A couple of days ago via Twitter, Sesame Street posed two vitally important questions via two delightful Vine videos chock full of their trademark wit and pop culture knowingness, and to save us lying awake at 3 am pondering what the answers could possibly be, gave us those as Continue Reading
Frasier reunion: Another wonderful serve of tossed salad and scrambled eggs
SNAPSHOT Psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane (Grammer) returns to his hometown of Seattle, Washington, following the end of his marriage and his life in Boston (as seen in Cheers). His plans for a new life as a bachelor are complicated when he is obliged to take in his father, Martin Continue Reading
Back to the Future the musical? Yes please!
Great Scott! Could they be making a Back to the Future musical? Alas no, not yet but if they did, and they totally should, this would be the perfect song to include in it! The amazingly talented folks at Cinefix have made one of their legendary Homemade Movies, starring Continue Reading
Weekend Pop Art #8: Grumpy Cat and Disney together? Believe it!
Grumpy Cat, a feline who has yet to find a person, event or circumstance he can’t regard with glum disinterest, and the inhabiter of one of the more prevalent, virulent, and yes, hilarious memes on the worldwide web, has been embraced by Disney. Well in a manner of speaking. Continue Reading
Now This is Music #17: Eleanor Dunlop, Chelsea Lankes, Odesza, The Royal Concept, Client Liaison
I love the modern age we live in. So much wonderful music from so many wonderful artists is available to us at the flick of a switch, so to speak, artists that we previously would never have come across unless we were possessed of infinite funds, time and indestructible Continue Reading
How I accidentally fell in love with The Middle
It’s funny how some shows sneak up on you. Shows you never imagined you would enjoy and had pretty much consigned to the “I will never see a single episode EVER” pile, for any one of a multitude of reasons, suddenly find themselves on your must-see list and usually Continue Reading
TV review: Super Fun Night, “Anything For Love” (S1, E1)
Rebel Wilson is an impressive talent. From her earliest days on Australian TV when she appeared in shows such as Pizza, The Wedge and Bogan Pride, through to her recent impressive success in Hollywood appearing in films Bridesmaids and Pitch Perfect, she has shown a winning flair for combining Continue Reading
Movie review: Captain Phillips
It is an oft used axiom that there are always two sides to every coin. But mainstream movie makers have not always been quick to honour this truism, often preferring to render their protagonists as all-capable three dimensional beings for whom no task is too great and no victory Continue Reading
TV review: The Crazy Ones (pilot episode)
Ladies and gentleman of the blogosphere I have finally found my breakout sitcom of the new season! The Crazy Ones, by TV maestro David E. Kelley (Boston Legal, Ally McBeal), is that almost elusively perfect blend of snappy, not a syllable wasted clever writing, spot on comic timing, and Continue Reading
Hurrahs all around! Parks and Recreation turns 100 … and Community gets an air date!
My how time in Pawnee flies! Seems it was just yesterday a wide-eyed, optimistic and highly spirited young lady by the name of Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) was thrilled to be the deputy director of the Parks and Recreation department of this idiosyncratic city in Indiana, dream of turning Continue Reading