Ah, who doesn’t love the promise of future TV/streaming? Much like booklovers stockpile more books than they can read in a lifetime – mine will one day be large enough to use as building material for a house – those of who love TV/streaming shows adore the anticipation of shows Continue Reading
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Believe: Thoughts on Ted Lasso (season 1)
Being late to a much-loved and eagerly-talked about streaming phenom is a double-edged sword. Yes, you are all but guaranteed that committing to the show will be worth your time since so many people have waxed lyrical and at ardent length about it, and it’s impossible to think that you Continue Reading
Truth does not sit well in the corridors of power: Thoughts on Foundation (episodes 1 -3)
Foundation, based on the iconic series of novel by the legendary Isaac Asimov, is one those televisual moments you experience rather than simply watch. Visually sumptuous, possessed of an expansive, imaginative sensibility and charged with taking 10 episodes to tell its cinematic tale of the rise and fall of power, Continue Reading
Once more to the galactic underworld with Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett
SNAPSHOTThe Book of Boba Fett, a thrilling Star Wars adventure, finds legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigating the Galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate. Star Continue Reading
Weekday animation poster art – Star Trek: Prodigy
SNAPSHOTStar Trek: Prodigy follows a motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search for a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered – a first in the history of the Star Continue Reading
Sensational streaming double: Cowboy Bebop and Stranger Things (season 4)
Onward streaming addicts! Yes, that includes me, not just because there are so many good programs to check out but because during the latest lockdown, which by the time of its lifting on Monday 11 October, will have run for 15 long weeks, streaming has saved my sanity and emotional Continue Reading
Growth is a group project: Thoughts on Sex Education (season 3)
As series accumulate seasons, they either go one of three ways. They either keep going solidly, and too often stolidly on a BAU basis, or keep trying to push the boundaries until all resemblance to the first season iteration is lost, or, and this is where the nuanced, emotionally-rich brilliance Continue Reading
Fiends, omens and bogeymen – lead me your fears: Trailer lands for Muppets Haunted Mansion
SNAPSHOTIn Muppets Haunted Mansion, the Great Gonzo – world-famous daredevil artiste, has done it all, seen it all, and survived it all. But on Halloween night, the fearless Gonzo takes on the greatest challenge of his life by spending one very daring night in the grimmest-of-the-grim places on Earth… The Continue Reading
Hold on to your humanity: Invasion will test who we are as a people (full trailer)
SNAPSHOTFrom Academy Award-nominated and two-time Emmy Award-nominated producer Simon Kinberg and David Weil, Invasion is a sweeping, character-driven science fiction drama series that follows an alien invasion through different perspectives around the world. Following multiple storylines across different continents, Invasion takes a global look at how one alien invasion would Continue Reading
Let the adventure begin! Around the World in 80 Days starring David Tennant (trailer)
SNAPSHOTThe plot centres around Phileas Fogg (David Tennant) making a £20,000 wager with snobbish members of the prestigious Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days. He’s joined by his new valet Passepartout (Ibrahim Koma), and journalist Abigail Fix (Leonie Benesch). (synopsis courtesy Wikipedia) Much delayed, as Continue Reading