One of the truly great things about the current explosion of TV shows available to watch via streaming, broadcast and turtles acting out plays on the back of giant floating rocks – OK so that was last one isn’t a thing but such as is the multiplicity of options these Continue Reading
Our Planet: Netflix unveils trailer for the magnificent new Sir David Attenborough-narrated series
SNAPSHOT “Unprecedented in scope and ambition, Our Planet will entertain and captivate a global audience of all ages. More importantly, the series will help start an important conversation about the home we all share at a crucial moment when the world needs to act. Viewers will marvel at the diverse Continue Reading
Comics review: Haphaven
One of life’s great pleasures, especially after a lifetime spend taking in stories in all kinds of forms, whether it’s through books, TV shows, movies or graphic novels, is coming across a story so breathtakingly-original and imaginative that you are almost leaping out of your chair with the thrill of Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: LEGO Minifig friends and The Great Escape
What wouldn’t two LEGO Minifgure friends do for each other? This may not be a thought that has crossed your mind at any point – and if not, why not, it’s very cool thing to ponder – but nukazooka aka Andrew McMurry has most definitely let his imaginatively-fecund mind go Continue Reading
Book review: Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss by Rajeev Balasubramanyam
Live long enough, and there’s a fair chance that you’ll reach a point where you question everything about your life. Some people do it early, questioning the meaning of everything while sweating midnight deadlines for uni essays and wondering if life will play out the way they expect; other people Continue Reading
Going to the Chapel and we’re going … to meet a gang of bank-robbing Elvises?
SNAPSHOT The upcoming romantic action-comedy series follows the unfortunate nuptials of Emily Anderson, a bride-to-be who wasn’t necessarily convinced everything would go well even before her big day was interrupted by a gang of Elvis-themed bank robbers looking for a quick getaway. (synopsis (c) Hollywood Reporter) “Love is the ultimate Continue Reading
Our choices are the only things that make us human: Black Summer trailer
SNAPSHOTSet in the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, Black Summer stars Jaime King as Rose, a mother torn from her daughter who embarks upon a harrowing journey to find her. Thrust alongside a small group of American refugees, these complete strangers must find the strength they need to Continue Reading
Saturday morning TV: Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
Cars good, motorcycles bad. That seems to be the theme of Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, an animated series from Hanna-Barbera which ran for 13 episodes from September 7, 1974 to November 30, 1974, and featured a land of sentient vehicles where the good guys were the cars and the Continue Reading
Deadpool’s not in Avengers: Endgame right? Think again
SNAPSHOT After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos’ actions and restore order to the universe once and for Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #4: Nafets, Anna of the North, Barrie, Elohim, Rex Orange Country
We hide way too much. Not that everything has to be out in the open – some things should be kept quiet for a variety of reasons. But too often we don’t discuss life in all its uplifting and brutal messiness, conversations that could help many of us to feel Continue Reading