MCM London Comic Con 2014

I went to London yesterday for a day of family geekery at the MCM London Comic Con. It was wonderful and exhausting. Here are some highlights.

London Film and Comic Con - summertime and the geeking is (not exactly) easy

July means two things to a geek like me: 1) London, 2) San Diego. It's Comic Con time!

London Film and Comic Con (LFCC) is a huge Showmasters event that brings TV/film actors to their fans. It's always busy, always sweaty and always amazing in spite of this.

My minimal cosplay effort

RIP the snark: Television Without Pity to close 4 April

Initiate the wailing and the renting of clothes: website Television Without Pity is closing. And that's a very very sad thing.

The tweet that make the internet weep

SXSW 14: a chat with the cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine

I didn't expect to meet some of the Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast at SXSW, but the Roku Lounge hosted a day of Fox TV chats that included Melissa Fumero (Detective Amy Santiago) and Stephanie Beatriz (Detective Rosa Diaz).

Stephanie Beatriz and Melisso Fumero, pic by me

SXSW14 - Veronica Mars (2014)

Attention Marshmallows - the Veronica Mars film is great!

Rob Thomas and his cast at the Veronica Mars SXSW premiere (Pic by me)

SXSW14 - Chef (2014)

Jon Favreau brought his new film Chef and a food truck to open the SXSW film festival at the Paramount Theatre.

Jon Favreau and some of the Chef cast (Pic by me) 

SXSW14 : The Mindy Project

SXSW14 welcomed The Mindy Project to the stage this week. Marie Claire Editor-in-Chief Anne Fulenwider moderated an hour of conversation with series creator, writer and star Mindy Kaling, writer and cast member Ike Barinholtz and the newest doctor at Shulman & Associates Adam Pally.

Here are a few things we learnt from their hour in the Austin Convention Centre.

Mindy, Ike and Adam at SXSW14 (Pic by me)

My final countdown to SXSW 2014

I'm off to Texas this week for SXSW, the annual awesome meetup for all things film, music and digital. The schedule already seems too much for my fragile emotions to handle, but here are some things I'm looking forward to.

Benedict Cumberbatch meets, greets and charms Sherlock fans at Starfury convention

I was one of 800+ people who met, gazed at, talked to and generally swooned over Benedict Cumberbatch at the Starfury Sherlock convention last weekend.

I may never recover.

Cumberpic from Alipeeps' Obsessions

5 things I won't do when I meet Benedict Cumberbatch

I'm off to Starfury's Elementary convention this weekend, which means I'll be meeting Benedict Cumberbatch on Sunday.

It's important to prepare oneself for these events, so here are five things I won't do, or I'll try very hard not to do, when I meet him.

Cheltenham Literature Festival #selfie

Re-watching Sherlock - series one

I decided to re-watch all of Sherlock this week before the finale to series three on Sunday punches me in the heart. Here are some of the things I was thinking as I watched series one this week.

Three things to help you emotionally prepare for the Sherlock series three finale

It is a truth universally acknowledged in fandom, that a series/season finale will kick you in the feels. With this in mind, here are three things you can do to emotionally prepare yourself for whatever terrible things happen in the Sherlock series three finale "His Last Vow".