(courtesy IMP Awards) Episode 1 – “Something’s Changed”Honestly if you’d asked this reviewer if he’d ever see a second season on Invasion, the answer would be a hard “NO”. While the first season was the very highest order of sci-fi storytelling, slowly and expertly building tension and dread in ways Continue Reading
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True love of a most piratical kind: Our Flag Means Death S2 teaser trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT… the new season will continue to follow the tumultuous romance between pirates Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby) and Blackbeard (Taika Waititi), both of whom are kinda sorta based on their real-life counterparts. Things didn’t end so well in the first season, so there’s going to be plenty Continue Reading
COMING UP! Streaming gets a boost with Frasier reboot, Still Up and Our Flag Means Death S2
(Photo by Sindy Süßengut on Unsplash) So much shows to watch! That could become a source of stress and let’s be honest, it often does, or it could be viewed, much as a book-laden TBR should be, as an opportunity for great storytelling in which to lose yourself. This reviewer Continue Reading
War comes to every world: Rebel Moon releases official teaser trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTFrom Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300, Man of Steel, and Army of the Dead, comes Rebel Moon, an epic science-fantasy event decades in the making. When a peaceful colony on the edge of a galaxy finds itself threatened by the armies of a tyrannical ruling force, Continue Reading
Show the world what love is made of: Thoughts on Heartstopper season 2
(courtesy IMP Awards) If you were fortunate to grow up as an integral member of a mainstream social group, then you will be well acquainted with how good it is to feel like you truly belong somewhere. But if, like many of the characters in Alice Oseman’s wondrously good Heartstopper Continue Reading
To understand life, we must go back to the beginning: Life on our Planet teaser trailer
(courtesy YouTube (c) Netflix) SNAPSHOTThis is the story of life’s epic battle to conquer and survive on planet Earth. Today there are 20 million species on our planet, yet what we see is just a snapshot in time — 99% of earth’s inhabitants are lost to our deep past. The Continue Reading
Only Murders in the Building season 3 review: E1 (“The Show Must …”), E2 (“The Beat Goes On” and E3 (“Grab Your Hankies”)
(courtesy IMP Awards) “Cosy murder” is one of those deliciously contradictory genre labels that somehow leaves you feeling simultaneously alarmed and reassured. If you stop to think about it, there really isn’t anything truly comforting about murder which, it’s inherent life-ending qualities apart, suggests trauma, violence, pain, loss and soul-scarring Continue Reading
Sci-fi double x 2: Star Trek – Strange New Worlds S2, E9-10 and Foundation, S2, E4-5
(courtesy IMP Awards) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S2, E9-10 Episode 9 “Subspace Rhapsody”At first glance, the idea of a totally musical episode of any Star Trek show might seem a little frivolous and fanciful. After all, some avowedly comic episodes aside such as The Original Series‘ “The Trouble With Continue Reading
Let’s celebrate glorious uniqueness with Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
(courtesy IMDb 9c) AppleTV+) SNAPSHOTOne-of-a-Kind Marcie follows Marcie, an introvert who loves her solitude but also enjoys helping her friends. As they train for the school golf championship, Marcie assists Peppermint Patty as her caddie, offering thoughtful and deliberate advice to help her win. Meanwhile, after coming up with brilliant Continue Reading
Can you tell if you wander into a fairytale? The Changeling challenges you to tell if you can …
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTWhen Apollo’s father disappeared, he left his son a box of books & strange recurring dreams. Now Apollo is a father himself–and as he and his wife, Emma, settle into their new lives as parents, exhaustion and anxiety start to take their toll. Apollo’s old dreams return Continue Reading