(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT“In an age of light, a darkness rises…” An investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past. As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems… Continue Reading
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“We’re ready to face it together”: Fraggle Rock – Back to the Rock — Season 2 drops an exuberantly happy trailer
(courtesy IMDb (c) The Jim Henson Company / AppleTV+) SNAPSHOTAccording to the official synopsis, Season 2 will show your favorite characters “move through challenges together with hope, silliness, and brand-new songs, all while dancing their cares away…down at Fraggle Rock … Fraggle Rock: Back to The Rock is produced by Continue Reading
Thoughts on The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (S1 E1-E3)
(courtesy IMP Awards) If you were going to set out to be a fabled and mythologised highwayman in 1800s England, the first thing you’d do is make sure you had a killer wardrobe, a haute couture fashion statement that would make your victims gasp with sartorial envy, right? Or perhaps, Continue Reading
It’s a blast! The world without and the world within and Fallout
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTBased on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return Continue Reading
More money, money, money … and heart: Loot season 2 trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn Loot, billionaire Molly Novak (Maya Rudolph) has a dream life, complete with private jets, a sprawling mansion and a gigayacht — anything her heart desires. But when her husband of 20 years betrays her, she spirals publicly, becoming fuel for tabloid fodder. She’s reaching rock bottom Continue Reading
“I feel so ready” – Alice & Jack serves up an honest look at romantic love
SNAPSHOTAlice & Jack reveals how love plays out between two very different people over 15 years. The story explores the seminal question of whether the bonds between us are stronger than the forces that would tear us apart. “It’s more honest about human behavior than most romances allow,” says RogerEbert.com, Continue Reading
Best friends get lost in the multiverse! Trailer debuts for Davey & Jonesie’s Locker
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe original series follows Davey and Jonesie, two lovably eccentric best friends who have always felt out of step with their peers and the banal backdrop of their high school existence. So, when they discover their locker is a portal to the multiverse, they’re more than ready Continue Reading
Sci-fi double review: Constellation (E1-4) and Halo (S2, E4-5)
(courtesy IMP awards) ——————– SPOILERS AHEAD !!!!!!!!!! ——————– AppleTV+ is showing a brilliant inclination for commissioning thoughtful, epic sci-fi television (Foundation, Silo, Invasion), and Constellation, created and written by Peter Harness, based on concept by Sean Jablonski, is yet another feather in an already considerable cap. This slow-burning story of Continue Reading
Mini-mass of marvellous trailers: Renegade Nell, Boy Kills World + Damsel
(via Shutterstock) So much to see, so little time! But are we daunted? No! Well, maybe a little bit – I mean who’s got the time to see everything? None of us, really but that doesn’t mean we won’t give it a red hot go and fire up a streaming Continue Reading
Streaming review: A lot can happen in just One Day
(courtesy IMP Awards) We’re well used to romantic comedies that offer us epic love, sweeping heartstopping moments and happy-ever-after moments in abundance. If real life does intrude, it’s all but tangential and near accidental, and so, as reality swoops relentlessly and often disappointingly ordinary in its scope and effect around Continue Reading