(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
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The real story is just beneath the surface: Thoughts on Bodkin
(courtesy IMP Awards) Adding a healthy dose of quirkiness to most genres usually works a treat, throwing an appealing dash of flawed humanity into the mix which helps to leaven out some of the more straight down the line elements. In fact, properly and well used quirk has the power 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
No more champagne and the fireworks are through … The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 wrap-up
(courtesy Eurovision.tv (c) Corinne Cumming) We have a winner! Switzerland’s non-binary identifying Nemo took the top prize this year with his empowering song “The Code” in a contest that was, unfortunately, marked as much by controversy as inspiring moments. Nemo romped away with the jury votes with a clear majority Continue Reading
#Eurovision cultural festival 2024 streaming review: Love & Anarchy (Kärlek & anarki) S1
(courtesy IMDb (c) Netflix) Ah but it’s a good and glorious thing to have your expectations thoroughly and robustly thwarted! Especially when it comes to a TV/streaming show such as Love & Anarchy (Kärlek & anarki), a Swedish series which presents itself in its whimsically light and frothy trailer as Continue Reading
What’s the next stage? Thoughts on The Big Door Prize (S2, E1-4)
(courtesy IMP Awards) It will surprise precisely no one to say that we live in an age where it feels like everything, and we mean everything, is on frantic frenetic, screamingly loud and epic fast-forward draped in garish neon and with a thumping electrobeat pounding out of the speakers. That’s Continue Reading
Something borrowed, something Bluey: why we love a TV wedding (curated article)
(courtesy IMDb (c) Ludo Studio) Article via Liz Giuffre , Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney via The Conversation There is nothing like a wedding episode. Bluey’s first 28-minute special, “The Sign”, was the ultimate wedding television. Full of family, and family-friendly, the wedding between Bluey’s godmother Frisky Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2024: Week 7 – The Big 6 – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, UK (Grand final)
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