SHEDITES It began in Australia and has grown in popularity around the world. The Men's Shed movement has provided a shared space where men (and sometimes women too) can gather and forge friendships while repairing and recycling items, doing woodwork or other craft making. It's helped older or unemployed men, in particular, to find a sense of purpose, contributing to their local communities and, in some cases, has helped them to address loneliness. Men's Sheds have been so popular, it's no big surprise someone has spotted the opportunity to build a comedy drama around it. BBC1's 'Shedites' is an attempt to do just that. Essentially a 30 minute pilot for a show, created by ' Mrs Brown's Boys ' cast member Paddy Houlihan, it features that sitcom's star Brendan O'Connor and his son Danny who plays Buster on the hit BBC and RTE show that has been repeatedly panned by the critics. Don't let that put you off because the cast also includes ...
No sooner have we said goodbye to g 2025, thoughts are now turning to what 2026 will bring. The first few months will be dominated by awards season fare. There will also be plenty of sequels. But what are the movies on Pomona's watchlist this year? HAMNET (January 9) Chloe Zhao's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel is shaping up to be one of the big awards season rivals to Paul Thomas Anderson's ' One Battle After Another '. Jessie Buckley, in particular, has been getting rave reviews in the US for her performance as Agnes Shakespeare, the wife of Paul Mescal's William in a story about how the couple coped with the death of their 11 year old son. Billed as a gut wrenching but ultimately uplifting drama, Buckley and Mescal are joined by Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, David Wimot, Louisa Harland and real life brothers Jacobi and Noah Jupe. The Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes on January 4 and 11 will tell you exactly where Zhao's film sits i...