Stepping into Wonderland
Let’s get the truth out there first: Alice in Wonderland is indeed wonderful, unless you’re expecting a Tim Burton film. If you’re a die-hard Burton fan waiting for a warped, gothic version of Lewis Carroll’s immortal story, you might leave the cinema with a bitter taste in your mouth.
Thankfully, the film is not a reboot (who came up with this term anyway?) of the Disney animated picture: the story is set 13 years after Alice’s tumble down the rabbit hole, and the girl, destined to save the kooky world, doesn’t remember a thing about her previous escapades in Wonderland. The CGI is Disney-worthy, the sceneries flamboyant, the colours sensual and captivating, the talents all out there.
So what’s missing?
Buffy? Battlestar? Tell us your best and worst show finales
I’m beginning to suspect that my critical faculties leave something to be desired. The number of times I’ve found myself listening to (for some reason usually male) friends panning a season finale or a show ender while I sit in puzzled silence is starting to alarm. [OK, not really "silence", I'm not much good at muteness.] Now, I’m... Read
Get your science fix with Wonders of the Solar System
Professor Brian Cox is one of those ultra-annoying people who are just TOO cool. He was in a chart-topping band associated with a dawn of a new political era (that’d be D “Things can only get better” Ream) and now he’s forged a second – and let’s face it, even cooler – career as a top physicist. He’s... Read
Dork Review: Being Human series 2 – The End
Over the course of two series, Being Human has been balancing its co-existing halves, much like the characters within. The funny flatshare soap, pitted against the gothic fantasy. Neither the show nor its leads have always succeeded in this schizo-juggling, but it’s always been captivating viewing, even if you come away bemused. In the opening episodes... Read
Avatar crushes lesser films with sheer numbers
Officially, James Cameron’s magnum opus Avatar is now the most successful film ever made. Having pulled in more than two billion dollars, the blue meanie crushed the previous residents of the chart, in a manner that runs a little contrary to its messages of love and cultural tolerance. But many reading this may question whether it’s a deserving... Read
Lost: It’s time for answers
This week we’ve got a guest post from Heather Hughes. For years Lost has confused us with its time-travelling island, sinister smoke monsters and seemingly misplaced polar bears. With every season comes new, often unsolved, mysteries that stump even the most loyal of Lost fans. Until now, that is. Lost’s sixth, and final, season has kick-started,... Read
Spring Comic Book Movie Fun Time! Dork Preview
After a winter so cold that even Jack Frost started tweeting complaints about the inconvenience, some might think the main appeal of spring 2010 would be the potential for sunshine. But we dorks all know that the real reason to anticipate the turning of the season is the arrival of not one but three comic book movies which could be genuinely quite... Read
Dork Review: Being Human series 2 so far
When the BBC’s Being Human first stalked onto the screen, it was alarmingly unlike the average BBC Three flatshare series. For one, it featured a vampire, a ghost and a werewolf. And those expecting “Two Pints Of Blood And A Packet Of Death” had to wait a lot longer than anticipated for the first nob joke. (Although it did come in the end.) Instead,... Read
Doctor Who – The End Of Tennant
So that’s it. No more Tennant. Off he goes to America, burning up the TARDIS as he goes and leaving us Nu-Whovians with nothing more than the box-sets to keep us company. Perhaps we will warm to Eleven, the young Matt Smith, but for now, let us mourn the passing of Ten in sombre silence. Or a few-hundred-word blog post since silence doesn’t... Read
The top 7 creepiest kids’ TV shows
It’s the end of the year, which can mean only one thing, time to make lists of things that were once on TV! I for one love a good list, and I also love children’s TV. Especially scary children’s TV. This list of creepy shows is by no means exhaustive, but it’s my personal Top 7. Share yours in the comments! Read AKPC_IDS +=... Read
