mounting rumours for quite some months now that Matt Smith might be close to calling it quits after four years as the eleventh incarnation of Doctor Who. And it appears that this speculation was Continue Reading

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    (courtesy Harper Collins Publishers Australia) One of the hallmarks of Christmas, and no, we are not talking about the branded festive romcoms, is how wonderful it can often be to gather with family (of the birth and chosen varieties). It’s especially the case when you are live far apart, and Continue Reading
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