Malmö! Yes Malmö has won the three way “contest” between the capital Stockholm, Gothenberg in the west of Sweden, and itself. The city’s Hartwall Arena, which houses 15,500, considerably less than Baku’s Crystal Hall, will play host to Europe’s annual festival of song. Found in 1275 when that part of Sweden Continue Reading
New “The Hobbit” poster revealed
With Comic-Con almost upon us – well those who are attending that is; it remains, frustratingly, on my pop culture bucket list – there’s a veritable torrent of wonderful reveals from the purveyors of all the TV shows and movies that make a geek boy like me smile in anticipation Continue Reading
Movie review: “ted”
There are three things I now know after watching Seth MacFarlane’s (The Family Guy) first movie, ted: 1. To create a truly subversive movie, pair debauched douche bag behaviour with happy feel good 1950s Leave It To Beaver/My Three Sons-esque music 2. Giovanni Ribisi is now the go to Continue Reading
Mixtape: 1970s
If you have read anything on this blog before, it will have become mighty obvious that I am not exactly fresh out of high school. Not that I am eyeing up a glittery red Zimmer frame to buy with all the fervency of teenage girls spotting Justin Bieber, but I Continue Reading
RIP Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith died today, aged 86 at his home on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. A man who embodied the very essence of the southern gentleman, chambering and captivating audiences over a 50 year career that included stints on Broadway, in film and of course on television. It was on television Continue Reading
“Grimm” debuts second season art
With Grimm returning a little earlier than usual to the American broadcast schedule on August 13 as NBC tries to capitalise on its Olympics coverage, it makes sense that they have released the second season artwork which displays our heroes in all their dancing-on-the dark-side-of-fairytales glory. With another Lost alum Continue Reading
First impressions: “Veep”
This is one seriously funny show. Leaving aside the fact that saying this show’s name makes me feel like I am the Roadrunner about to sprint off from my hapless Foe, Wile E. Coyote one more time in a Looney Tunes cartoon – which I must hasten to add Continue Reading
Can you go back?: “Hart to Hart”
It’s one of the eternal questions isn’t it? Can you ever truly go back? I am not talking about time travel; about revving up a DeLorean and gunning it was back to 1985 or wherever you might choose to go. No, I am not talking about returning to a Continue Reading
Ann Curry exits stage left from “Today” … but not by choice
I am that rare beast of a pop culture consumer in Australia. I have watched more breakfast TV from another country – in this case, the USA – than I have likely watched Australian variants such as Sunrise, or ABC News Breakfast. It’s got nothing to do with cultural cringe, Continue Reading
Music review: “Synthetica” by Metric
The first thing that strikes you about this superlative album from 21st century Canadian rockers, Metric, is the otherworldly aura that permeates every one of its almost pop songs. (They were founded in 1998 in Toronto but their first album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? came in Continue Reading