Hark! What’s that sound? Everybody look what’s going down … No it’s not “Something’s Happening Here” by Buffalo Springfield (released 1967), though that is a very fine song indeed, but five brand new, amazing songs to enthral and delight your ears, and fill your download streams with sweet new Continue Reading
Hey presto! Watch these 5 books turn into movies before your very eyes #1
Books have long been a source for movie makers, coming as they (often but not always) do with ready made stories, built-in audiences and brand name recognition (to use an awful marketing term). It is a process as old as cinema itself beginning with books like L Frank Baum’s Continue Reading
A fruity mystery indeed! Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) counts apples and oranges on Sesame Street
Sesame Street is a very clever show. You don’t need me to tell you that, of course. Ask any small child and they will tell you all about the counting, and the spelling and all manner of fun, educational moments; and if you’re sensible you’ll check with the parents Continue Reading
Concert review: Miranda Hart, “Work in Progress” tour
Hurrah! Miranda Hart is funny in real life. That may sound a strangely self-evident way to start a review about one of the funniest British comedians at work today but let me explain. I first came across Miranda Hart the way many people did – via her very successful Continue Reading
It’s a Full House once again! Jimmy Fallon reunites the cast of the sitcom classic
I am quite the contrary creature when it comes to reunions of the casts of TV shows I liked, or music artists I adored or movies that made quite the impression on me back in the day. While I love the chance to have fresh material or one those Continue Reading
Movie review: The Book Thief
Book to film adaptations are always fraught with some degree of risk. Cleave too closely to the original text and you’re accused of showing little to no artistic imagination; deviate too far from it and devoted readers and critics alike will wonder why you bothered in the first place Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: A Long Way Down
SNAPSHOT Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) portrays a failed musician who was forced to become a pizza boy to make ends meet, Toni Collette (Enough Said) plays the tired mother of a disabled son, Pierce Brosnan (The World’s End) portrays a recently divorced, publicly shamed talk show host whose extramarital Continue Reading
Bosom Buddies forever: Adam Scott and Paul Rudd’s homage to the ’80s sitcom
I must admit to being gobsmacked when I excitedly told my friends that Adam Scott’s latest and final instalment in Adult Swim’s Greatest Event in Television History series was the recreation of the opening titles of ’80s sitcom Bosom Buddies and all I got were looks of total and complete Continue Reading
her … him … who? Amusing parodies and alternate posters of Spike Jonze’s movie masterpiece
You know a film like Spike Jonze’s her has moved beyond simply occupying a few sessions a day in a cinema complex’s schedule and captured the zeitgeist’s attention when the parodies start appearing. Affectionate and in many ways reverential, they are a sign that you have connected with people in Continue Reading
Book review: The Returned by Jason Mott
It would be very hard to find anyone on planet earth who wouldn’t wish for another moment with loved ones who have passed away. It is only natural that we would want to see them laugh, talk, yes even cry just one more precious time, if only to resolve Continue Reading