Good news for all Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fans. The show has been picked up for a second season (full order). For a show that took a while to get going, the second half of the season has been exceptional. I’m ...
Read More »Get your kit off, blokes: Nudity and popular culture
After I fell in love with Game of Thrones, I knew that my parents would enjoy it, but I sold it to them in very different ways. To my mother, it was all ‘amazing fantasy series mixed with political thriller’, ...
Read More »The importance of a good soundtrack: The mood is in the music
I have always loved film and TV soundtracks. Often they introduce me to artists I haven’t heard of before and provide an interesting variety of songs and artists with a common mood or theme. Soundtracks have become more important in ...
Read More »The tale of two sitcoms: Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Enlisted
The sitcom format had some major wins this year. At the top of the list is award winning (Golden Globe) police comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine. This series has been relentlessly funny all season. The publicity the Golden Globes brought helped this ...
Read More »Nostalgic Impulse: Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo has been gracing our television screens since 1969. It has changed studios, been bought and sold, changed animation style, and been on TV, film, comics, and merchandise. There have been 11 different incarnations of the TV series, 2 theatrical-release, ...
Read More »Grimm: The problem is… alligators don’t rob houses
I love fairytales. I also love ‘twisted fairytales’ – in whatever guise they may take, be they modern retellings, re-imaginings, or just creepy/weird versions. So it might surprise people to know that I only recently got into NBC’s ‘cop show ...
Read More »There Are Solutions, Of Course: In Smokey Man We Trust
‘Politics is the art of controlling your environment’ – Hunter S. Thompson ‘Bill Davis told me that he believes he is the hero of the show […] Whatever makes it easy for you to sleep at night, CSM.’ – David ...
Read More »Veronica Mars: Noir’s most haunted P.I.
The Veronica Mars Movie is almost here. I can smell it in the air. Excitement. Anticipation. Brilliance. After an astoundingly successful Kickstarter, we have been waiting a year for this. Well, more like seven years for those of us who ...
Read More »The DC of it all: The television history of DC Comics
DC comics have had a fairly steady presence on TV since the early 1950s. They’ve had both hits and misses, but on the whole, they have managed to build a large fan base for their television endeavours. I recently looked into ...
Read More »The 71st Golden Globe Awards: Thoughts on the winners
It has always been confounding to me that the winners of prestigious industry awards when it comes to TV, films, and books (amongst other industries), always seemed to be ‘critic’s choices’. Now, I recognize that I may have generalized in ...
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