I’m sorry I used to hate you, Zooey Deschanel
Hey, Zooey Deschanel. Hey. I’m sorry I used to hate you. “Don’t sweat it Georgia, I used to hate you too!” I don’t hate Zooey Deschanel anymore. All the complaints I used to have about her sound really...
View ArticleRyan Murphy clearly jealous of Britney Spears for her youth, talent and...
Britney Spears is kind of an amazing figure. She was on telly at 11, awesomely famous at 15, the media were voraciously speculating on whether or not she was a virgin when she was 16 or 17- something...
View ArticleReview: The Mindy Project, ‘Pilot’
I know more than one dude who loves telling people that he has never heard anything by Beyoncé, or seen any Richard Curtis movies. I’m not a snob, says the dude, I just have taste, why would I expose...
View ArticleX Factor: A Grump’s Eye View
Wikipedia pages for former winners of The X Factor are incredible- I never knew there were so many ways of saying someone was dumped by their record label because no-one bought their music. Former X...
View ArticleMisfits’ supersexism triggers my rage-induced computerised telekenesis
Pals, TV lovers, fans of justice and equality, I strongly advise you against watching the latest episode of Misfits, episode 2 of series 4. The episode’s main plot has to do with new character Finn,...
View ArticleMoney (That’s What I Want)
While you’re reading this you might want to listen to ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ by Barrett Strong. Totally your call though. My favourite film is Howard Hawks’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. I think...
View ArticleMad Men
One of maybe two parallels between Don Draper and The First Evil is that Don Draper never seems to touch anything, and nor do any of his male colleagues. Wealthy white women birth their babies and make...
View ArticleWhat is wrong with Doctor Who?
If Matt Smith jumped off a cliff, would you do it too? I wouldn’t. But I guess some people would. Geronimeeeewwww It was this moment from ‘Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS’ where I thought…this is a...
View ArticleMore thoughts on Doctor Who feat. Bruce Springsteen
It is not in my nature to brag, but LOADS of people have read my piece about Doctor Who. Really, like…loads. Let’s just say it’s roughly the population of the North Wales seaside resort of Colwyn Bay....
View ArticleMiley Cyrus can’t stop annoying me
I think it’s really important to remember that when asked in a 2009 interview to name a Jay Z song, Miley Cyrus drew a blank. She was talking about her hit ‘Party in the USA’. If I was asked to...
View ArticleDallas Buyers Club
This is a short note about Jean-Marc Vallée’s Dallas Buyers Club, which I saw yesterday. The film tells the true story of Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey), an emphatically heterosexual electrician,...
View ArticleThe First Dates guide to first dates
First Dates is the best reality show I have ever seen. It is a simple, inexpensive idea- Channel 4 gets a real restaurant, fills it with single people on blind dates, films them during the dates, and...
View ArticleLife is Toff Episode 4: The Show
This may or may not be part of an occasional series in which I respond briefly to things I’ve just watched, called ‘I’ve just watched…’ I’ve just watched episode 4 of BBC3’s horror series Life is...
View ArticleEvery Glee character ranked from worst to best
by Georgia Mulligan & Thom Andrewes We started this project back in March while getting together regularly to watch Glee’s sixth season as it aired. Our friend Miriam participated in the process...
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