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On the 8th day of Christmas … I decorated my tree with pop culture ornaments

Posted on December 20, 2012December 19, 2012 by aussiemoose

  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

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On the 6th day of Christmas … I watched “A Moody Christmas” (review)

Posted on December 18, 2012December 20, 2012 by aussiemoose

  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

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On the 2nd Day of Christmas … TV shows of Christmas Present

Posted on December 14, 2012December 14, 2012 by aussiemoose

  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

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Miranda Hart and Dr Who together on TV? Can it be true?

Posted on December 12, 2012December 12, 2012 by aussiemoose

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

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Only one month to go till “Cougar Town” is back on TV

Posted on December 12, 2012December 12, 2012 by aussiemoose

    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

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So much wine, Cougar Town, so much wine … and laughter-filled promos

Posted on December 7, 2012December 6, 2012 by aussiemoose

  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

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Zombies on deck chairs – “Walking Dead” takes a break till February 2013

Posted on December 6, 2012December 6, 2012 by aussiemoose

  I watched the mid season finale this week, “Made To Suffer”, along with millions of others, and while it featured many of elements that have made this season must-see TV, even if you’re undead, it also exposed a few fault lines in the show such as its all too Continue Reading

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First impressions: Wedding Band

Posted on December 6, 2012May 14, 2019 by aussiemoose

  “I DO!” Wait … what was the question again? Oh yes, will I watch Wedding Band, which premiered on TBS on November 10 in USA, and just last night here in Australia, for as long as we both shall live or till falling ratings do us part? Why yes, Continue Reading

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Deck the halls with demented zombie snowmen, Dr Who!

Posted on December 5, 2012December 6, 2012 by aussiemoose

  God bless the BBC and their formidably enthusiastic publicity department. Even if there was a slim chance we’d forget about the good Doctor’s upcoming, and deliciously creepy Christmas special The Snowmen, it would be rendered null and void, and yes, well, exterminated, by the constant avalanche of trailers, movie-style Continue Reading

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The poor sequin-less souls of Eurovision

Posted on December 3, 2012December 3, 2012 by aussiemoose

  Pack the sequins away. Stow away the glitter. And don’t even think about setting off that pyrotechnics display. No, not all of you.             Just Portugal, Poland, Greece and Cyprus who hinted strongly this week that the European debt crisis may just have claimed Continue Reading

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    (courtesy French Film Festival/Palace Cinemas) The end of romantic love is generally portrayed as a piece of cataclysmic, antagonistic trauma with hopes sullied, joy vanquished and that cost sense of belonging messily ripped asunder. In short, it is very much a Dickensian worst of times. But in What is Love? Continue Reading
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    (courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTShaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom sees the residents of Mossy Bottom Farm looking forward to Halloween – until the clumsy Farmer trashes the Flock’s beloved pumpkin patch! When Shaun turns into mad scientist to help fix the problem, things rapidly spiral out of control… Continue Reading
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    (courtesy Hachette Australia) The Emily Wilde trilogy by Heather Fawcett – read my reviews of Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands and Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales – are a delight to read. Not only do they offer vividly imaginative escapism and an original Continue Reading
  • Way in over their heads: Phones ring and you answer in Big Mistakes
    (courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTBig Mistakes is a crime comedy series created, co-written, and executive produced by Dan Levy alongside Rachel Sennott. The show follows two deeply incapable siblings, Nicky (Dan Levy) and Morgan (Taylor Ortega), who inadvertently become entangled in organized crime after a misguided theft intended to help their dying Continue Reading
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    (courtesy Simon & Schuster) Heroes are often portrayed as larger than life, towering giants capable of great things and possessed of qualities we mere mortals can only hope to dream of. But in the 21st century particularly, another sort of hero has emerged, one which has feet of clay, human Continue Reading
  • Book review: You & Me and You & Me and You & Me by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees
    (courtesy Penguin Books Australia) The multiverse, as the name suggests can accommodate many things but a place in which love can be renewed? Theoretically possible, true, since pretty much anything is in a sprawling assembly of endlessly diverse universes, but not exactly where you see Cupid doing his best work, Continue Reading
  • Oh my, see how they grow! Final thoughts on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 (E4-10)
    (courtesy IMP Awards) As I wrote the review for the first three episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, I was impressed by how sophisticated a show it was so early in the piece. There are a great many shows that wobble and stumble in their first season, showing promise and Continue Reading
  • Movie review: Leave One Day (Partir un Jour) #AFFFF26
    (courtesy IMDb) Mixing the past and the present can always be a little awkward and more than a bit emotionally unsettling. But much of the time that’s not an issue for anyone, with the past and the present separated by a sizeable gap of years; that is, of course, until Continue Reading
  • Book review: This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page
    (courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Books have power, real, life-transforming, soul-restorative power. If you been a reader for any length of time, you will know this quite well, especially if, like this reviewer, reading got you through some quite harrowing parts of life where the real world was desperately unkind and Continue Reading
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