It seems that everything these days is turning to LEGO. This is not, of course, even remotely a bad thing and merely confirms what I instinctively knew to the core of my being at the age of five, that the world would be a far better place of everything Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Modern TV shows and movie get a retro ’80s VHS cover makeover
We’ve all heard the old adage “everything old is new again”, a wry commentary on the idea that everything from fashion to fads to old toys comes back around again eventually, but what about “everything new is old again”? It may not as common an axiom but in the Continue Reading
The joy and pain of letting someone in: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (trailer)
SNAPSHOT Up until senior year, Greg (Thomas Mann) has maintained total social invisibility. He only has one friend, Earl (Ronald Cyler II), and together they spend their time—when not playing video games and avoiding Earl’s terrifying brothers— making movies, their own versions of Coppola and Herzog cult classics. Greg Continue Reading
Grover Bluejoy is coming (eventually) in Sesame Street’s Game of Chairs (Game of Thrones parody)
If you’ve watched any episodes of HBO’s megahit Game of Thrones, which returns to our screens on April 12, you will have noticed that becoming the king or queen of Westeros and sitting upon its imposing Iron Throne involves quite a bit of Machiavellian manoeuvring, a dragon or three, Continue Reading
Now this is music 48: Heems, Katelyn Tarver, Peach Kelli Pop, Coleman Hell, Lena Fayre
Life is a real mixed bag isn’t it? Regardless of whether you approach it from a glass-half-full or glass-half-empty position, it rarely stays in one emotional place for too long. Hence we have great ups and downs, ins and outs, steps forward and lurches back, all of it providing Continue Reading
The gloriously silly 50 Shades of Drebin: A mashup of Naked Gun and 50 Shades of Grey
I love me a good, nay, a great parody. Which is why when I came across the Unusual Suspect‘s inspired blending of a parody via deathandtaxes, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad, with Fifty Shades of Grey, one of this biggest-grossing movies so far and arguably Continue Reading
Everyone’s talking about Games of Thrones, even the cast of Silicon Valley
It’s time honoured way to spend your work day, well the bits where you’re doing your level best to not do actual work anyway. And it seems that not even Kumail Nanjiani, Zach Woods, and Thomas Middleditch from HBO’s break out comedy hit of 2014, Silicon Valley, are immune, decked Continue Reading
Outlander: The Reckoning (S1, E9 review)
After waiting far longer than any Scotland-based historical fiction-loving TV fan with a burning predilection for time travel, kilts and romance of the bodice-ripping kind should legitimately have to wait, Outlander, based on the novels of Diana Gabaldon, came roaring back atop a Highland steed in “The Reckoning”, in which you’d Continue Reading
Exciting news Kermie! “It’s time to meet the Muppets” again on TV!
It’s a universally-acknowledged fact that you can never spend too much time with Jim Henson’s greatest, most-beloved creations, the Muppets. And by “universal” I mean, of course that I long ago decided that I cannot have too much of Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Rowlf the Dog, Gonzo, and of course Continue Reading
You can’t run from yourself: The Reconstruction of William Zero (poster + movie trailer)
SNAPSHOT William Blakely, a top genetic researcher, awakens after a catastrophic accident with no memory or motor skills. As he begins to relearn his past and identity with the help of his mysterious twin brother, the memories that return are not his own. As he tries to reconnect with Continue Reading