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
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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
A fart in the shape of a man: Further thoughts on The Good Place (S1, E9-13, S2, E1-9)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A HOST OF EXISTENTIAL CONUNDRUMS … When I was first wrote about NBC’s savvy, clever new-ish sitcom The Good Place last October, I remarked on how rare it is to fall head over heels in love with a show on a first viewing. Most TV Continue Reading
Upsetting the social apple cart? The unconventional romance of Splitting Up Together
SNAPSHOT Lena and Martin were once madly in love. But, like many marriages, time and circumstance eventually took their toll. Lena (Jenna Fischer, The Office), the perfectionist, fell into the role of caretaker for everyone, including Martin (Oliver Hudson, Scream Queens). Martin felt he could never do anything right Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “The Wolf Inside” (S1, E11 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND ENOUGH EXISTENTIAL ANGST TO KEEP FRENCH PHILOSOPHERS BUSY FOR DECADES … POSSIBLY CENTURIES … There are monsters lurking inside all of us. That deeply unpalatable truth is narratively front and centre in Star Trek Discovery‘s latest tour de force offering with Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) wrestling Continue Reading