Firefly, a show that only last 14 episodes before being cancelled by Fox, in one of the greatest misjudgements in TV history (and so say all of us!), continues to grow from strength to strength. With a passionate fan base known as The Browncoats behind it every step of Continue Reading
Falling Skies: “Reunion” (S5, E9 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD AND ALL THE DORNIA GEEWHIZ-NESS YOU COULD WANT * So first things first – the 2nd Mass. is still in Virginia at the rather charmingly-named 14th Stalag Virginia (OK that’s not it’s real name but even with Faux Captain Marshall gone, I think we can all agree that’s Continue Reading
“Well here’s another nice (dancing) mess you’ve gotten me into!” – Laurel and Hardy dance to Morrissey’s “Hairdresser on Fire”
I have long been a fan of classic comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, known of course as Laurel and Hardy, who were popular from the late 1920s through to the mid-1940s. Way back in the dim dark days of the mid-1970s, Australia’s national broadcaster ABC used to broadcast a Continue Reading
Movie review: Dope
Malcolm Adekanbi (Shameik Moore) is a young man who likes to defy expectations. And in writer/director Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope, a hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Malcolm and his geeky besties, Jib (Tony Revolori) and Diggy (Kiersey Clemons) certainly have quite a few expectations to defy. For one Continue Reading
Give my regards to Broadway! The history of musical episodes on TV
Ella Fitzgerald once remarked that “the only thing better than singing is more singing” and while it’s sentiment a lot of musicians would quote naturally subscribe to, it’s not been as commonly embraced on TV which has traditionally tended to keep it storytelling reasonably song-free. But as the latest as-always Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “So Close, Yet So Far” (S1, E2 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SCHOOL LOOKING JUST THE WAY YOU FANTASISED IT MIGHT … THE WORLD THOUGH? NOT SO MUCH.* If ever an episode title aptly captured the storyline within, it’s this one. No matter how hard Travis (Cliff Curtis) and Madison (Kim Dickens) tried to bring their Continue Reading
Life is about knowing how to take a hit: Ashby (trailer + poster)
SNAPSHOT “Ed Wallis (Nat Wolff) and his spirited single mom (Sarah Silverman) are new in town. At school, Ed struggles to fit in. He secretly desires to make the football team although the jocks disapprove, and he connects with only one other student, brainy Eloise (Emma Roberts). Given an Continue Reading
Falling Skies: “Stalag 14th Virginia” (S5, E8 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD! AND LOTS OF ALIEN-CHASING CARDIO* Well, catch me a giant cod, slap its head on Rage Tom (Noah Wylie) and call him an Espheni Overlord, Falling Skies finally found its gung-ho storytelling mojo in “Stalag 14th Virginia”! Granted it was in the third last episode ever Continue Reading
Whoosh! The Flash season 2 teaser trailer is here then it’s gone
One of the unexpected delights of the last year TV-wise has been The Flash, one of the ever-expanding list of DC Comics properties on the small screen. I say “unexpected” because I have never been a great fan of superhero comic books nor their movie or TV adaptations but Continue Reading
Movie review: Ricki and the Flash
Following your dreams is one thing. Following your dreams, moving to California, abandoning your family in Indiana who grow to resent you (mostly), and finding your dreams aren’t quite what they’re cracked up to be; ah, well, that is quite another. It’s a lesson Ricki Rendazzo aka one time Continue Reading