You know, you work too hard. It's been a tough week. Know what you deserve? That naughty thing that you like from the vending machine and an extra 20 minutes over your extra-skinny Latte while you find out what's entertaining online this week. Xavier, you Muppet First, Muppets crossed with … [Read more...]
Panning for Internet Gold: The owl-naming edition
While you were making this face during all those interminable hours of Jubilee gubbins, I was up to my armpits in filthy, filthy internet (steady). Behold the bits that pulled most focus from 'er in Buckingham Palace. Bird on a Wire Ex-footballer adopts an owl, ignores naming conventions. … [Read more...]
Dirk Gently and the Secret Policeman’s Ball – What We’ve Been Watching
In December 2010, back when the What We've Been Watching column was in its toddling infancy, I wrote a word or two about the pilot episode of Dirk Gently, BBC Four's adaptation of the Douglas Adams detective series of the same name. The verdict was a tentative thumbs-up back then -- but how's the … [Read more...]
The Muppets – Dork Review
After years away from the big screen (and indeed the small screen... screens of all size, come to think of it) it's finally time to play the music, light the lights and meet the Muppets once again. But can these fuzzy little creatures really recapture the magic that made us fall in with love with … [Read more...]