The fifth episode in Community‘s steadily improving fifth season, “Geothermal Escapism”, was a bittersweet episode. While it saw the show return to the anarchic, rapid-fire pop culture-referencing form which characterised its iconic paintball episodes, “Modern Warfare” (E1, S23), “A Fistful of Paintballs” and “A Few Paintballs More” (S2, E23/E24), Continue Reading
The Moodys (Australian Sitcom), “Australia Day” (S2, E1)
AWK-WAAARD. If any word describes The Moodys, it’s that one. It neatly sums up pretty much every family event this wholly typical Australian family stages, and in that regard at least, would have to be emblematic of any family trying to have a trouble free gathering … and failing Continue Reading
Hey Breaking Bad meet The Facts of Life … You’re welcome
This is the absolute zenith of pop culture mashups! Juxtaposing the gritty reality of Breaking Bad, a song as far from a perky sitcom as you can, with the effervescent fun of the theme song from The Facts of Life is about as magical a pop culture joining together Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: Hector and the Search For Happiness
SNAPSHOT Pegg plays Hector, an eccentric yet irresistible London psychiatrist in crisis: his patients are just not getting any happier! He’s going nowhere. Then one day, armed with buckets of courage and an almost child-like curiosity, Hector breaks out of his sheltered vacuum of a life into a global Continue Reading
Book review: The Fault in our Stars by John Green (+ trailer for the upcoming film adaptation)
Death is never an easy topic to grapple with, either in real life or in literature. It is usually avoided entirely, or talked about in quaint euphemisms, but when a brave soul does decide to tackle this most taboo of subjects head on, the sentiments often tend towards the Continue Reading
We’re almost there! This The Walking Dead featurette previews second half of season 4
The Walking Dead‘s return to TV screens everywhere is so close I can almost taste it! (Though not the walkers themselves thankfully although I do hear they taste like chicken.) At 9pm Sunday 9 February US time, and 7.30pm Monday 10 February Australian time (12.30pm if you’re REALLY keen; Continue Reading
Now this is music 22: Maria Sejer, YACHT, Phantogram, The Pass, RDGLDGRN
Hark! What’s that sound? Everybody look what’s going down … No it’s not “Something’s Happening Here” by Buffalo Springfield (released 1967), though that is a very fine song indeed, but five brand new, amazing songs to enthral and delight your ears, and fill your download streams with sweet new Continue Reading
Hey presto! Watch these 5 books turn into movies before your very eyes #1
Books have long been a source for movie makers, coming as they (often but not always) do with ready made stories, built-in audiences and brand name recognition (to use an awful marketing term). It is a process as old as cinema itself beginning with books like L Frank Baum’s Continue Reading
A fruity mystery indeed! Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) counts apples and oranges on Sesame Street
Sesame Street is a very clever show. You don’t need me to tell you that, of course. Ask any small child and they will tell you all about the counting, and the spelling and all manner of fun, educational moments; and if you’re sensible you’ll check with the parents Continue Reading
Concert review: Miranda Hart, “Work in Progress” tour
Hurrah! Miranda Hart is funny in real life. That may sound a strangely self-evident way to start a review about one of the funniest British comedians at work today but let me explain. I first came across Miranda Hart the way many people did – via her very successful Continue Reading