SNAPSHOTMax Seward’s patients really are the horrifying monsters they think they are … because they really are horrifying monsters. …features the voices of Kelsey Grammer, Eric Stonestreet, Aparna Nancherla, Ellie Kemper, Patton Oswalt, Adam Pally, Amy Sedaris, and more. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) How does Medusa really feel about all Continue Reading
The short and the short of it – the timeless poignancy of The Last Dance
SNAPSHOTThe Last Dance by Chris Keller is a starkly beautiful, powerful short film that tells the visceral story of an older man named Hugo (Richard Syms). To quell his utter loneliness, Hugo becomes obsessed with building a machine that might someday allow him to relive a specific moment in time Continue Reading
Book review: The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
You have to hand it to humanity, well the writers among us anyway – they can think up an awful lot of inventive way for our species to collectively bite the dust. We’ve had zombies, catastrophic pandemics, worldwide super storms, climate change, alien invasions and a whole host more, and Continue Reading
The end is the beginning: Picard gets a prequel comic book and novel
SNAPSHOTStar Trek: Picard will tell the next story of Picard’s life, taking place after Star Trek: Next Generation. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Star Trek: Discovery creator Alex Kurtzman revealed in March that it will be “a very different show from Discovery.” He also mentioned that the Continue Reading
Taking it up a level: The making of Toy Story 4
SNAPSHOTThe fourth installment in the beloved Toy Story franchise achieves a level of detail and realism unseen in any Disney/Pixar project yet. See how it all came to life at the legendary Pixar studios, step by step: beginning with the story and artwork stage, onto 3D computer modeling, shading and Continue Reading
Book review: To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
One of humanity’s greatest defining characteristics is our aspirational curiosity. In other words, our desire to know things simply for the pure thrill of knowing things, a quality that while a laudable goal in and of itself, has allowed us to grow and develop like no other species. While things Continue Reading
20 years later … I’m still Mad About You
SNAPSHOTIn its return, Mad About You will explore the modern marriage through the eyes of the Buchmans (Reiser and Hunt) as newly minted empty-nesters after dropping their unpredictable, hard-to-control daughter Mabel off at college. (synopsis (c) Deadline) TV revivals are a wonderful thing. Let me qualify that — TV revivals Continue Reading
Movie review: Fast and Furious Presents – Hobbs & Shaw
There was once a time, a more innocently violent, popcorn-strewn time when action blockbusters were not just a lot of fun to watch but were well made, complete with richly-drawn characters (well, as richly-drawn as character exposition vs thrills and action would allow), reasonably complex plots and a visual panache Continue Reading
Is life wonderful? Last Christmas asks the festively big questions
SNAPSHOTThe romantic comedy stars Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Henry Golding (A Simple Favor) and Emma Thompson, and is directed by Paul Feig (A Simple Favor) from a script written by Academy Award winner Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) and playwright Bryony Kimmings inspired by a George Michael beat. Kate (Clarke) Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Channel 4” (S5, E9 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND EXPLODING ZOMBIES, BAD MUSTARD AND HIGHLY-DECORATIVE, INSPIRATIONAL TREE ART … You know what the zombie apocalypse needs far more of, well besides less of the undead? Pad Thai, of course! Granted, this may not be the first thing that springs to mind in a world crying Continue Reading