It would be a rare person indeed who hasn’t read, seen, or even listened to, a version of Charles Dickens’ classic novel A Christmas Carol, which has remained wildly popular ever since its publication on 19 December, 1943, and which shows no sign of slipping off the zeitgeist radar any Continue Reading
TV
On the 11th day of Christmas … I found TV shows and movies I love rendered in LEGO
Let’s hear it for tenuous links to Christmas! Yes I am basing the inclusion of the following highly imaginative recreations of TV shows and movies in LEGO on the fact that it is (a) Christmas and (b) it was at this very festive time that I was often given Continue Reading
On the 10th day of Christmas … I watched the ghosts of TV shows past
I love retro TV. Much as I adore curling on the couch and watching the latest episode of New Girl, Once Upon a Time or The Walking Dead, there is something comforting, and in the case of the shows that have stood the test of time (I discovered sadly Continue Reading
Sneak peek! The darkness and light of A&E’s “Bates Motel”
This is one seriously creepy, but monumentally intriguing, trailer. Frankly I don’t think A & E could have improved on this teaser for their new Psycho-prequel series, Bates Motel – from Lost‘s Carlton Cuse and Friday Night Lights‘ Kerry Ehrin – which they are at pains to point out is Continue Reading
On the 8th day of Christmas … I decorated my tree with pop culture ornaments
Given the nature of this blog, which doesn’t exactly hide its cathode ray light under a Scooby Doo patterned-bushel, you have probably quite likely surmised, and you would be right, that I am more than a little obsessed with, and in love with, pop culture. While I don’t do Continue Reading
On the 6th day of Christmas … I watched “A Moody Christmas” (review)
A Moody Christmas is about as perfect as television gets. It has been widely hailed, and rightly so, as one of the best series of the year in Australia, or for that matter anywhere, its six episodes a pitch perfect blend of humour and drama that captures the idiosyncrasies Continue Reading
On the 2nd Day of Christmas … TV shows of Christmas Present
So to the TV shows of Christmas present! Now when selecting what would make this post, my criteria was not so much when they telecast the episode as whether the show itself is still on the air, which I can happily say is definitely the case with all these Continue Reading
Miranda Hart and Dr Who together on TV? Can it be true?
Miranda Hart and Matt Smith together in the one show? Could it be so? Well it almost was, as this post on tardis-base.blogspot.com.au outlines. Way back in July 2011, Miranda Hart, whose star was very much on the rise thanks to her hit sitcom Miranda, was offered a Continue Reading
Only one month to go till “Cougar Town” is back on TV
Yes its back soon my friends and while it’s likely some time till it’s on the air in Australia, the fact that it’s back on the TV at all warms this fanboy’s heart. As does some soft, mellow red wine but hey, that’s another story completely. One thing Continue Reading
So much wine, Cougar Town, so much wine … and laughter-filled promos
In my last post I made mention of the wonderful job that the BBC was doing promoting the upcoming Dr Who Christmas special, “The Snowmen”. Well another group of PR professionals more than earning their keep are the talented team at TBS who are going all out to make Continue Reading