TV and film is real life, isn’t it? After living in the US for a few years, one of the most common questions I was asked by my Australian friends was ‘Is school there really like it is on TV?’ ...
Read More »Lies my TV told me
How many TV shows, films, books, etc can you think of that reinforce the idea of ‘it’s ok to be different?’ I bet you can think of a lot of examples. Even the ol’ classic, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling. ...
Read More »An ode to Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23
When ABC picked up Don’t Trust the B(itch) in Apartment 23, I was surprised. Having originally been in development with Fox, it moved to ABC before getting a pilot and then a half season order. The show that was delivered ...
Read More »Sleepy Hollow: What’s your name? Tall, dark and British?
The fall schedule was announced a while ago, and I have to admit that Sleepy Hollow barely peaked my interest. While I indulge in guilty pleasures like The Vampire Diaries (brought to us by Dawson’s Creek creator, Kevin Williamson), this ...
Read More »The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Novel and film
About six months ago I was talking to a friend about what we had been reading recently. In her handbag was Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It was one of those books that she loved to reread ...
Read More »Nostalgic Impulse: 10 live-action shows from my childhood
Like the previous list, these are not my top ten shows of the nineties (some do not fit the time period for starters), nor are these in any particular order, but rather this is just a list of ten shows ...
Read More »Ageism in Hollywood
Actress Huong “Junie” Hoang lost her lawsuit against (amazon-owned) internet giant IMDb yesterday. She sued IMDb after they published her ‘real’ age – claiming that she lost out on potential acting jobs as a result. The information surrounding the case is a ...
Read More »Once Upon a Time: Pilot
As an enormous fan of the awesome Fables comic series, I approached this show with trepidation. Hadn’t Bill Willingham been approached several years ago to develop a tv show based on Fables? And hadn’t that studio been ABC (after NBC ...
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