SNAPSHOTStar Trek: Strange New Worlds features Anson Mount as Captain Pike alongside Ethan Peck and Rebecca Romijn who also reprise their Discovery roles as Spock and Number One, a.k.a. Una Chin-Riley, respectively. Filling out the crew of the USS Enterprise are Jess Bush (Skinford) as Nurse Christine Chapel, Celia Rose Continue Reading
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Road to Eurovision 2022: Week 2 – Greece, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands (semi-final 1, part 2)
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
So animated! Ice Age Scrat Tales, The Seabeast and Minions: The Rise of Gru
Thank goodness for animation! In a world beset an apocalyptic level set of events from the COVID pandemic to war to climate change to, likely somewhere on the planet, zombie uprisings and aliens (over the top, true, but their existence would certainly fit the dark and dismal spirit of the Continue Reading
Getting their ship together: Thoughts on Our Flag Means Death (season 1)
On the face of it, and by that we mean a highly entertaining trailer rife with gleefully appealing parodic elements, Our Flag Means Death looks like it will a highly amusing, nay ridiculously hilarious, sideways take on the classic age of piracy. And in an age when pandemic, climate change Continue Reading
Mystery, mayhem and mirth returns in season of Only Murders in the Building
SNAPSHOTAccording to Hulu, season two will see Charles, Oliver, and Mabel “race to unmask” who killed Arconia board president Bunny Folger. It won’t be easy, though. For a whole lot of reasons that are bad for them but great for viewers. They’ll deal with multiple “complications.” The group “is publicly Continue Reading
Destructive vengeance and constructive hope: Thoughts on Star Trek – Discovery S4 (ep. 8-13)
There seems to be a widely held perception that Star Trek: Discovery is wildly inconsistent, a newly-installed flagship series for the franchise that never quite manages to do anything remarkable. Quite why that is is open to debate – as the lead series for the new wave of multitudinous Star Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2022: Week 1 – Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark (semi-final 1, part 1)
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Three tantalising TV trailers: Fear the Walking Dead (7B), Parallels + Derry Girls (s3)
My viewing habits are nothing if not eclectic! For proof, I give you this post, exhibit A which features zombies, supernatural teens and wisecracking coming-of-age Northern Irish friends – each series completely and utterly different and inherently, wonderfully watchable. As I type this, I am holed up in my partner Continue Reading
A second go on the digital life merry-go-round: Thoughts on Upload (season 2)
Paradise is, by its very definition, supposed to be a place of perfect happiness and contentment where the flaws and brokenness of the real world find sweet, endlessly fulfilling resolution. But as Greg Daniel’s (The Office, Parks and Recreation) newest comedic creation Upload makes thoughtfully, if humourously clear, in its Continue Reading
Survival is insufficient: Thoughts on Station Eleven
You have to hand it to anyone who adapts a beloved book into a TV series. On the one hand, it’s a sensible move since some of the best storytelling around comes from authors who pour themselves and their stories into immersive, compelling reads; however, many readers, like fandom across Continue Reading