an exercise in percussive maintenance
Category: Movies, Music & Television
I suppose by now everyone has heard the news that has the interwebs abuzz: Matt Smith will be leaving Doctor Who after the Christmas Special later this year.
Yes. It’s true. The BBC confirmed it yesterday, after announcing some weeks ago that he was confirmed to star in season 8. Guess we can’t trust them 😉
I wasn’t planning on posting anything today – I’ve noticed the traffic on WordPress is quite slow on Sundays and I’m afraid my next big masterpiece gets missed. But when I stumbled onto this article I felt I had to write something before the sense of indignation left me.
In short, the article is about a book entitled Doctor Who and Race, which “…says the BBC programme is based in attitudes ‘that continue to subjugate people of colour’”. That’s right. Apparently Doctor Who is racist and classist. Continue reading “On what happens when someone too clever for their own good watches Doctor Who”
I’m what you’d call a die-hard Pixar fan. I have almost all the movies (including the DVD-collection of short films) and amuse myself hunting down the Pizza Planet truck and beach ball from Toy Story in the other films as well as playing ‘spot the character voiced by John Ratzenberger’.
I finally got to see The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey and I’m glad to say it was as brilliant as I had expected it to be. There are still two more films to go, but I think it’s safe to say that Peter Jackson and his team have once again succeeded in creating something that should rake in at least as many awards as The Lord Of the Rings.
Now for those who haven’t read Tolkien’s books yet, why on earth not? But seriously, if your only experience of Middle Earth has been the LOTR films, you have to realise something right off the bat going in to see The Hobbit: Bilbo’s tale is not the same a Frodo’s. Continue reading “KokkieH Reviews The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey“
I saw Rise of the Guardians today and it’s hands-down the best film I’ve seen so far this year (hopefully to be quickly dethroned when I see The Hobbit in two weeks’ time). Between a highly neurotic and excitable Tooth Fairy, the Sand Man with bull whip skills that put Indy to shame, a burly, tattooed Santa Claus with a sleigh pulled by murderous reindeer and wielding twin cutlasses, and a bad-ass, six foot eight Easter Bunny with twin boomerangs and Easter egg grenades, it’s really tough to say what I like most about this film. Continue reading “KokkieH Reviews Rise of the Guardians“
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