For all her narcissism and the resulting social blindness it engenders, there is still something inherently likeable about Hannah Horvath, the wanna-be successful writer/great friend/stellar lover and partner portrayed by soon-to-be published author Lena Dunham in HBO’s Girls, a show she also writes and produces. It has a lot to Continue Reading
Doctor Who: “Deep Breath” (S8, E1 review)
You could be forgiven for expecting Doctor Who, newly moved on from massive 50th birthday celebrations last year, and about to induct a new Time Lord occupant of the TARDIS, Peter Capaldi, as the 12th Doctor, to lay on the gravitas and serious drama for “Deep Breath”, the first episode Continue Reading
FUNX3 with Parks and Recreation: Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Nick Offerman
I know someone, somewhere rather sagely once noted that all good things must come to an end, and while I appreciate the logical sentiment embodied in this, let’s be fair, rather obvious observation (no points for originality there buddy) and its universal truth, it still saddens me to think Continue Reading
Book review: The Long Mars by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
If there is one thing that defines humanity, it is our capacity for optimism, the seemingly endless capacity we possess for believing that despite all the wars, repressive regimes, famine and natural disasters, poverty and starvation, and whole host of other societal and personal demons too numerous to mention, Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Rocket and Groot (Guardians of the Galaxy) find new life in inspired fan art
It’s clear by now that Guardians of the Galaxy is a phenomenon. Back on top at the U.S. box office, and benefiting from strong word of mouth and stellar reviews, this is the movie that keeps on keeping on, the film that dared to play hard and fast and Continue Reading
Falling Skies: Till Death Us Do Part (S4, E9 review)
* Duck! Beamers above you and spoilers ahead of you if you dare* There was a lot of gazing at the moon in this week’s episode of Falling Skies, and in marked contrast to the title which seemed to promise the sort of wholesale death and destruction we’ve become accustomed Continue Reading
Daleks are Danish: Doctor Who S8 trailer gets some LEGO lovin’
The long wait – unless you ARE a Time Lord in which case you have already zipped forward, watched the entire season and posted reviews on all relevant sites (and possibly saved the world several times over) – for season 8 of Doctor Who is almost over! In just Continue Reading
Now this is music: 5 songs I discovered while travelling in USA in 1989
1989 was a big year in many ways. Emperor Hirohito died, the USSR left Afghanistan while the Polish Communist regime began talks with the dissident Solidarity organisation, Hungary dismantled 240km of barbed wire along its Iron Curtain border with Austria, President P. W. Both of South Africa met with Continue Reading
Checking in with The Strain: “Runaways” (S1, E5 review)
I will be the first to admit, and here I paraphrase Winnie the Pooh (yes Winnie the Pooh) rather loosely, that I am a horror-watching bear of little courage. While I have acclimated to the zombies of The Walking Dead, and even the frenetically-fast undead of Helix do not Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: Two Night Stand
SNAPSHOT A no-strings-attached, online hook-up turns into a morning-after disaster for twenty-something New Yorkers Megan (Analeigh Tipton of Crazy Stupid Love) and Alec (Miles Teller of The Spectacular Now and Whiplash). When a paralyzing blizzard hits the city trapping them in Alec’s cramped Brooklyn apartment, they are forced to Continue Reading