In the spirit of all things new and exciting – inspired no doubt by New Year optimism run delightfully amuck – I have decided to re-name my “Sonic Bliss” series as “Now this is music” to better reflect the sense of excitement I experience every time I hear a Continue Reading
Scatter the glitter and dance: Just 100 days till the Eurovision 2013 final!
I swear it was but yesterday that I was knee deep – nay, waste-deep – in dushbara and dolma as the Eurovision extravaganza rolled into Baku Azerbaijan and after much singing, dancing and Russian babushka-adoring, crowned Loreen the musical queen of Europe with her hauntingly evocative get-and-and-dance-Kate-Bushesque song, “Euphoria”. Continue Reading
Movie review: “Silver Linings Playbook”
What do you do when your entire world spectacularly, and comprehensively, falls apart? That’s the question that Silver Linings Playbook, a muscular romantic comedy and drama hybrid by David O. Russell, and based on the book by Matthew Quick, dares to pose and to be honest, for much of Continue Reading
They’re back! “Community” and “The Walking Dead” strut their promo stuff
At last its October 19, 2012! Yes I have been waiting for this day for months and finally … OK in case you think I have completely lost my marbles – I’ll have you know I have only partially lost them thank you; I have a certificate from the Continue Reading
P is for Parody: “Sesame Street” spoofs popular drama “Downton Abbey”
One of the great strengths of Sesame Street since its earliest days has been its ability to simultaneously cater to both its core audience of very pre-school and young school age children and to the adults who often watch the show alongside their kids. The liberal sprinkling of knowing Continue Reading
Movie review: “Lincoln”
Rarely does a movie transport you so completely to another place and time, and into the lives of the people who called that era home, such that you feel as if its evocation is more real than the time you inhabit, but Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg from a Continue Reading
Shiny new posters for “Oz: The Great and Powerful”
Disney are certainly going to a huge amount of effort to make sure that Oz: The Great and Powerful, directed by Sam Raimi, and which makes its debut on 8 March this year, is every bit as much an event release as the original Wizard of Oz was back Continue Reading
How cool is this? The eye-catching new poster for “Iron Man 3” (+ Superbowl trailer)
Now this, my friends, IS A POSTER. Eye-catching, stylish and telling a powerful story all in a glance. It was released yesterday as part of Disney/Marvel’s impressively imaginary marketing for the film starring Robert Downer Jr as the titular character and Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin, in a role Continue Reading
Disney’s “Paperman” charms its way online
It is both a symptom of growing older and the saturation of pop culture delights that our burgeoning digital age provides us, that very little truly surprises anymore. It is not that the quality is questionable – although like anything in life, much of what is produced is of Continue Reading
“Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome” finds its way to syfy at last!
It all started way back in 2003 when a boldly re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, stripped of all its late 70s cheesiness (for which I still retain a great fondness, I have to admit), and bulked up with stellar scripts, imaginative narrative and superb acting blasted onto our screens. From the Continue Reading