It’s almost winter here in Australia, which means it’s time for my annual Harry Potter-athon. I’ve been following a personal tradition for the last ten or so years, wherein every winter I reread all of the Harry Potter books, watch the movies, listen to the…
One of my favourite TV shows is Scrubs, and though I mainly love the show for its comedy, I’ve also been a fan of a lot of the music used in the soundtracks. The show’s star, Zach Braff, has had a lot of input on…
Thanks to the success of TV shows like Glee and The Sing-Off, the world of competitive a capella singing and choir has gotten a lot of media attention lately. I was a choir nerd for most of high school and college, so I’m always intrigued by these…
I’m a big Radiohead fan, but I won’t lie: I was pretty disappointed with their most recent effort, The King of Limbs. Still, I never give up on a band I love, particularly not one of my favourites, like Radiohead. So when lead singer, Thom…
Whenever something starts getting a lot of publicity or hype in the media, I instantly feel wary. It just seems that nine times out of ten, the movie, TV show, album, etc. isn’t really worth all of the attention and praise that I end up…
I think at this point in time, I don’t really need to tell anyone that the Twilight movies aren’t the highest quality film series around. The movies have been notoriously panned for the weak scripts, poor acting, and subpar CGI effects. The only good thing that the…
I haven’t actively followed most of the Disney movies since I was a kid. Part of the reason was that as I turned eleven or twelve, it was really uncool to be watching cartoon musical movies, and I didn’t want my friends to make of…
A “first world problem” by definition, is a frustration or complaint only experienced by privileged individuals in wealthy countries. This phrase is most commonly used as a joke amongst my fellow Generation Y-ers, while we’re moaning about our irrelevant problems on Twitter (i.e. “The soda…
One of the most sentimental, touching movies I’ve ever seen is the 2007 Steve Carell drama, Dan in Real Life. The film is one of those few that makes me laugh, cry, warms my heart, moves me to think, feel and enjoy life…all in a…
Norah Jones was pretty much everywhere in the early 2000’s. Her husky voice was constantly heard on the radio, her videos were heavily rotated on VH1 and MTV, and she won a slew of awards, including five Grammys.