(courtesy First Showing (c) Netflix) SNAPSHOTThe adult animated comedy series created by writer Matt Roller will center on a single mother of two who struggles to run The Undervale, a hotel that just so happens to be haunted. Luckily, she has some help from her estranged brother… who is now Continue Reading
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Get close up with trailers for Only Murders in the Building S5 and Wednesday S2 Part 2
(courtesy Shutterstock) Want more shows to stream even thought time is tight and you still haven’t watch about 2/3 of this year’s “Must Watch” list? (Or is that just me? Could be just me!) Well, the various streaming platforms have more shows, WAAAAAY more shows and among them are these Continue Reading
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds review: “Shuttle to Kenfori”, “A Space Adventure Hour” and “Through the Lense of Time” (S3, E3-5)
(courtesy IMP Awards) “Shuttle to Kenfori” Zombies! Yes, my friends, zombies! Granted Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a little late to the party on this one, but when it’s executed with as much as this episode, you can forgive their tardiness. In this case, the zombies, though Dr M’Benga Continue Reading
The world keeps spinning … the threat evolves on Invasion S3 trailer
(courtesy First Showing (c) AppleTV+) SNAPSHOTInvasion follows an alien invasion through different perspectives around the world. In season three, those perspectives collide for the first time, as all the main characters are brought together to work as a team on a critical mission to infiltrate the alien mothership. The ultimate Continue Reading
Tall Pines seems like a such a happy place … until it isn’t and it all goes Wayward (teaser trailer)
(courtesy First Showing) We think you’ll be very happy here.” 🚪 In the picture-perfect town of Tall Pines, sinister secrets lurk behind every closed door. Not long after police officer Alex Dempsey (Mae Martin) and his pregnant wife Laura (Sarah Gadon) move into their new home, he connects with two Continue Reading
The decline and the fall … Thoughts on Foundation S3 E1-3
(courtesy IMP Awards) The first two enthrallingly good seasons of Foundation, a lavish adaptation of Issac Asimov’s book series of the same overall name, were a portentous drumbeat march to the end of the world. Or in the case of this engrossingly intense story, the end of an empire which Continue Reading
A super low-key love story: Thoughts on Too Much
(courtesy IMP Awards) In the hands of most romantic comedies, love is a shiny, faultlessly perfect paragon of all that is good and lovely, and while there may be minor hiccups for anyone falling prey to its life-transformative charms, they are easily dispensed with via a peak hour rush to Continue Reading
Step into your future: Starfleet Academy teaser trailer drops at SDCC 2025
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTThe series is set in the 32nd century, the far-future of the Star Trek franchise where Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets are recovering from a cataclysmic event, as depicted in Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024). Starfleet Academy follows the first new class of Starfleet cadets in over Continue Reading
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds review: “Hegemony, Part II” and “Wedding Bell Blues” (S3, E1-2)
(courtesy IMP awards) One of the things, of many, which I have loved about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (SNW) from the very start is its embrace of genre-hopping, a willingness to be darkly serious one week and goofily quirky the next. The Original Series (TOS) and Next Generation (NG), Continue Reading
Growing up too fast: Thoughts on Hal & Harper
(courtesy IMDb) Hal & Harper is one of the most rewarding series I’ve seen in quite some, full of an indie authenticity, a nuanced pace and a characters who make so much sense if you’re prepared to be honest about how exhaustingly painful life can be and yet how possible Continue Reading