D’ya want to know what’s great? Community. It’s one of the smartest and funniest TV shows doing the rounds. It works not just as a sitcom but as a brilliant satire on current media trends. The cast of characters are becoming iconic and the catchphrases are infectious. It’s not unlike Arrested Development and not unlike … Continue reading
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Funk’s Top 10: Great Things About ‘The Room’
A moment of insanity by G-FUNK Ok, let’s clear this up now: this isn’t a parody article where I come up with a bunch of sarcastic reasons why The Room is great when really I’m just pointing out why the movie is terrible. Everyone on the internet knows that The Room is a shockingly bad … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10: Movies for a Stinking Hot Day
As some of you are already aware, I live in Australia. This is the hottest month of the year and the past few days have been SCORCHING. This is fine when you’re free to grab a surfboard and hit the beach with an esky full of tinnies (which is all we ever do), not so … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10: Reasons You Don’t Want to go to Hogwarts
Oh, Hogwarts. Remember the first time you read a Harry Potter book? It was so magical learning about the secret world of wizards and the wonder of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Every book, every chapter revealed more giddy details about the enchanted and haunted castle. How we all wanted to go to school … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10: People the Doctor Should Meet
Doctor Who is a fantastic show for geeks. There’s plenty of space for discussion, fan-fiction and list making. So that’s what I’ve done. Taking inspiration from episodes in which The Doctor crosses paths with significant historical figures, such as Shakespeare, van Gogh and Queen Victoria, here are the ten people from history that I would … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10: Movies to Avoid this Holiday Season
Christmas is a great time for the movie studios. Box office numbers go up, people don’t want to be challenged and everyone’s too befuddled by big meals and booze to care much about the quality. Now as I enjoy one of my all-time favourite holiday movies – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – I’ve been considering … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10: Ways the ‘Pirates’ sequels Could’ve Been Saved
Many years ago Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer took a gamble. Not two productions companies known for taking risks, they’re more likely to base their decisions on market research more than creative ingenuity, so it’s unusual that they took the chance. In hindsight it hardly seems like much of a risk at all but you have … Continue reading
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