Grand epics are often fashioned out of humanity battle to come to grips with something wild and untameable. It might be the expansive natural world that constantly reminds us that we are not quite the all-conquering masters of our domain that we might like to think we are, or perhaps our Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Start to Finish” (S6, E8 review)
*SPOILERS … AND BROKEN WALLS, ILL-TIMED FIGHTS AND THE LATEST IN ZOMBIE-INSPIRED FASHION AHEAD.* One of the things that The Walking Dead has always done exceptionally well is weave deep, thoughtful ruminations on the nature of humanity and how it reshapes itself in the face of great threats into its Continue Reading
Can you tell me how to get to the all-new HBO Sesame Street?
Yes Sesame Street, on air for 45 years on PBS, and a recognised leader in the field of children’s educational programming – not to mention the home of Big Bird, Ernie & Bert and Grover, is on the move. Yes, the entire street! For those of us that blanch Continue Reading
Poster me this! Collaborate or resist: Colony asks what your choice would be
SNAPSHOT From executive producers Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Ryan Condal (Hercules) comes USA’s newest, highly-anticipated drama COLONY. Set in the very near future, COLONY centers on one family’s struggle to survive and bring liberty back to the people of an occupied Los Angeles. SAG winner Josh Holloway (Lost) stars Continue Reading
Ho! Ho! WOOF! MEOW! Merry Christmas from The Secret Life of Pets
SNAPSHOT Comedy superstars Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet and Kevin Hart make their animated feature-film debuts in The Secret Life of Pets, which co-stars Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress and Albert Brooks. Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and his longtime collaborator Janet Healy produce Continue Reading