One thing that was firmly established in the first two episodes of Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi is that is no swashbuckling rush to an action-soaked finish line. That’s a good thing and it makes sense when you factor in that there’s already so much we know about where Obi-Wan Kenobi Continue Reading
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“It’s a snack!” Time to go on a LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
SNAPSHOTLooking for a much-needed break from stormtroopers and TIE fighters, Finn arranges a surprise vacation for his friends Rey, Poe, Rose, Chewie, BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3PO, aboard the ultra-luxurious Galactic Starcruiser, the Halcyon. But Finn’s plan to have one last hurrah together quickly goes awry when he’s separated from the Continue Reading
Awesome animation avalanche: Dead End – Paranormal Park, Puss in Boots – The Last Wish, Kung Fu Panda – The Dragon Knight
Let’s be honest – there are quite a lot of times when life doesn’t feel animated. Hell it barely even feels alive sometimes, weighed down with a thousand different cares and concerns and all too aware that what we get is not always what our youthful expectations foresaw nor what Continue Reading
Is our innate humanity a curse or a blessing? Thoughts on Halo (S1, E 6-9)
It’s a question that weighs heavily upon the collective human soul and which is only answered, if it is answered at all, by how full or empty you see your existential glass – is our humanity an energisingly inspirational blessing or is it a curse doomed to limit in ways Continue Reading
Trailers, trailers everywhere! Take a look at Blasted, The School For Good & Evil, The Munsters reboot, Vesper, Black Adam
In his 1798 epic poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge penned the immortal lines – “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink”, a lamenting of the fact that though you may be apparently surrounded by something, some quirk of circumstance may mean you not able to Continue Reading
A colourful collection of streaming trailers: 1899, Wednesday, Sweet Tooth (season 2), the Sea Beast and Wendell & Wild
So many streaming platforms … and not a thing to watch? To hear some malcontents on social media that’s precisely the case, but honestly there are so many diverse and amazing programs coming down the pike that it’s hard to see how you could possibly find nothing that interests you. Continue Reading
Weekend poster pop art: Meet (sort of) some of the characters from Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
SNAPSHOTThis epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung Continue Reading
The frontier awaits: Thoughts on Strange New Worlds (S1, E 1-5)
It is a rare, rare thing indeed, especially in an age of multitudinous streaming abundance where derivative ideas and leveraged brands are everywhere like rabbits in plague numbers, to find a new show that feels like a freaking breath of fresh air. It’s even more remarkable when said show, in Continue Reading
Documentary review: Prehistoric Planet
There is no denying that we have a fascination with prehistoric life. And really, why wouldn’t we? The creatures of long, LONG ago capture our imaginations because of their considerable removal from our own modern world, their otherworldliness and difference which stands in marked contrast to anything we have in Continue Reading
A grave terror approaches … say a supernatural hello to the mysterious world of Wednesday
SNAPSHOTWednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting 16-year-old Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Season One will follow Wednesday as she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the murder mystery that embroiled Continue Reading