I seem to have lost something. I had it for years, it served me well, and unerringly came to my aid when I need it the most, usually in May every year. What is this mysterious something? (And no, it is not Andrius Pojavis from Lithuania thanks for asking.) Continue Reading
Meet you at “The World’s End” (movie trailer + poster)
MOVIE SYNOPSIS 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his Continue Reading
Done and dusted: Eurovision 2013 Semi-Final #2 review
This was a night for great surprises. Great big shiny, gaudy, oddly-sung prizes in Dracula-esque outfits no less. And frankly I was wholly unprepared for them. That may sound like an odd thing to say when I have spent week upon glitter-saturated week listening to, thinking about and pontificating Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “Fruitvale Station”
MOVIE SYNOPSIS Starring Michael B. Jordan and Octavia Spencer, “Fruitvale Station” tells the true story of Oscar Grant (Jordan), who was shot and killed at age 22 by a BART police officer at the Fruitvale station in Oakland, Calif. on New Year’s Day in 2009. Grant’s death was caught Continue Reading
Done and dusted: Eurovision 2013 Semi-Final #1 review
This was the year that the gulf between what happens in the studio, and what happens under the bright lights, wind machines and pyrotechnic curtains of the main Eurovision stage, grew to abyss-like proportions (an abyss albeit decked out in shiny LED screens and surrounding by thousands of glowing Continue Reading
It’s official! Australia loves Eurovision
It’s hard to say if it is due to Australia’s welcome embrace of all the nationalities that make up the countries competing in The Eurovision Song Contest or simply our love of the quirky or the unusual, but something about this event has captured Australia’s attention, and quite possibly Continue Reading
Sneak peek: “Riddick” in all his darkness-dwelling glory (new poster + trailer)
MOVIE SYNOPSIS The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he’s encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon Continue Reading
The undead keep giving: More promo videos for “World War Z”
This series of videos which have been released to promote the upcoming zombie apocalypse movie World War Z, and which I came across courtesy of the awesome folks at bleedingcool.com, are chilling indeed. The first one is a fairly standard Public Service Announcement which encourages the citizens of the Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision: semi final 2 predictions
Once more to the semi-final crystal ball gazing my friends, once more! (I am sure, totally sure, that Shakespeare will not mind me paraphrasing one of his more famous quotes in the service of Eurovision.) Semi-final 2 looms and with it the prospect of 17 more countries doing everything in Continue Reading
The glorious new trailer for “Arrested Development”
Can we ever have too much of the Bluths? Michael Bluth (Jason Batemen) may answer with a hearty “YES!” since he appears to have moved to Phoenix to escape his family, as he promised to do right throughout the show’s original three season run. Let’s hope he figures out Continue Reading