One of Hollywood’s most gifted, and yet at times maddeningly inconsistent directors. M. Night Shyamalan’s is back with another movie, and you what? It looks pretty damn good. I know there are a great many people who have tired of Shyamalan’s cinematic vision after films like Lady in the Continue Reading
Quick peek! “Oblivion” trailer
Behold the trailer for the upcoming apocalyptic movie Oblivion, where once again mankind has not played nice with planet Earth, rendering our precious blue and green ball irradiated and unfit for habitation for neither man nor beast. Or so the remnant of humanity, safely ensconced in towering cities above Continue Reading
Movie review: Skyfall
I get it. It’s James Bond’s 50th anniversary and so all the stops have been pulled out to craft a worthy movie to mark this historic occasion. And as far as it goes, the Sam Mendes-directed Skyfall does that admirably. It has the daring over-the-top, larger-than-life opening action sequence with Continue Reading
Pack your bags son, I am taking you on a “Guilt Trip”
I have a great relationship with my mum. We talk regularly, talk deeply about all sort of issues and laugh at silly jokes late at night when everyone else is sound asleep. She’s a great lady and when I see her, we get on brilliantly well. But even I Continue Reading
Kirk and Superman are poster-ing me to go to the movies
I love movie posters. In the hands of truly inspired designers, they are a thing of beauty, capable of firing the imagination and heightening the anticipation for the story to come. Over the last week, movie posters were released for the new iteration of Superman, and for the new Continue Reading
So much wine, Cougar Town, so much wine … and laughter-filled promos
In my last post I made mention of the wonderful job that the BBC was doing promoting the upcoming Dr Who Christmas special, “The Snowmen”. Well another group of PR professionals more than earning their keep are the talented team at TBS who are going all out to make Continue Reading
Zombies on deck chairs – “Walking Dead” takes a break till February 2013
I watched the mid season finale this week, “Made To Suffer”, along with millions of others, and while it featured many of elements that have made this season must-see TV, even if you’re undead, it also exposed a few fault lines in the show such as its all too Continue Reading
First impressions: Wedding Band
“I DO!” Wait … what was the question again? Oh yes, will I watch Wedding Band, which premiered on TBS on November 10 in USA, and just last night here in Australia, for as long as we both shall live or till falling ratings do us part? Why yes, Continue Reading
Book review: Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
We seem to live in an age where mystery is a rare and vanishing commodity. But just when it threatens to wink out of existence, a victim of a culture where everything appears eminently explainable, along comes Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robyn Sloan to the rescue, uniting Continue Reading
Deck the halls with demented zombie snowmen, Dr Who!
God bless the BBC and their formidably enthusiastic publicity department. Even if there was a slim chance we’d forget about the good Doctor’s upcoming, and deliciously creepy Christmas special The Snowmen, it would be rendered null and void, and yes, well, exterminated, by the constant avalanche of trailers, movie-style Continue Reading