Have you ever wondered what The Muppets would look like as a periodic table that groups all manner of Jim Henson’s much loved creations together? No? Well neither had I. But thank the gods of insanely original imagination that artist Mike Boon (aka Mike BaBoon) had, and did something Continue Reading
3 amazing books coming to a cinema near you* (*popcorn not included) #1
* This post first appeared on writingbar.com.au * It’s the age-old question. Well, a hundred years old at least. Which is better – the book or the movie? (You may take the lid off the can of worms now!) Much like the chicken vs. egg conundrum, this is a Continue Reading
Coming to a TV near you: 5 more promising new season dramas #2 – “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland”, “Gang Related”, “Rake”, “Tomorrow People”, “Intelligence”
It’s that time of the year again! Last year’s TV season is dead and buried, but not of course, forgotten, and a jostling crop of hopefuls is waiting in the wings ready to take their place. The shows were revealed a couple of months back during what is known Continue Reading
My 5 favourite modern TV theme tunes
The untimely, enormously sad death of James Gandolfini a couple of weeks ago while on holiday in Italy, prompted me, by way of a tribute, to repeatedly play “Woke Up This Morning” by the Alabama 3, the devastatingly evocative, haunting theme song to the show that brought him fame Continue Reading
The greatest movie ever assembled: “The Lego Movie” teaser trailer
SNAPSHOT The 3D animated adventure tells the story of Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil Continue Reading
Answer the door! ABBA to release deluxe edition of “Ring Ring”
Happy news today! After wondering if Universal would ever get around to releasing a deluxe edition of ABBA’s debut album, Ring Ring, along comes news via the official ABBA website, abbasite.com, that just a version will be released on October 14 this year. It’s 40 years since the album Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “Drinking Buddies”
SNAPSHOT Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) work together at a craft brewery. They have one of those friendships that feels like it could be something more. But Kate is with Chris (Ron Livingston), and Luke is with Jill (Anna Kendrick). And Jill wants to know if Luke Continue Reading
Movie trailer-palooza: “Pacific Rim”, “Jobs”, “Thanks For Sharing”, “The Counsellor”, “The Spectacular Now”
There are so many movies on the way to the cinema at any one time, and by extension a dizzying array of accompanying trailers that you could be forgiven for wondering if you will have to camp out at the cinema with a Coke drip and an endless candy Continue Reading
Now this is music #9: My 5 favourite songs right now – Grouplove, The High Wire, Laura Welsh, Hot Chip, Icona Pop
Hark! What’s that’s sound? Why it’s five new gloriously good songs that I have come across recently on my travels through the virtual highways and byways of the internet, five songs that have lodged themselves in my earworm and refuse to be dislodged. So I am letting them stay Continue Reading
“Falling Skies” review: ‘At All Costs’ (Episode 4, season 3)
* Spoilers ahead … and a few antsy Volm no doubt ready to shoot you down * It was a case of up, up and away if you were human or Volm in the blistering return-to-form fourth episode of the third season of TNT’s Falling Skies … Or if Continue Reading