The wonderful folk at flavorwire, who have a genius for gathering together a whole host of things you never knew you wanted to see (and are so excited when you do), have pulled together some photos behind the scenes of some of our favourite TV shows past and present. While Continue Reading
Grimm: First look at season 2
Season 2 of Grimm is just days away from starting in the USA, post-Olympics, on Monday 13 August and to whet our appetites, NBC have released a first look video which gives some insight into what’s inshore for our favourite fantasy procedural team. The biggest news is the introduction Continue Reading
ALF Returns: The 80s live on and on …
It’s not exactly news I will grant you that the 80s are back in a big way. At the moment we have all the New Romantics-inspired synth pop we can listen to, the return of acid washed jeans and Hypercolor-esque Tshirts, the Rubik’s Cube restored to icon status … Continue Reading
The Second Screen is upon us
NBC announced today that it is releasing Grimm: The Essential Guide, which will be available on Apple’s iPad, Barnes and Nobles’ Nook and Amazon’s Kindle Fire, is what the network calls a Second Screen interaction companion ebook for its hit TV show, Grimm. The guide, which will give fans Continue Reading
Do I know the way to Sesame Street?
I grew up with Sesame Street which began on November 10, 1969 just before my 4th birthday and only a few months before my mum and dad returned to Australia with my sister and I for good after six years or serving as missionaries on remote postings in Bangladesh. Continue Reading
MIKA evades my pop culture radar
This information-drenched modern age of ours is a double-edged sword in many ways. On one hand we have the chance to not only hear the latest news about our favourite music artist/author/actor’s latest project but hear about it often from the person themselves. It is a level of accessibility Continue Reading
Movie Review: “Not Suitable For Children”
Just when you have resigned yourself to the apparent fact that there is nothing new under the romantic comedy sun, along comes director Peter Templeton with a completely off-the-wall take on young love. And it all centres on testicular cancer. Yes, you read that right. Testicular cancer. If ever Continue Reading
New “Dr Who” trailer released by BBC
I have to say that the new Dr Who trailer released by the BBC looks amazing, and has so much “blockbuster-yness” in it than I am expecting him to be battling Jaws, Forrest Gump, all the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park, and several of Marvel’s superheroes all in one almighty Continue Reading
Comics: “Cheeky Weekly”
Like most kids, I got into comics in a big way growing up. But unlike most kids in Australia, instead of avidly following the adventures of Spiderman and Batman, I gravitated mainly to British comic books that celebrated a very idiosyncratic type of English humour. It obviously struck a Continue Reading
“Brady Bunch” reboot: Has TV caught Hollywood Disease?
When I first read the news that there are plans afoot to reboot The Brady Bunch, which ran from 1969 to 1974 and starred Robert Reed and Florence Henderson, I thought “Why not? It worked well for Battlestar Galactica, and Dallas.” But as I digested the news, I realised Continue Reading