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A quick rant I need to get off my chest, readers. Any show that gets an abundance of attention either before it airs its first episode, or calls for cancellation after the first, well I’m bound to be curious. When you even think of what the title Girls may allude to, naturally you might think [...]
May 2, 2012
controversy, Drama, girls, hbo, lena dunham
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Happy Easter! Just quickly.. Justified. A show I haven’t heard too much about here in Australia, but generally whenever I see anything with Timothy Olyphant (see my review here of the Crazies) I always marvel about Olyphant’s performance. So I had to give it a go. Its a show about U.S Deputy Marshall Raylan Givens, [...]
April 25, 2011
tv review, western
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Folks, I have finally seen Fonzie jumping the shark. In that literal way. In that episode where Fonzie gets challenged to jump a shark (water skiing) and such. So now I know where it comes from, that iconic TV phrase that gets muttered, or gasped when there’s a turning point in a TV show where [...]
April 20, 2011
jumping the shark, tv critique
Ahhh, I love the fall. The autumn. Though, really when watching new shows, the U.S’ fall = Aussie spring. Doesn’t matter. September/October is an exciting month in televisionary terms. And in the interest of creating a buzz, and backing it up with content – rather than just a few teasers, ABC’s website gave viewers the [...]
August 26, 2010
abc, incredibles, julie benz, kay panabaker, michael chiklis, no ordinary family, review, romany, romany malco, superheroes, superpowers, twitter
What was I thinking? Two movies that were bound to be tearjerkers – oh, because they were both written by Nicholas Sparks (A Walk to Remember, The Notebook) but I’m just a sap for anything super romantic, epic, tragic.. whatever. Surely there’d still be a fairytale journey on the way to whoever was meant to [...]
August 5, 2010
adaptation, amanda seyfried, book to film, Books, channing tatum, dear john, greg kinnear, liam hemsworth, miley cyrus, Movies, nicholas sparks, Romance, sad, tearjerker, the last song