New guilty pleasure

I love a guilty pleasure watch. They are most often found later in the evening while flicking around the channels. eg Secret diary of a call girl etc. Well I think my newest guilty pleasure is HUNG. I've watched a couple of eps and while it's not the best show ever, it is most watchable. And now that I have seen the following picture, I feel compelled to watch. The star of the show, Thomas Jane (mr patricia arquette) turned up to the series 2 premiere in LA last night in toe sneakers!!! You may recall our fave hot bogan, Chan, likes to get about in these 'shoes' as well.




If you do happen to find this show on your tv travels, look for the girl who plays his daughter, and try to think where the hell you have seen her before.......she played the bogan daughter on Neighbours Bree Timmins. Her name is Sianoa Smit-McPhee and she is the sister of Kodi, who starred in Romulus my father with Eric Bana and The Road with Viggo.

Retro Sunday

This year really has been the year of the Vampire, with Twilight and True Blood both doing astonishing well and many others sneaking up to milk the genre. This got me thinking about the first time I fell in love with a Vampire ... his name was John and he had 24 hours to live after his vampire lover had enough of him and cast him off.

The movie was 'The Hunger' from 1983 and John was none other than David Bowie. I went through a bit of a 'Bowie The Actor' stage but I will save my other favourite Bowie film for another time. Catherine Deneuve played the Egyptian vampire and Susan Sarrandon is the doctor that falls under her spell when she tries to save John.

I think the weirdness of this flick, the goth music, the lesbianism, the darkness was so different to my usual fare that I was quite fascinated. I have no idea if it holds up today and I don't know if I should watch it in case it is ruined for me. If you have seen this movie lately please let me know if it has translated well to 2009.