Tag Archives: Zooey Deschanel

Do You Know Where Your Towel Is?

Posted on 25/03/2012 by

Back in the day, I used to be a huge Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fanboy… I read the books, I watched the show, I listened to the tapes, and I even attended a convention or two… so by the … Continue reading →

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HippieWatch: Guerrin Gardner

Posted on 16/03/2012 by

While we’re on the subject of cavorting “flower children”, this week’s instalment of New Girl (ep #1.16) saw the disarmingly domestic dandy ‘Schmidt’ (Max Greenfield) casting off his household duties, work commitments, and finely tailored clothing, in order to join … Continue reading →

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New(ish) Girl

Posted on 05/01/2012 by

So, the first season of New Girl will debut on Ch4 tomorrow evening, giving Brits without internet access their first glimpse of one of the best new comedies of 2011. Meanwhile, new episodes will begin airing in the U.S. again … Continue reading →

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Awesome Sitcom Cameo Of The Week…

Posted on 05/10/2011 by

Playing a kooky Yin to 2 Broke Girls’s grinding Yang, the undeniably “adorkable” New Girl scored big points with me this week, when they brought in Natasha Lyonne to play Schmidt’s sexually-aggressive and domineering “fun-buddy”. I try not to pay … Continue reading →

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“Adorkable” (adj.)

Posted on 08/09/2011 by

I was introduced to this portmanteau via an AV Club article about Zooey “Zoey” Deschanel’s upcoming sitcom, New Girl, which will premiere on Fox on September 20th. Deschanel stars as ‘Jess Day’, a twenty-something woman who has to find a … Continue reading →

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Tee hee?

Posted on 05/06/2011 by

Apparently indie darling Zooey “Zoey” Deschanel has launched a new lifestyle website, along with her Los Angelean gal-pals, Sophia Rossi (former producer of The Hills) and Molly McAleer (self-described “Internet Sensation”!). The site, HelloGiggles.com, is pitched as “the ultimate entertainment destination … Continue reading →

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The Crappening

Posted on 21/03/2011 by

Last Saturday, Ch4 showed M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening (2008), and I was delighted to discover that it really is as terrible as everyone says it is. Personally, I was never a big fan of The Sixth Sense or Unbreakable… … Continue reading →

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Hunting of the Snarky

Posted on 19/10/2008 by

Last night Ch4 showed Failure to Launch (2006), a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey as a ruggedly handsome, extreme sports dude who still lives with his parents, and Sarah Jessica Parker as the creepy, manipulative woman who is hired to … Continue reading →

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