If you’re a devoted Muppets fan like me – I have been since The Muppet Show graced TV screens way back when – you will have been delighted by The Muppet Movie which came out last year and re-introduced Jim Henson’s cheeky loveable creations to a whole new generation of Continue Reading
Air NZ’s Middle Earth-inspired safety video
There is nothing so wonderful as when two of your favourite things in the world – no I am not talking about white chocolate and caramel although their culinary marriage is truly blessed by the gods and I can totally see how your mind went there first; mine always Continue Reading
Movie review: “Robot & Frank”
Robot & Frank is the hopeful, shiny yin to the apocalyptic yang of the Terminator franchise. Set in a near future where the beneficial use of robots is commonplace in almost sphere of life, it tells the story of Frank, a retired cat burglar in strident denial of his Continue Reading
The rise of Darth Goofy: Disney snaps up “Star Wars”
In news that caused equal amounts of consternation, fear and cautious delight among the Dartharati, Mickey Mouse announced yesterday that he would be entering into an arranged marriage with Princess Leia, and even producing new offspring come 2015. Or something to that effect. In a rather more prosaic take Continue Reading
Halloween check in: “Big Bang Theory”
Yes it’s Halloween folks and while I haven’t seen any spectres a-haunting, or witches a-cackling, or even a stray zombie a-shuffling, I did get the chance to watch The Big Bang Theory‘s marking of this spooky festival, “The Holographic Excitation”. All the cast members got a chance to strut their Continue Reading
Check in: “The Walking Dead” / “The New Normal”
It might seem odd, even for an ecumenical pop culture-obsessed blogger like myself, to do a joint review of two completely disparate shows. But with both of these wildly different shows reaching the third episodes of their current seasons (for the The Walking Dead, it’s third and for The New Continue Reading
Joss Whedon endorses Zomney for President
Yes folks you read that right. Zomney. In a less than subtle dig at the economic and social policies of the Republicans’ anointed candidate for US President, pop culture maestro, Joss Whedon, who has given the world Firefly and The Avengers movie, has nominated Mitt Romney as the man Continue Reading
Behind the scenes photos of “Warehouse 13”
Warehouse 13, which screens on the syfy channel in the USA, is a show that I have loved since the first episode. Not all shows, especially ones that had to grow into themselves like Stargate SG1 and Fringe, attract that sort of loyal following from me from the start, Continue Reading
“Husbands” gets inked!
It’s Husbands Jim but not as we know it. Yes Cheeks and Brady, still married, still in love and still damn near hilarious, are back, but this time they’ve swapped their riotously colourful 3D world for the every bit as imaginative 2D world of the comics. In a series Continue Reading
Quick peek! “A Good Day to Die Hard” trailer 2
John McClane is back people in A Good Day to Die Hard, and he’s just as adept at saving the day – and in this case his son, John McClane Jr (played by Jai Courtney) – as he ever was. Ever since the original Die Hard came out in Continue Reading