Category Archives: Television

Culture Shock in the Cinema

So, we arrived safe and tired in the wee hours of Friday morning and checked into the hotel room which will magically become our leased apartment early next week. On Friday night, our brains were still pretty much fried and we had missed Captain America in cinemas in Sydney, so we decided to take advantage…

TED Tuesday – J.J. Abrams

For those of you in the midst of NaNoWriMo and for the rest of us in the midst of writing anything, here is J.J. Abrams talking about the blank page as the ultimate “mystery box” and how technology inspires him. What mystery boxes are you creating for your audience? Enjoy! And, yes, I’m aware that…

Dr. Who

We’ve finally be getting round to the latest Dr. Who and, though I’m slightly biased (I’ve adored David Tennant since Taking Over the Asylum and the really creepy murderer he played on The Bill ages and ages ago), I simply have to say… BEST. DOCTOR. EVER. (And I grew up with Tom Baker ) Billy…

A Streetcar down Sesame Street!

Something a little lighter and shorter today – I happened to surf over to ABC1 during kids hour the other morning and Superman and I watched this in both shock and hysterics! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdFQFUm4fL0[/youtube] I have to say I also highly recommend hunting down South Park’s Spoof on “Great Expectations”which was entitled simply “Pip” after their…