The popularity of Calvin and Hobbes continues apace, over 20 years after creator/philosopher/one of the greatest cartoonists who has ever lived retired the much-loved comic strip. While every fan including yours truly wishes that more new strips would be forthcoming, there’s also an acceptance and admiration for Watterson finishing Continue Reading
New Game of Thrones S6 trailer: Winter, the dead and a whole lot of drama are coming
*WINTER IS COMING … AND SPOILERS … AND WHITE WALKERS* SNAPSHOT Following the shocking developments at the conclusion of Season 5, including Jon Snow’s bloody fate at the hands of Castle Black mutineers, Daenerys’ near-demise at the fighting pits of Meereen, and Cersei’s public humiliation in the streets Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 3 – Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, San Marino, The Netherlands
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Most Unusual Marvel: Doctor Strange and Suicide Squad
Marvel likes its narrative templates. I get it – if I was pumping as many well-made, largely (though not always – see Avengers: Age of Ultron) I’d probably stick to a template as often as I could too. After all the fan boys and fan girls love it, it Continue Reading
It’s a Hanna-Barbera Universe and you and Scooby Doo are just living in it
As you might have noticed, cinematic universes are very much a thing these days. Marvel has one, a very successful one at that which is now entering its third phase, DC wants one but seems unable to make it work on the big screen as well they do on Continue Reading
You’re reading what?! Comedian pranks people with outrageous book titles
Now this my friends is how you conduct a daring and incredibly fun-filled sociological experiment. You come up with deliberately provocative but still hilarious book titles, go onto crowded New York City subway and read away as if you’re reading something charmingly innocuous like Little Women or Harry Potter. Continue Reading
12 Monkeys season 2: Time’s twists and turns grow ever deeper
Well that didn’t quite go to plan now did it? When last we saw Dr. Cassandra “Cassie” Railly (Amanda Schull) and James Cole (Aaron Stanford) – SPOILER ALERT! – the central characters of 12 Monkeys (based on Terry Gilliam’s excellent movie of the same name), they were separated by almost Continue Reading
Now this is music #67: Freedom Fry, Your Friend, The Hour, Shylde, RYAN Playground
Music is never a fixed thing. Even after a song makes its way out to an eager public, the artist themselves can change, play with it, in the studio or in concert, or another artist entirely can cover it, offering their own interpretation of the song. But that is Continue Reading
So soothing: Why Dalek Meditation is the next big thing … or else
We’ve all been there. Bills to pay. Deadlines at work. Relationship pressures. A million seemingly unsolvable demands and no way to wind down, to relieve the stress and tension that seem to be our ever present companions. But now there’s Dalek Meditation, which is guaranteed, yes guaranteed I say Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Monster” (S2, E1 review)
*SPOILERS … AND SWIMMING ZOMBIES … AND EEL FOR DINNER AHEAD* As season 2 of Fear the Walking Dead opens, humanity, and more specifically the polyglot “family” headed by Madison (Kim Clark) and Travis (Cliff Curtis) are still dealing with the immediate after effects of the world going to Continue Reading