Category Archives: Fantasia

BAFTA TV 2013: GoT & TMI

Posted on 13/05/2013 by

Last night the British Academy Television Awards were dished out at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Obviously I’m a huge Game of Thrones fan, but I was a little surprised to see it win the Radio Times Audience Award … Continue reading →

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On The Half Tip

Posted on 15/04/2013 by

[Contains soggy wet SPOILERS... and a whole lot of ranting!] As an aspiring screenwriter and former Drama kid, I’m often tempted to write characters into my scripts that I could theoretically play… but I try to be sensible about it, … Continue reading →

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Girls Will Be Boys

Posted on 01/04/2013 by

[Contains knee-bending, favour-seeking SPOILERS] The third season of Game of Thrones kicks off this week, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to call out my favourite new character from the previous season: ‘Brienne of Tarth’, played by Gwendoline Christie. … Continue reading →

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“What Do We Say To Death?”

Posted on 07/06/2012 by

To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this week, I’ve been working my way through the first season boxset of Game of Thrones… a timely reminder of how exactly royals get to be “royal” in the first place: Arranged marriages, inbreeding,  … Continue reading →

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Butter Or Gravy?

Posted on 31/05/2012 by

I haven’t mentioned the American fantasy-drama series Once Upon a Time before, because, while I don’t really buy into the concept of “guilty pleasures”, it’s a not a show that I’m particularly proud of watching. For those who don’t know, … Continue reading →

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Upsy-Daisy 2: Waking The Pies

Posted on 25/04/2012 by

[Contains chocolate-cake-eschewing SPOILERS!!!] Last week I picked up some awesome bargains while scrounging around the charity shops… chief among them being the second season boxset of Pushing Daisies for just five English pounds! Hurrah! The only downside to this find, … Continue reading →

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Come Back, Rogue 1

Posted on 26/03/2012 by

[Contains sadly two-dimensional SPOILERS!!!] I wasn’t especially keen to see Avatar (2009) at the cinema, because of its epic running time… but, weirdly for such a popular movie, I’ve never seen a copy of the DVD going s-hand in any … Continue reading →

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A Persian Shrug

Posted on 03/03/2012 by

[Contains ranty, right on SPOILERS!!!] I haven’t played a “Prince of Persia” game since my old Sega Master System days, so I have to say I was rather letdown by the total absence of shuffling, sword-wielding skeletons in Prince of … Continue reading →

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Of Wolf And Woman

Posted on 02/03/2012 by

Back in my role-playing days I always favoured werewolves over vampires, for several reasons: first of all, they didn’t have to go out and find a neck to suck on every evening to top up their blood pool (the way … Continue reading →

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Man, I Feel Like A Woman

Posted on 15/02/2012 by

[Contains gender-bending SPOILERS!] Inspired by seeing Tilda Swinton at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday, I plucked my copy of Orlando (1992) from the diminishing pile of unwatched Xmas pressies. For those who don’t know, this satirical feminist parable stars … Continue reading →

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