SNAPSHOT The Church of the Outsiders believe that mankind is about to evolve, to reach out into the stars. Owen Harper believes that Torchwood has to do whatever it takes to stop them. (synopsis via Big Finish) It’s been awhile (10 years in fact) since the original Torchwood team Continue Reading
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Watch out for Siren – You can’t escape her song
SNAPSHOT What if there was something sinister swimming beneath the sea’s surface? In Freeform’s next epic tale, Siren, the coastal town of Bristol Cove, known for its legend of once being home to mermaids, is turned upside down when a mysterious girl (Eline Powell) appears and begins wreaking havoc Continue Reading
Chilling out – take a nice Slow TV trip on Norway’s snowy railways
There’s no getting around it – life in the 21st century is frenetic and only gathering steam as it powrs along like a bargain hunter at post-Christmas sales. It wasn’t supposed to be like this of course – thanks to the marvels of technological advancement, we were supposed to Continue Reading
Dial it up again! Stargate Origins takes us on a grand new adventure (trailer)
SNAPSHOT In 1939, Professor Paul Langford and his daughter Catherine are still grappling with the mysteries of the ancient relic they discovered in the Egyptian desert more than ten years ago. With war looming in Europe and funding running out, these brilliant minds are approaching their lowest ebb. Little Continue Reading
Glitter and glam! 100 days to the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
On the night of 13 May 2017, with the cheers and encouragement of the packed International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine ringing in his ear, and the landslide votes of Europe propelling him to a resounding victory, Salvador Sobral secured an historic first victory for Portugal in the Eurovision Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “What’s Past is Prologue” (S1, E13 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SOME SHONKY MYCELIUM NAVIGATION … SHOULD’VE BOUGHT THE SPORE TOM-TOM UPGRADE PACK … It has long been said – well since 1918 anyway when Senator Hiram Warren Johnson reportedly made the sage observation – that the first casualty of war is the truth. It sadly Continue Reading
Telly’s screaming? Ernie’s abstract? They are but it’s all the name of art #SesameStreet
You may or may not have come across, depending on your social media exposure, an app that allows you to find out which person from famous works of art you most represent? Known as Google’s Culture & Art app, it’s a lot of silly fun that gives you a Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: One man and his girlfriend in a host of animation styles
The Bee Gees once rather harmoniously asked “How deep is your love?” (let’s be fair they asked they asked everything that way and it sounded SOOOO sweet) One person who doesn’t need to ask or even have that question answered is the partner of illustrator Kells O’Hickey who gave Continue Reading
When Your Catfish Is Actually a Fish (w/ Sally Hawkins) #TheShapeofWater
For those us who have been in the dating scene, and by logical extension, childhood sweethearts aside, that’s pretty much everyone, the heartbreaking disappointment of realising the person in front of you is not what was represented in the online profile, is all too real. It’s a universal experience Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “Vaulting Ambition” (S1, E12 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A SCENE SO POIGNANT YOUR HEART WILL BREAK SURPRISE! SURPRISE! This is not your grandmother’s alternate universe. Unless of course she is from the Mirror Universe in which case she may, drenched in blood, anger and betrayal (it’s so “in” in alternate Paris, trust me), Continue Reading