A ton of tantalising streaming trailers: Foundation (S2), That ’90s Show, The Ark, Poker Face, Night Court and The Last of Us

Another year, another slew of TV/streaming options to dazzle, entertain and yes, overwhelm. That’s both the blessing and the cursing of the current digital tsunami of content – a lot of it is very good and you want to watch it all but finding the time is a huge challenge. Continue Reading

All the action and intrigue a realpolitik-loving heart could want: Thoughts on Jack Ryan (S3)

When it comes to escapist entertainment, political action thrillers are in a gloriously batshit crazy class all of their very own. Employing only the loosest of adherence to the real world, although ostensibly a stalwart reflection of it, these gripping stories of life behind the veneer of political and diplomatic Continue Reading

Weekday streaming poster art: Meet the cast of The Last of Us via their character posters

SNAPSHOTThe Last of Us is an upcoming American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO. Based on the 2013 video game of the same name developed by Naughty Dog, the series will follow Joel (Pedro Pascal), a smuggler tasked with escorting the teenage Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across a post-apocalyptic United States. It will feature Gabriel Luna as Joel’s younger brother Tommy, Merle Dandridge as resistance Continue Reading

Not a protagonist was stirring, not even an anthropomorphic mouse … Merry Christmas to all and to all a good pop culture night!

It’s been a crazy, busy, pandemic-y year once again but even amongst all the stress and strain and plague, my hope, as it is every year, is that this Christmas … You will not find snowy monsters with big teeth pursuing you … but if you do, you’ll have good Continue Reading

Find your 30-ton piece of granite! Santa is coming to a snowy landscape near you in Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Special

The origins of Christmas, at least when it comes to the English versions of Santa and the reindeers and such – to be fair, the Bible has a pretty good lock on the religious side of proceedings – are as many and varied as those who choose to tell the Continue Reading

On 3rd day of Christmas … I watched retro special It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown

Christmas isn’t Christmas without the gang from Charles M. Schulz’s much-loved comic strip, Peanuts, making a very welcome appearance. While most people will generally play the 1965 classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas – and for good reason; it’s a sublime piece of festive joy – it’s 1992 successor, It’s Christmastime Continue Reading