T.V.

Mzansi Magic, a boost for local film and TV

Jamal | February 3rd, 2012

It’s been just over a year since M-Net and DSTV launched Mzansi Magic. In that time the channel has impressed me, especially with the broadcast of rare and historical South African content. Read More

Agreement between Canana and Netflix

Jorge Pedro | January 27th, 2012

The agreement is for digital distribution, and includes all Latinamerican countries. The Mexican production company founded by Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Pablo Cruz has focused on opening doors to Latin-American talent through films, and lately through television series such as Niño Santo and Soy tu fan. Read More

It’s not ice, but it also melts!

Patricia | January 9th, 2012

I’ve been overwhelmed by anything that involves chocolate before, but this has been the only time that I’ve completely refrained myself from eating it.

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Grimm

Marissa | December 29th, 2011


Grimm
one of the newest television shows to NBC cautions you – “remember the fairy tales your parents used to tell you before bedtime? Well, those weren’t stories, they were warnings”. Read More

Indie Federation

Guillaume | December 19th, 2011

A few years ago, the main French electronic music magazine, Trax, was bought by a new company and the former editorial team went on to set up a new magazine named “Tsugi”. Read More

Gangsta rap from a French girl point of view

Guillaume | December 15th, 2011

Sandy Lakdar is one of her kind. As a young French girl fantasizing about gangsta-rap, she could have just kept on blasting mixtapes and talking about it, online & offline.  Read More

Weird TV

Paul | November 16th, 2011

In the mid 90′s some Canadians moved to California and started a pop culture TV show that was syndicated by Fox. I always thought TV in the mid 90′s was pretty tame, but in retrospect that was the era of TV Nation and the Word, and Weird TV is very much in the vein of those shows.

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This guy is funny

Paul | November 16th, 2011

Obviously there is no need for stand-up comedy to exist anymore, now that Cats are the new standard in funny (thanks internet). As a eulogy to one person and a microphone I’d like to talk about Doug Stanhope. Read More

The last great sci-fi tv show?

Paul | November 16th, 2011

 

You know what TV used to be really good at? Sci-fi. Long running shows like TNG get written off as nerdy too quickly. Really, with its 45 minute episodes and character arcs, it sets the stage for the HBO series that anyone “cool” likes today. Read More

If it’s not Broke…

Paul | November 16th, 2011

Ok, I am hooked on Breaking Bad, who isn’t? But aren’t we getting a little tired of the whole drug-based TV series?  It seems that because they used pot on the show Weeds, heroine in The Wire, and alcoholism in basically every television show, they were like “oh hey, we haven’t done one about meth yet!” Read More

Grandpa TV

Martin | November 12th, 2011

The Grandpa Show is the lifestyle store Grandpa’s own talk show which recently launched. Read More

YSL as the entertainer

Guillaume | August 31st, 2011

Sometimes TV shows have something to do with philosophical jokes. Read More

Jersey Shore (Italy)

Julian | July 28th, 2011

Judge me. Judge them… I don’t care. For better and worse,  these are my people; I’m not Italian but I am a Yankee and like much of the cast, a New Yorker. Read More

My Evil Fairy Godmother

Dicky | July 25th, 2011

I used to not really get it when people would talk about how ridiculous True Blood is. Read More

E! a la polonais

Dori | July 23rd, 2011

Two journalists – Karolina Korwin Piotrowska i Tomasz Kin – select and make comments on the Polish soap opera’s celebrities and all that is goin on in the world of politics, business and media. Read More