Irvine Welsh, the immeasurably talented author of the 1998 book on which Filth, the story of corrupt Scott copper Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy) who is rapidly lose his already tenuous hold on reality, is based, has quite accurately described this much-delayed movie adaptation as “an ultra-dark, head-fucking film.” It Continue Reading
Not just for birthdays … Pharrell Williams wants you Happy all the time
I come across an extraordinary amount of songs as I graze across the vast new digital musical landscape but rarely does a song make me so euphorically, well, happy as Pharrell Williams new single, appropriately titled “Happy”. It is a joy to listen to, to dance to, to put Continue Reading
Happy birthday to … 5 of my favourite fictional characters (#2)
I am a madly sentimental guy. If it’s an important event like say my birthday (which it is today) or Christmas or a family or friend’s birthday, I will go all out to make sure the day is as perfect as possible with chronic over-catering, balloons, accessories or trees Continue Reading
Doctor Who turns 50: Review of Day of the Doctor
*SPOILERS, SWEET, SPOILERS!* There are many days in which it is very good to be a lifelong fan and companion of Doctor Who, the mysterious, enigmatic, currently bow-tie loving hitherto last of the Time Lords but today … well, today was a very good day indeed. For today Continue Reading
Chow down on Sesame Street’s spot on Hunger Games parody
Sesame Street have always had their hands on the pulse of pop culture, delivering up timely parodies of the shows, movies and songs of the moment, that are both charmingly irreverent while also containing a valuable teaching lesson of some sort to their impressionable young demographic. It’s hard to Continue Reading
Kerrrr-mieee! It’s The Muppets Most Wanted new trailer! Wocka wocka wocka
We have a trailer for Muppets Most Wanted and I’ll bet even Statler and Waldorf would approve of it. OK quite likely not but the fact remains that we have a brand spanking shiny new madcap trailer for the next Muppets movie, a movie that I have been looking Continue Reading
Get Frozen … and Get a Horse! (New Mickey Mouse short)
Mickey Mouse is back where he belongs – cheeky, impetuous and with a nice retro 1920s sheen, thanks to a wonderful new short Get a Horse! that will accompany Disney’s new animated film, Frozen. With more than a tilt of the hat to cartoons like Steamboat Willie – try Continue Reading
Movie review: Fruitvale Station
It is hard to walk away from a film like Fruitvale Station, written and directed by Ryan Coogler in a confrontingly realistic docudrama style (which garnered him two major awards at this year’s Sundance Film Festival), without being profoundly affected. Detailing the tragic miscarriage of justice which occurred in Continue Reading
Weekend Pop Art #10: The 50 year history of Doctor Who as an imaginative tapestry
I absolutely anyone who dares to think outside the box in any sphere. And Bill Mudron, who hasn’t so much as stepped outside the artistic box as he has left the plant, shredded all the cardboard-making technology and burned the factory down, has created one of the most original Continue Reading
Movie review: Mystery Road
Upsetting the status quo is never an easy proposition for anyone but it becomes exponentially more challenging in the suffocatingly intense surrounds of a small town where everybody knows everyone and everything. That’s the situation facing Jay Swan (Aaron Pederson), newly returned from detective school in the “Big Smoke”, Continue Reading