They, whoever they are, may be intent on prosecuting poor Bill Posters but the rest of us can’t wait to see what else the master of promotion does next. I will grant you that threats of prosecution usually accompany physical posters on hoardings and buildings and so on but Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2014: Week 1 – Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium
WHAT IS THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST? Started way back in 1956 as a way to draw a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Us” (S4, E15 review)
For a series set in the zombie apocalypse, where survival must be fought for inch by inch, second by second, and there isn’t a whole lot of time for philosophical reflection – unless you’re Tara (Alanna Masterson) entering a dark walker-filled rail tunnel with Glenn (Steven Yeun), in which Continue Reading
So Fargo, so good: Trailers in abundance for FX’s latest offering
For reasons I can’t quite explain, given my lifelong predilection for all things quirky and idiosyncratic, it took me quite a while to warm to the highly imaginative ways of the Coen brothers. I first came across them via 1987’s Raising Arizona, a film that starred Nicolas Cage and Continue Reading
Let It Go, Frozen Pirate Fairy: 2 impressive Disney musical moments
Frozen, one of the best films Disney has released in years and rightly regarded as an instant animation classic, is everywhere it seems, much like the ice that Elsa (Idena Menzel aka Adele Dazeem), the Snow Queen keeps throwing around throughout the beautiful film. “Let It Go”, the standout Continue Reading
Chases and cheeses: Cartoon Network revives The Tom and Jerry Show (and more!)
SNAPSHOT “Each episode will feature Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse plotting against each other — with Tom’s determination matched only by Jerry’s own cleverness in evading capture. But this time the cartoon mayhem will not be limited to only Tom and Jerry’s traditional suburban setting. In The Continue Reading
Marvellous massing of movie trailers: Tammy, The Signal, The Giver, Joe, Unbroken + a short film
You look exhausted. Why don’t you sit back a spell, grab some popcorn and check out these trailers for five movies, and one beautiful short, that will make you laugh, think, feel and come alive again in the way that only good cinema come. It’s a mixed bag true Continue Reading
Weekend Pop Art: The quirky Disney art of “Nothing’s Impossible!”
A lot of amazing pop culture goodness is available at the annual SXSW gathering in Austin, Texas with a plethora of movies, bands, parties and interactive sessions to take in. Out of the many reports flooding out of this year’s just-concluded event, a post on Mashable about an exhibition Continue Reading
Now this is music 25: Cathedrals, Glass Animals, Great Good Fine OK, Young & Sick, Fujiya & Miyagi
Ah, the thrill of the new! Not everyone craves it admittedly but for those of us who do, it is the elixir of youth, the magical ingredient that infuses the mundane, the banal and the downright ennui’d with all the fun and sparkle of the circus. Well, perhaps that Continue Reading
Movie review: Le temps de l’aventure (Just a Sigh) #affff2014
Actress Alix Aubane (Emmannuelle Devos) is a woman adrift in Jérôme Bonnell’s slice-of-life drama Le temps de l’aventure (Just a Sigh). Dashing into Paris by train to attend an audition from Calais where she is performing in what could best be described as an extremely off-Broadway play, she looks to have Continue Reading