One of the great delights of watching a show in its second season is witnessing how it matures and grows into something that very much keeps the soul of its season one iteration alive and kicking, which is important since that’s why stuck with the show in the first place, Continue Reading
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DC Fandome reveals: Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, DC League of SuperPets, Peacemaker
Massve, worldwide virtual launches seem to be all the rage when it comes to promoting upcoming movies, TV shows etc. It’s been propelled along, of course, by COVID, which has made in-person events problematic at best and has forced companies like DC Comics (they announced this event in response to Continue Reading
Olaf Presents: Disney films as you’ve never heard them before
SNAPSHOTIn Olaf Presents, [a series of new animated shorts from Walt Disney Animation Studios], Olaf steps into the spotlight and goes from snowman to showman as he takes on the roles of producer, actor, costumer, and set builder for his unique “retelling” of five favorite Disney animated tales. The charismatic Continue Reading
There’s a little magic in all of us … almost all of us: Encanto (new trailer and poster)
SNAPSHOTThis Fall, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ all-new film Encanto takes you to Colombia, where a magical family live in a magical home. The film is centered on a young girl and her family in Colombia, who all have magical powers, but, sadly, the young girl has no powers. Encanto is Continue Reading
Weekday animation poster art – Star Trek: Prodigy
SNAPSHOTStar Trek: Prodigy follows a motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search for a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered – a first in the history of the Star Continue Reading
Need a delightful escape from reality? Go on a colourful adventure with Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
SNAPSHOT“Wolfboy and the Everything Factory follows Wolfboy (voiced by Kassian Akhtar), an imaginative oddball who discovers a strange realm at the center of the earth where fantastical beings called ‘Sprytes’ create things for the natural world on the surface—clouds, trees, rabbits, dreams, hiccups, memories, time… everything! With his newfound Spryte Continue Reading
Further animated adventures far from the Bridge: Thoughts on Lower Decks (S2, E1-5)
Star Trek has a reputation for being very, VERY serious. It’s not undeserved, of course, since the franchise as a whole has its eyes firmly on the bettering of the human race in particular and the galaxy as a whole, an undertaking far into the future that is, by its Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Pixar’s newest SparkShorts’ Twenty Something
SNAPSHORTAdulting can be hard. Some days you’re nailing it, while other days, you’re just a stack of kids hiding in a trench coat hoping no one notices. Gia finds herself in this exact scenario the night of her 21st birthday. This is a story about the insecurities of adulting and Continue Reading
Star Trek Day 2021: Trailers and news and panels … and onwards to the stars and lots of new viewing opportunities!
If ever we needed a time where we could escape to the stars it’s this one. To be fair most of human history – oh, who are we kidding? ALL of it – would likely have benefited from a future in which inclusiveness, diversity and social and economic equality are Continue Reading
His biggest adventures are in his own backyard: Thoughts on Dug Days
There is a great deal to love about Pixar’s 2009 masterpiece Up, which still stands 12 years later as a stellar of example of how big hearted, narratively rich and character-driven animation can be. Chief among its many delights is the character of Dug, voiced by Bob Peterson, a sweetly Continue Reading