I’ve been waiting for Channel 7’s two part mini series Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next door, watched the first part on Sunday night and loved it! It was full of energy, beautifully and sensitively filmed with brilliant casting, catchy vintage tunes and genuinely funny, touching scenes, all ultimately showing the lovely fellow we always knew Peter[read more…]
Well I don’t know about anyone else but I went through so many tissues for the last ep! Am a very sad panda now. And here’s to Betty Draper. I know some people disliked her but she had so much depth and despite (or maybe because of) her many faults, I loved her, plus she was[read more…]
If anyone hasn’t watched the brilliant, underrated BBC show The Game, you really should. I’m in the middle of this 6 part, British, historical, cold war mini series set in 1972; it’s wonderfully acted and fascinating to watch. The filming of this really gets to me. There’s so much more to historical TV or movies than slapping[read more…]
So basically my life now is waiting for season 2 of both these awesome series; drama/mystery The Affair and drama/thriller Bloodline. Our very own Ben Mendelsohn is so bloody amazing in Bloodline, it’s worth watching just for him. Both shows should be massively cheesy (affair, marriage breakdowns and murder in the Hamptons + family secrets, black sheep son returning[read more…]
As most Australians know by now, At the Movies is ending on 9th December (for ever! Can’t believe it). As an enthusiastic movie buff, I’m actually really gloomy about this (not to mention the hammering ABC is copping re: funding cuts!). I’ve been watching Margaret and David and their friendly banter, disagreements and movie prowess for[read more…]
I’m really enjoying the new ABC historical drama series ANZAC Girls, based on true stories from war nurses’ experiences at Gallipoli and depicting a group of Australian and New Zealand nurses in WWI, their war work and personal lives. As an ex-registered nurse I still love watching anything nurse related and this is so out of the realm of my reality it’s[read more…]
Haha! This made me laugh when I saw it on Orange is the New Black the other day. Happy Friday all. Image via Video from
British crime and mystery is one of my favourite genres in TV watching. I love how realistic English TV and movies are; refreshingly ordinary characters who are captivatingly flawed and often showing violence in a non-gratuitous, particularly subtle yet unnerving way. The main characters are usually always troubled or dark, in a way the average person can relate to. You could say[read more…]
Does anyone remember this late 90s show? It was way ahead of its time, yet seriously underrated, which is probably why it only ever lasted one season. I love revisiting old shows and watching this now makes me realise how funny and heart warming, yet dark it was. The writing, comedic timing, characters and storylines were subtle and insightful and practically everybody was in it! Much like[read more…]
I’m really looking forward to watching Carlotta this Thursday. The ABC TV movie spans the early formative and difficult years of Les Girls Cabaret female impersonator, then transgender pioneer Carlotta through the socially turbulent 1960s and 70s in Kings Cross, Sydney. The role of Carlotta is played by Jessica Marais of Love Child (another great TV production this year!). Carlotta is[read more…]
I love this coming-of-age show so much. It resonates with me, growing up in northern NSW in the 80s, but is also cleverly and beautifully written, acted and filmed (some scenes genuinely hit so close to home, I feel the writers are in my head somehow). It also has that weirdly Australian quality of making you laugh, cry[read more…]
The Graduate is in my top 5 list of favourite movies ever; a classic which, for some reason, resonated with me when I first saw it at age 12 (maybe the fact that I stayed up late watching it on TV when I was supposed to be in bed). I’ve seen it heaps of times[read more…]
This awesome song in honour of the return of Mad Men and the very.last.season. Croquet Pin Up Post Card I purchased from Zazzle
I saw a cover of this on Love Child last night and wanted to listen to the original. Brilliant. Image of album cover, Nancy Sinatra via: CD and LP Video belongs to: weissebrauen
Can’t wait to see this! I grew up with INXS, like a lot of Gen Xers and will sadly always remember the day Michael died (you know you’re getting on a bit when you start saying things like, I remember when such and such died). Youtube video from: INXSVEVO Images from TV series: INXS: Never Tear Us Apart,[read more…]
In support of Nigella, whom I love (and I won’t hear a bad word about her, or read it for that matter), I thought I’d make one of her classics on the weekend. I really enjoyed the combination of chocolate and lime in this! Also, this recipe is pretty basic in that there’s no flour or sour cream[read more…]
I just started watching the eerie French supernatural (8 part) series, The Returned and it’s really intriguing. Based on the French movie Les Revenants (They Came Back), the show focuses on a small Alpine village which experiences the sudden reappearance of inhabitants previously thought to be dead. Having not aged nor realising how much time has[read more…]
I’m starting to feel a bit gloomy about the recent trend of bagging the 90s (hey, it was the last iconic era and it ruled ok?! Get back to me in 10-20 years’ time and tell me if any of us even vaguely remember any music or movies from the last decade), anyway … posters from your sharehouse past is quite funny and spot-on. [read more…]
I love this cool, catchy tune by Regina, original theme song for the new(ish) show Orange is the New Black. Have a great weekend! Image via: Milkshakes
I’m really enjoying this series. Like any child of the 80s, I grew up learning about cold war politics and still find it fascinating. The Americans, set in 1981 USA, stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys depicting undercover soviet agents masquerading as a seemingly normal, suburban American family. With it’s references to the KGB and FBI, loyalty to the[read more…]
I heard the Daniel Johnston Life in Vain cover at the end of Girls the other day and really liked it. Image from: Album cover, Cameron Boucher, Set Sail Towards Hell
I love this awesome Downton Abbey season 3 montage I spotted (MASSIVE spoilers so don’t click if you haven’t seen it yet). And regarding events in season 3 – why. WHY?!! Image/GIF via: BuzzFeed (SPOILER)
Is anyone watching David Attenborough’s popular series Africa? I’ve just seen the first episode, Kalahari, but can hardly wait for the next – completely fascinating! Breathtakingly filmed with David’s warm yet dry humoured voice adding to the atmosphere and emotion of the show, sometimes making me chuckle. I really recommend it if you haven’t had a chance to catch it yet. Images[read more…]
I love this interesting and really empathetic show! Sacrilegious as it is to say, I think it’s even better than Downton Abbey. Based on the best selling memoirs by Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife depicts a group of young midwives and nuns in east London in the 1950s, the incredible and intimate work they did delivering babies and caring for the[read more…]
Is it wrong to say my favourite part of Christmas Day, after the hectic usual lunch, was lying down on our old yet much loved lounge in the air con drinking ciders, eating Japanese rice crackers and watching Community with Ant? (if you haven’t seen the Modern Warfare ep, you have to, it’s fall-about-on-the-floor funny). Anyway, I’m ashamed to[read more…]
I watched the first episode of this massively nostalgic, late 1970s era, suburban coming-of-age series last night and loved it. I remember Kathy Lette’s novel and the movie from the 80s when I was in high school and as soon as I saw Claudia Karvan was involved in the TV adaptation, I knew it would be a[read more…]
Ok this is exciting and a bit special. I spied Chef Rachel Khoo’s Little Paris Kitchen via French for Foodies recently. Click on the links to read her fascinating story. Rachel has a show on BBC2, three cookbooks under her belt, (the third, The Little Paris Kitchen, has just been released in the UK) and the smallest underground[read more…]
Am loving this fun, captivating, British drama. If you haven’t jumped on the bandwagon yet, you just might be surprised. I really can’t stop watching it. One night I stayed up until 1.30am watching 3 episodes in a row and had to make myself go to bed. I just don’t know what it is about it, but it’s wonderful! Have[read more…]
I used to love the 90s series This Life! Still do actually. Apparently BBC filmed a sequel a while back, about the characters 10 years on, but I couldn’t bring myself to watch it as I prefer to remember everyone partying and having fun back in the 90s. Ant gave me the DVD set for my[read more…]
this is awesome. I love this guy! Black Keys’ Lonely Boy image & video from: the Black Keys
