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October 29, 2017 in Columns, Pop Culture
Pop Culture #675
It often feels like the programmers at the ABC aren’t all that good at keeping track of what shows they’ve got coming up over the course of a year.
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October 10, 2017 in Columns, Pop Culture
Pop Culture #674
How do you make a sequel to Blade Runner? A sequel is meant to pick up the story from where the first film left off, but with Blade Runner even that is up for grabs.
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September 24, 2017 in Columns, Pop Culture
Pop Culture Column #673
So now that ‘It’ has smashed box office records and dragged in a massive amount of money after its first week, it seems fairly safe to say…
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September 12, 2017 in Columns, Pop Culture
Pop Culture #672
There’s been a bit of a glut in Australian television comedy at the moment – for a fortnight there the ABC was running three locally-made scripted comedies in a row on Wednesday night…
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August 25, 2017 in Columns, Pop Culture
Pop Culture #671
Matt Okine has a new sitcom on Stan titled The Other Guy and as more than one reviewer has pointed out, it’s not all that good.
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August 12, 2017 in Columns, Pop Culture
Pop Culture #670
We’re now halfway through the Melbourne International Film Festival, and sold-out sessions, queuing outside the Comedy Theatre in the cold and frantically running from one venue to another to make back-to-back screenings, are the order of the day.
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July 30, 2017 in Columns, Pop Culture
Pop Culture #669
With the Melbourne International Film Festival just around the corner – it runs from August 3 to 20 at nine venues in the heart of Melbourne – film buffs have never had it so good.
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July 18, 2017 in Columns, Pop Culture
Pop Culture #668
hy am I watching the first episode of Seven’s new panel game show Behave Yourself? Oh wait, that wasn’t one of the questions was it?
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July 4, 2017 in Columns, Pop Culture
Pop Culture #667
Our long national nightmare is over: Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell is back. And while Australian comedy has been doing pretty well on television of late – well, judged by quantity if not quality – it’s safe to say that Mad As Hell is pretty clearly head and shoulders above the pack when it comes to making serious fun of things.
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June 21, 2017 in Columns, Pop Culture
Pop Culture #666
After months, when it felt like comedy and Australian television wanted nothing to do with each other, suddenly the dam has broken and we’re awash with (potentially) funny viewing.
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