(courtesy IMP Awards) They’re back! While there are many TV/streaming shows where you often feel, as a new season dawns, as if you are being reunited with characters you know and love, there are only a select few where you feel as if you’re back with family. While that differs Continue Reading
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When dreams come true: The home truths and joys of Trying S3 and S4
(courtesy IMP Awards) SEASON 3Finding a perfect TV or streaming series is surely up their with pink glitter-smattered uniforms or the ideal boss, a thing of myth and legend that many a Reddit chat or Twitter (now X) thread has long and noisily ruminated on. But as you watch season Continue Reading
Darker and more dangerous yet … Thoughts on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S2, E1-3
(courtesy IMP Awards) The Bible has said it. Countless novels has ruminated on the idea. And it’s been observed more than once by everyone from social commentators to political experts that evil often wears a pleasing and amenable face. It makes sense, of course. After all, as a species we Continue Reading
“All kinds of bad people getting in the water now.” Thoughts on Bad Monkey S1, E1-4
(courtesy IMP Awards) Even though he’s about two centuries late for the rise of TV streaming, there’s no doubt that Scottish playwright, novelist and poet would have found a lot with which he could relate with the sunny beachside film noir storyline of Bad Monkey. Based on the book of Continue Reading
Time for higher education: Abbott Elementary season 3
(courtesy IMP Awards) The very best sitcoms don’t simply makes us laugh. That may seem like a strangely counter-intuitive thing to say since the final three letters of the genre’s abbreviated name makes it very clear that is very much what they are there to do; and yes, they are Continue Reading
On their way to you … Frasier S2, Penelope and Kaos … plus maybe Ted Lasso season 4?
(via Shutterstock) Thank goodness we have more TV shows coming our way! I mean, we’re just about out of options so … kidding, of course. We manifestly are not even remotely short of shows to stream and frankly the number of new programs coming our way is almost alarming (which Continue Reading
“I LOVE epic journeys!” Join Nemo & Dory and Coco and the Incredibles and more on all-new LEGO Pixar Bricktoon adventures
SNAPSHOTLEGO Pixar: BrickToons is a TV series for Disney+ featuring classic Pixar characters. Join some of your favorite LEGO Pixar characters for all-new adventures! Sing along with Miguel in the Land of the Dead (from Coco), help Merida and her brothers through a beary rocky situation (from Brave), take an Continue Reading
Wi-fi is not the only connection that matters: Thoughts on Backyard Wilderness
There is always something inherently restorative about watching a nature documentary that takes you quietly and with real fascination through the seasonal cycles of one specific location. You feel, almost immediately, as if you are immersed in this world, a feeling heightened to a wholly rewarding degree in Backyard Wilderness, Continue Reading
Life, grief, and the dark upheaval of the unknown: Thoughts on Sunny S1: E1-6
(courtesy IMP Awards) There’s a particular type of TV/streaming show around at the moment which purports to be breezily idiosyncratic, and is in fact just that, but which, once it gets going, pulls back the quirky facade and breaks the oddball tone, to go big and dark and reveal just Continue Reading
“‘Tis dangerous out there in space! Trust no one…” Star Wars: Skeleton Crew unveils first full trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTGet ready for a brand new adventure. [Star Wars: Skeleton Crew] follows four kids who end up on an adventure to make their way home after being lost in the galaxy following a discovery they make on their home planet. “At its core it’s a story about Continue Reading