(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTSearching for a family adventure that won’t break the bank? Coming to Netflix this fall, In Your Dreams takes you on a fantastical journey from the comfort of your own home. In this enchanting tale, Stevie (voiced by Jolie Hoang-Rappaport) and her brother, Elliot (voiced by Elias Continue Reading
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“This is where everything is headed” … Foundation S3’s awe-inspiring trailer
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTBased on the award-winning sci-fi novels by Isaac Asimov, Foundation chronicles a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire. The premise of the stories is that, in the waning days of a future Galactic Continue Reading
PAF! BAM! TCHAC! Thoughts on Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight (Astérix et Obélix : Le Combat des chefs)
(courtesy IMP Awards) One thing that struck me, even as a kid when I first came across the Asterix (Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) series of stories courtesy of my very progressive, globally conscious local country town library, was how fun the creators writer René Goscinny (1959–1977)/Albert Uderzo (1980–2009) and Continue Reading
Strap yourself with a full-on ride with The Wild Ones
(courtesy First Showing (c) AppleTV+) SNAPSHOTExplore hidden corners of the Earth with a trio of experts as they try to save six endangered species from extinction. With crafty camerawork & survival skills, the team race to find, record, protect these elusive creatures before it’s too late. Battling the North Atlantic, Continue Reading
Get her home: Thoughts on Doctor Who S2 (S15) E2-8
(courtesy IMDb (c) BBC/Disney+) When you approach a series that’s been around as long as Doctor Who, which launched in 1963 making it now a grand old dame of TV and streaming programming, you have two options. If you are a devoted fan of longstanding who knows their Daleks from Continue Reading
Surrealist something out of nothing: Thoughts on Government Cheese
(courtesy IMP Awards) Dreams are powerful things. No, we’re not talking about strange nocturnal interludes where you’re naked in front of a hall of rabid lemmings who are demanding you sit your senior year French exam in five minutes time; instead, we’re referencing that mostly hope-springs eternal vibe inside all Continue Reading
“It’s not about surviving. It’s about taking our home back.” Thoughts on The Eternaut (El Eternauta)
(courtesy IMP Awards) If you’ve much streaming content over the last ten years, you will be well and truly acquainted with the fact that the world is coming to a messy and inglorious end. Well, maybe not today, or tomorrow even, but imminently in some way, shape or form, and Continue Reading
The humour and heart of humanity: Thoughts on Murderbot S1, E1-2
(courtesy IMP Awards) Watching a literary adaptation spring to life is always a fascinating exercise. Will it spring fully formed from the page like the visual manifestation of all the little films your mind inevitably feeds you as you read or will it feel like another story entirely, one that Continue Reading
Eurovision 2025 wrap-up: No “Wasted Love” as Austria wins this year’s contest
(courtesy Eurovision.tv) We’re off to Austria! The superbly passionate and gloriously operatic performance by Austria’s JJ aka Johannes Pietsch, a singer at the Vienna State Opera, garnered 258 points from the international jury vote, which was allocated first by the traditional appearance of representatives from all 37 competing countries, and Continue Reading
Building something … ICONIC: First trailer lands for Ironheart
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTSet after the events of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Marvel’s Ironheart series pits technology against magic when Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne)—a young, genius inventor determined to make her mark on the world—returns to her hometown of Chicago. Her unique take on building iron suits is brilliant, but Continue Reading