SPOILERS AHEAD … AND MISTRUST AND GUNS AND A DISTINCT LACK OF FRIENDLINESS … So … NEWS FLASH! Even with aliens laying waste to us, our planet and and any sense of integrity we had as a species – did we have any? If we did, the likes of Continue Reading
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Off he goes! All the times Rick went rogue #RickandMorty
SNAPSHOT Part of what makes Rick who he is, is by doing whatever he wants when he wants. Here are all the times Rick went rogue in Rick and Morty! (synopsis (c) GameSpot Universe) Let’s face it – apart from the clever writing, outrageously imaginative stories, gobsmackingly creative world-building and Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Laura” (S4, E5 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND LOVE IN A TIME OF APOCALYPSE … Forget your rom-coms with their “meet cutes”, their getting-to-know-you montages and their misunderstandings resolved at the airport. Or your romantic poets like Lord Byron and William Wordsworth. Your songs of fidelity, enrapturement and eternal devotion. Or your Harlequin romances Continue Reading
All Aboard! Eurovision 2018 – who won, who lost and who’s sweeping up the glitter?
Hard to believe after all the build-up, the song reviews, the minute breakdown of national selection results, and the general buzz of excitement but the Eurovision Song Contest is over for another year. But is it really ever over? We’ll be listening to the songs from this year’s contest Continue Reading
First impressions: The Rain (episodes 1-4)
There is a point as an avid watcher of apocalyptic dramas, and lordy there are so many in our increasingly despairingly cynical world which seems to be practically begging for the end to come, where you begin to wander if there is anything fresh to say about the great Continue Reading
Jabberjaw and Aquaman together fighting dystopian nightmares? You better believe it!
You have to hand to DC Comics – they may not have had much success with their foray into moviedom, save for the stellar success of Wonder Woman, but they sure know they’re away around comic book adaptations of old, beloved Hanna-Barbera characters. Following hot on the heels of Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Buried” (S4, E4 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A DAY AT THE FAIR, GREAT (NON) ESCAPES, AND CATTLE FEED APPETISERS … MMMM “Buried” was a case of almost “leaving on a jet plane / Don’t know when I’ll be back again” … well, it would have been, of course if (a) there were Continue Reading
On ya bike! TV and movie-image rich PSA encourages us to ditch our cars
SNAPSHOT This an unbranded PSA for bike advocates and enthusiasts, content designed for anyone and everyone to share, remix, or tailor for their own purposes to promote cycling and transportation choices in their communities. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) Unless you’re not paying attention at all, or have a twisted Continue Reading
Colony: Maquis (S3, E1 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND DUPLICITY, RESISTANCE AND GREAT BALLS OF FIRE (NO, REALLY, ACTUAL BALLS OF ALIEN FIRE) There’s no such thing as a quiet moment (or six months for that matter) in the apocalypse, alien or otherwise. But goddamn it, the Bowmans, plus Snyder (Peter Jacobson) who’s supposedly Continue Reading
You’re a maniac! Maniac … on the floor! GLOW energetically dances its way to season 2
SNAPSHOT Set in ’85 LA, GLOW revolves around the adventures of Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie), an out-of-work actress who turns to the burgeoning televised female wrestling scene to rescue her career. Ending on a cliffhanger that’d make the World Wrestling Federation organisers proud (someone wins the GLOW crown, someone Continue Reading