If you’re the kind of person who notices things around them, you might have seen Oh’s face following you around wherever you go for the past few weeks. Personally, he’s been on many buses driving past me, and I see him almost every morning when stopping at Pimlico station: the carriage I ride in has … Continue reading
Category Archives: Movies/TV
Looking Has Got Me Watching
I remember the first time I cheered for a same-sex couple on TV like it was yesterday: I must have been 9 or 10 and was at my Grandmother’s watching Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten (German soap) on TV after dinner. Openly gay character Philip Krüger (Laurent Daniels) had been crushing on author Simon for a … Continue reading
I Will Haunt You Forever
Amongst the TV shows that have started in the past couple of months, there are more than enough to suit everyone’s tastes and needs. Especially when they keep mixing and matching bits and pieces taken from other shows we know and love. Take Forever, for example. The show is new and the idea is mind-bogglingly … Continue reading
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Following my review of the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, here comes the second instalment. On screen, only 8 months have passed since we last saw our retired guests (strange how their hair greyed so quickly in 8 months, must be the Indian sun…) and things at the hotel are going well. So good in fact, … Continue reading
Hindsight Or The Eternal Question Of What If?
Not since Being Erica has there been a realistic time-travel show on TV. And it was badly needed. Humans spend a lot of time wondering “what if”, and on top of all the big life-changing decisions the characters make, it just feels nice to bask in our past, reliving the best songs, the funkiest outfits … Continue reading
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, there is a growing number of films aimed at the silver economy. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a great example, especially as it’s such an upbeat and original movie. In England, as in many Western cultures, older people are seen more as a burden rather than an … Continue reading
Jupiter Ascending: Can You Take It Seriously?
In a galaxy far, far away… Hold on. Wrong movie. Or is it? I’ve been waiting for Jupiter Ascending a long time. The release date kept getting pushed and when it finally settled on February (in the UK at least), I pounced on it. But the movie left me feeling a number of things, and … Continue reading
Kingsman
As a kid, my father introduced me to James Bond movies. And Sean Connery was always much better than Roger Moore. Unfortunately, the more recent Bond movies have turned into what I call Crash-Boom-Pow movies, the kind of action movie that only has a plot in order to take you from one exciting action scene … Continue reading
Dear White People
Whenever you watch a trailer on Youtube, it actually suggests loads of other movies. Some are older, but based on similar plots or with the same cast, others are upcoming movies, set to hit the screen at roughly the same time as what you just watched. Every now and then, you also get a trailer … Continue reading
My Guilty TV Pleasures
For some people it’s The Voice or The X Factor. For others it’s Big Brother or I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. There are hundreds of TV shows out there that qualify as guilty pleasures. Because they’re “bad” TV. Because they’re so ridiculous you yourself are wondering what on Earth you’re doing here … Continue reading