From the get-go, I loved Torchwood, Russell T. Davies’, sometimes quirky, often harshly emotional, never dull and boring, spin-off from the long-running Doctor Who TV series. Treating dealing with aliens as an almost gladiatorial sports in which the fate of the universe hung in the balance, and death was Continue Reading
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El Patito: Sesame Street parodies Despacito in the sweetest Ernie and Rubber Ducky way
Ah ubiquity you are a double-edged sword. In the case of the catchiest song of the US summer, “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi (feat. Daddy Yankee), that means lots of airplay, remixes without count and the constant presence of the song on just about platform imaginable. It also means, Sesame Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: “Beyond the Wall” (S7, E6 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A LOVELY RELAXED WALK THROUGH THE SNOW … THEN RUNNING, LOTS OF RUNNING … THEN FIRE … THEN … YOU KNOW, LET’S JUST STAY HOME SHALL WE? With Lee Marvin nowhere in sight and not a samurai to be seen, Jon Snow led six intrepid Continue Reading
Back to a different future: The Jetsons get an emotionally-gritty DC Comics makeover
Following the recent trend to give much-loved Hanna-Barbera a bright, sparkly new leg-up into the current pop culture firmament, which has includes Scooby Doo, Wacky Races and The Flintstones, DC Comics has now turned its attention to The Jetsons. Presented at the time as the future equivalent of The Continue Reading
Chewing Gum: Tracey’s humorously messy take on life
Chewing Gum is quirky. Undeniably, hilariously, off-the-wall quirky. But what it also is, and this stops it from becoming a one-trick comedy pony with nothing but quirk to its quirky name, is that it has enough heart-and-soul to fill a few dramas three times as delightfully earnest. The loosely-autobiographical Continue Reading
Drink cranberry juice! There’s a New New New New Doctor in town #LeighLahav
You may recall that the BBC recently announced that the Doctor would be regenerating from Peter Capaldi’s distinctly male form to a – gasp! horror! (fake gasp and horror obviously on my part) – woman, specifically Jodie Whittaker, in this year’s Christmas special. Quite why this was such a Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: “Eastwatch” (S7, E5 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A WHOLE LOT OF SNARK HUNTING AND POWER PLAYING … Depending on your pop culture references, and these days most of us are a giddy, postmodern swirl of just about everything, “Eastwatch”, a reference to one of the gates watching the snowy nothingness north of Continue Reading
Saturday morning cartoons: Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor
Created by Alex Toth, an American cartoonist whose work successfully bridged the worlds of comics books and Hanna-Barbera cartoons (Space Ghost, Herculoids), Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor was a sci-fi animated series where the title inversely reflected the weighting of the protagonists featured within. In each episode of Continue Reading
Head for The Bureau Underground: Time to get Ghosted again!
SNAPSHOT A new comedy from 20th Century Fox Television, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Gettin’ Rad Productions, a cynical skeptic (Craig Robinson), and a genius “true believer” in the paranormal (Adam Scott), are recruited by a secret government agency to look into the rampant “unexplained” activity in Los Angeles — Continue Reading
“What is you smokin’ Bran?”: Even with winter here, #GoT can still have some fun
In the grim, icebound world of HBO’s megahit Game of Thrones, life is a very serious business. How can it not be? Winter has finally come – brr! – White Walkers, led by the vengeful Night King, are on the march, it’s like Westeros Idol out there with everyone Continue Reading