Comedy/dramedy roundup: Loot (S2, E6-10), Not Dead Yet (S2, E6-10) and Big Door Prize (S2, E5-10)

(via Shutterstock) Loot (S2, E6-10) WHAT HAPPENEDIn the back half of the season, Loot manages to go to some expected and wholly unexpected places. Let’s start with the obvious stuff such as the simmering romance between Molly Wells (Maya Rudolph) and her accountant at the Well Foundation, Arthur, played by Continue Reading

Farewell Star Trek: Discovery – reviews of the final two episodes E9 (“Lagrange Point”) and E10 (“Life, Itself”)

(courtesy IMP Awards) EPISODE 9 “Lagrange Point” What a wild ride the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Discovery is! With their spore-drive nav system not exactly up to code and the Breen hot upon their heels, Discovery has no choice but to jump with the hope that they’ll close enough Continue Reading

A mini-mass of movie trailers: Harold and the Purple Crayon, Am I OK?, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F + Star Wars: The Acolyte featurette

(via Shutterstock) How much popcorn is too much popcorn? Is there such a thing? And can you live on choc tops alone? They are all vitally important questions when the movie trailers keep coming and coming and you face the, not altogether unappealing prospect, of spending a considerable chunk of Continue Reading

Star Trek Discovery S5 review: Episodes 5 (“Mirrors”), 6 (“Whistlespeak), 7 (“Erigah”) and 8 (“Labyrinths”)

(courtesy IMP Awards) EPISODE 5: “Mirrors” If you thought getting bounced around centuries of time and space was a LOT for Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the crew of Discovery to put up with “Face the Strange”) and as weird and out there as this season could get, then think Continue Reading

Tons o’ TV trailers: The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power S2, Only Murders in the Building S4, House of the Dragon S2 + news on Heartstopper S3

(via Shutterstock) August is shaping up to be a busy month in streaming land! Ah, what are saying? In the age of digital streaming plenty, every month, week and day is frantic, manic and full-on, ironically turning something that should be, and once was, escapist fun, into something more akin Continue Reading