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
You’ve made my life wonderful, Charlie Brown
One of the many joys of being so connected to so much information these days is that you come across amazing articles from all kinds of sources that may never have come your way otherwise. Such was the case with this wonderful look at the way Charlie Brown and Continue Reading
Sonic Bliss #16: my favourite songs of the moment
The great Christmas album rush may have almost petered out but artists the world over are still releasing amazing music that moves, entrances and yes, hopefully sends you into a state of bliss. So here are the latest five songs that have grabbed my attention, slapped on a pair Continue Reading
George Clooney + the writer of “Argo” + Paul Greengrass = Must See Movie
So how about this for a dream combination? According to the always well-informed folks at Variety, there’s an unnamed crime drama in the works at Sony starring George Clooney (who will also produce it with his business partner Grant Heslov) and written by Chris Terrio, the writer of one of Continue Reading
The poor sequin-less souls of Eurovision
Pack the sequins away. Stow away the glitter. And don’t even think about setting off that pyrotechnics display. No, not all of you. Just Portugal, Poland, Greece and Cyprus who hinted strongly this week that the European debt crisis may just have claimed Continue Reading
Stephen King’s “The Dome” heads for TV
Apocalyptic tales are all the rage these days as AMC (The Walking Dead) and a newly resurgent NBC (Revolution) have discovered to their great satisfaction and now CBS is climbing aboard the end-of-the-world bandwagon with a 13-part serialised adaptation of Stephen King’s 2009 novel The Dome. And the plot, about Continue Reading
Backstage with the stars of TV (3)
It’s a brave new social media-saturated world out there for celebrities, and while for some of them it is tinged with more than a hint of bad PR-waiting to happen, for most it is a golden opportunity to have a two way mutually-beneficial conversation with fans. Everyone walks away Continue Reading