It would readily apparent by now that I really love Christmas, and by extension that I really love decorating my Christmas tree which takes pride of pop culture ornament-accented place in my lounge room every year. Granted, it’s almost 20 years old and is looking a little old and creaky Continue Reading
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“I have a boyfriend!” The festive stress of finding love on a timetable in Home For Christmas
Families can be wonderful things. They can be warm, nurturing and safe, a haven from the outside world where people can be more than a little unknowing of your true self and inadvertently cruel as a result. But much as Hallmark and Disney might like to promote the idea that Continue Reading
Forget phoning home! ET comes back to see Elliott and the result is magical
SNAPSHOTDuring this [year’s] Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Xfinity dropped an incredibly nostalgic commercial reuniting Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster alien with his former co-star Henry Thomas. It’s a moving commercial, all things considered, mostly due to all the callbacks and the use of John Williams’ iconic score. Die-hard fans will no doubt Continue Reading
Ho! Ho! Ho! Uh-oh! The festive baking mishaps of Nailed It! Holiday! season 2
Following a recipe is easy. A dash of this, a pinch of this, a cup of this, and a handful of that and voila … something that looks nothing at all like the picture in the book (or, of course, on the iPad). NOTHING AT ALL. For most of us, Continue Reading
Josh Thomas is sure that Everything’s Gonna Be Okay
SNAPSHOTFreeform announces Josh Thomas’ return to television with Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, premiering THURSDAY, JAN. 16. Critically acclaimed for his series Please Like Me, Thomas once again takes on a multifaceted role as creator, writer, executive producer and star of the 30-minute comedy, which introduces Nicholas (Josh Thomas), a neurotic Continue Reading
Doctor Who 12 season trailer makes it clear there is “SPACE. FOR ALL.”
SNAPSHOTAnd what a trailer it is! In adventures that seem to be mostly centered on Earth itself, something is coming for the Doctor and things seem awfully dangerous. We’ve got Stephen Fry asking the Doctor if she can be trusted, we’ve got her companions insisting that they’re family, and we’ve Continue Reading
When polar opposites attract: Thoughts on Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss aka Theodor Seuss Geisel was one of a kind. A talented writer and artist, political cartoonist, poet and so much, Dr Seuss gifted us with many of the greatest and bestselling children’s books of all time, including And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937), Continue Reading
Saturday morning TV: Original Basil Brush Show
Nostalgia is a strange beast. Wearing the most fashionable of rose-colour glasses and moving with the surety of someone who belives they have an impeachable memory of things past, it makes its way through the landscape of our lives with the confidence of a salesman looking to close the deal, Continue Reading
Avenue 5: In space Armando Iannucci can definitely hear you laugh
SNAPSHOTSet four decades in the future, Avenue 5 boldly imagines a world where the rich feel entitled to not only the world, but also the solar system. Cool and capable Captain Ryan Clark (Hugh Laurie) pilots the show’s titular space cruiser, of which Herman Judd (Josh Gad) is the billionaire Continue Reading
A little crazy goes a long way: Thoughts on The Kominsky Method (season 2)
One of the comforting niceties we hang onto as we get older is that all those years of living will eventually add up, by sheer weight of life experience, to a near-zen state of having our shit together. We imagine ourselves sitting out on the deck of country home staring Continue Reading