Ah the ’90s and early Noughties … such a simple, uncomplicated time when all any of the Friends had to worry about was whether the couch would be free at Central Perk (it always was, of course), whether Ross was with Rachel or they were on a break (getting technical Continue Reading
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We cannot leave the magic: Fraggle Rock is going to be a movie! With Joseph Gordon-Levitt!
Jim Henson is deservedly regarded as one of the towering creative talents of the 20th century, a man who, gifted with a limitless imagination, an almost magical ability for imbuing each and every one of his creations with poignant humanity, and a delightful sense of the whimsical and the absurd, gave us an Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: Try (S5, E15 review)
* SPOILERS AHEAD … AS WELL AS MUCH GRIEVING, MANY PORKY PIES AND A SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF SELF-CONTROL* “The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and …” Such a simple child’s ditty, one that celebrates the happy joys of heading somewhere special on Continue Reading
Where are you? Thunderbirds are GO! (new trailer)
I try to never be a captive of nostalgia. Spend some time with it yes, sup some tea, eat a biscuit, remember the good old days but never, ever be lured into the false sense of security that things were better way back when. Different certainly, special undoubtedly, but Continue Reading
First impressions: The Last Man on Earth
Who hasn’t wondered, at some point or another, whether life wouldn’t be a whole lot simpler if it was simply us, an empty street and all the cheesecake we could eat? (Perhaps that last thing is just me but you get the overall point right?) Sandwiched like sardines in Continue Reading
Saturday morning cartoons: Cattanooga Cats
I have always been a contrary pop culture consumer. That is to say, without any deliberate intent to swim against the tide, I have often ended up liking programs or characters or songs that never really captured the full attention of the zeitgeist with the result that my top Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: Spend (S5, E14 review)
* THERE ARE SPOILERS AND REVOLVING DOORS O’ DEATH AND SATAN DRESSED AS GABRIEL … I MEAN, AN ANGEL OF LIGHT … AH, SAME SAME * All my greatest fears were realised in this brutal-as-a-summer-day-is-long episode of The Walking Dead. No, not my fears of what might happen to Continue Reading
There be dragons: Game of Thrones season 5 poster, trailers + clips
Hail dear friends it is time go back to the fair lands of Westeros once more! There is something about George R. R. Martin’s sprawling saga of power, death and dragons that inspires those kinds of faux-Shakespearian introduction lines, which is set to become even more epic in the upcoming Continue Reading
Like a leaf on the wind: Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion’s bold new Con Man adventure
SNAPSHOT Con Man centers around the post-show life of Wray Nerely, (Tudyk) the pilot and co-star of SPECTRUM, a sci-fi series which was cancelled before it’s time and eventually became a cult classic beloved by fans. Wray’s good friend, Jack Moore (Fillion) starred in the series and has gone Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: Forget (S5, E13 review)
*THERE BE SPOILERS AHEAD … AND REALLY A REALLY SCARY, FRIGHTENINGLY NASTY … CAROL* Once upon a time there were three survivors of the zombie apocalypse that found themselves living in the Alexandria Safe Zone … And they were each assigned duties in their safe new world … Continue Reading