Hey! So tomorrow, 1 August 2016, is the one year anniversary of a pretty nifty online movement called FemTube. It's a community of online content creators coming together to discuss the challenges and changes in online video. They do a lot of cool stuff, including monthly hosted chats on Twitter, playlists, and a blog, so if … Continue reading How I Make My Videos #YouTubeGirls
Just as I was going about my day yesterday, something awesome happened. Scrolling through my Facebook feed I saw that finally, finally, there's a full trailer for Disney's upcoming live-action Cinderella, and it looks to be every bit as magical as I was imagining. Disney started teasing this project over a year ago, releasing images of that single … Continue reading Can’t Hardly Wait: Cinderella and her Singing Mice
Well. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? You may have noticed that, apart from video posts, I haven’t been posting to this blog as much as usual. Long story short, it turns out that moving continents took a lot more energy than I’d thought it would. Add to that an almost-complete house renovation, internet cut-outs … Continue reading On Sitcoms, Sexism, and Fractured Ankles
Surely June 2014 will go down as the month of absolutely insufferable heat! It was averaging out at 30°C a day in New York, which for me - coming from London where the highest we get is around 23°C - was close to torture! Add to that my lack of an A/C unit and you … Continue reading June Favourites
The stars of Silicon Valley. (L-R: Kumail Najiani, Martin Starr, Thomas Middleditch, Zach Woods, T.J. Miller.) Still via HBO. Right after Game of Thrones’ fourth season premiere, HBO snuck in a new much-hyped show, Silicon Valley, presumably hoping to catch some of the preceding massive GoT audience. The show, created by Office Space writer-director Mike … Continue reading Entering the Unhappy (Silicon) Valley
Julian Roman and Mandie Bettencourt wed on My Big Fat Geek Wedding. Still via Syfy. This is not a drill, in all likelihood you missed one of the best wedding-based reality TV shows ever. If you, like me, have grown tired of the sneering perspective of Bridezillas and Say Yes To The Dress - where … Continue reading You May Have Missed the Best Wedding Show Ever
In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m a pretty big Jason Segel fan, so when I found out that he had been cast in a new film opposite Jesse Eisenberg I was excited. And then when I discovered that in that film Segel would be playing the late legendary writer David Foster Wallace in the bio-pic, … Continue reading Can’t Hardly Wait: The End of the Tour
Aside from the fashion and the selfies, last night the 86th Annual Academy Awards had another theme: heroes. The idea of the Oscars having a single “theme” is awkward enough to begin with - you’d think that it being the biggest night in Hollywood would pretty much cover the USP for the evening. But nonetheless, … Continue reading We Need A (S)hero!
Films and TV shows are getting better than ever at teaser campaigns, and I’m a sucker for them. Think Sherlock’s two year wait before the promotions team drove a hearse around London, with the phrase “SHERLOCK 01 01 14,” its UK premiere date, spelt out in flowers. Or, the series of stunts by the Anchorman … Continue reading Can’t Hardly Wait: Mutants and Westerosi
