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
LEGO toys around with “Iron Man 3”
We are a mere week away – a week my friends! – from Iron Man 3 blasting onto our cinema screens and LEGO have joined the promotional fray with their playful interpretations of already released movie posters. There will of course be a specially designed line of building blocks, Continue Reading
Movie review: “Oblivion”
Is it possible to be alive and yet not truly be fully conscious of who you are? Or to lose some crucial part of yourself on the journey through life and not even be aware of it? These rather grandiose but nonetheless basic questions are at the heart of Continue Reading
Behold the Eurovision 2013 anthem: Music fit for a “Dancing Queen”
I think it’s fairly safe to say that if you were to offer a dyed-in-the-wool ABBA fan three wishes, their first wish, which likely would be repeated three times anyway with ever-increasing levels of breathless excitement, would be the reformation of the iconic 70s pop supergroup. Speculation that the Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “Stuck in Love”
MOVIE SYNOPSIS Three years past his divorce, veteran novelist Bill Borgens (Greg Kinnear) can’t stop obsessing over, let alone spying on, his ex-wife Erica (Jennifer Connelly), who ignominiously left him for another man. Even as his neighbor-with-benefits, Tricia (Kristen Bell) tries to push him back into the dating pool, Continue Reading
Sci fi past and present: “Warehouse 13” and “Battlestar Galactica” fun
Pete and Myka are almost back in our lives people! We have just over 2 weeks till Pete (Eddie McClintock), Myka (Joanne Kelly), Claudia (Allison Scagliotti), Steve (Aaron Ashmore) and the unstoppable, not to mention, lightning fast Mrs. Fredric (CCH Pounder) return to our TV screens to do battle with Continue Reading
Weekend pop art #2: The animated art of Disney laid bare
“Oh Mickey, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind!” Granted those song lyrics weren’t recorded and released by Toni Basil in 1982 with either this character or this particular representation of him in mind but I still think they are particularly apt. Uber-talented artist, Alessandro Conti, Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “The Way Way Back”
FILM SYNOPSIS THE WAY, WAY BACK is the funny and poignant coming-of-age story of 14-year-old Duncan’s (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter Steph (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2013: Week 1 – Austria, Estonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Denmark, Russia
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
Love sure can be funny: My 5 favourite sitcom couples (part 1)
I have always loved sitcoms (“situation comedies”). There’s something about these 22 minute comedic explorations of life in a particular place that charmed me from the get-go of my TV viewing life. While there were usually multiple characters living out their online-filled lives, all the truly great sitcoms, and Continue Reading