SNAPSHOTLucky Hank is a mid-life crisis tale set at Railton College, told in the first person by William Henry “Hank” Devereaux, Jr. (Odenkirk), the unlikely chair of the English department in a badly underfunded college in a working-class American town. His discontent is rooted in unresolved issues with his father, Continue Reading
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Keep believing … Ted Lasso drops a heartfelt teaser trailer for its third season
SNAPSHOTPer the official logline, the 12-episode third season of Ted Lasso will follow the newly promoted AFC Richmond, which faces ridicule as media predictions widely peg them as last in the Premier League, while Nate, now hailed as the “wonder kid,” has gone to work for Rupert at West Ham United. In Continue Reading
A streaming selection: Thoughts on The Last of Us (E4 & 5) + Shrinking (E1-4) + Not Dead Yet (S1, E 1-2)
Much as I would love to save episodes up and watch whole seasons at a time, the fact of the matter is that bingeing, still fun in its own if you have great stretches of time free, is more stressful than its worth. The fact of the matter is that Continue Reading
Engage: Star Trek Picard final season drops new trailer and artwork
SNAPSHOTThe third and final season of the American television series Star Trek: Picard features the character Jean-Luc Picard during the 25th century as he reunites with the former command crew of the USS Enterprise (Geordi La Forge, Worf, William Riker, Beverly Crusher, and Deanna Troi), who are being hunted by Continue Reading
Thoughts on The Last of Us episodes – “Infected” and “Long Long Time” (S1, E2 and E3 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND FUNGI MONSTERS FROM YOUR KISSABLE NIGHTMARES … Apocalypses are never meant to be fun. The very cadence of the word suggests that, but if you add in the arrival of climate change horrors or monsters or aliens, that point is well and truly driven home as Continue Reading
Times change. Teenagers don’t. Thoughts on That ’90s Show
Can you ever really go back? Or in the case of sequels to much-loved shows go forward whilst also going back? It’s a huge question and one increasingly being asked as streaming platform scour the televisual and cinematic past for properties that might have a shot at another life in Continue Reading
Boldly going animatedly towards … Thoughts on Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3
Star Trek is by and large, occasional episodes of whimsy aside, very serious science fiction. Predicated on the laudably idealistic premise that humanity, some centuries hence, has finally got its collective sh*t together and ventured into the stars where it has associated with likeminded alien species in a bravely enduring Continue Reading
A tiny ton of tantalising streaming trailers: Carnival Row (S2), The Mandalorian (S3), Hello Tomorrow!, Shrinking and The Reluctant Traveler
It was but a week ago that I remarked once again in how we are all drowning in a seas of wondrously good content. It’s definitely a first world problem and one that is luxuriously good to have but such is the vast sum of streaming shows on their way Continue Reading
When you’re lost in the darkness … Thoughts on The Last of Us episode 1
One of the most jarring impacts of the last three years of the COVID pandemic has been the shaking to the core of the once cosy sense we all shared that civilisation with all the trimmings is inviolable, unbreakable and that it can withstand and endure anything. Granted, the world Continue Reading
It’s not as far as a long time ago but it’s a way back even so: Andor re-imagined as a ’70s TV movie promo
SNAPSHOTAnd now, we bring you tonight’s TV movie premiere. Get ready to travel to a far away galaxy that existed a long, long time ago. It’s the science fiction spectacular…ANDOR. Every Thursday night, only on ABC. (via Laughing Squid (c) Auralnauts) Let’s be clear from the start – Andor is Continue Reading