It is a rare thing indeed to get to the end of a six-season old show, even one you have loved passionately from the start, and be able to say that it is as good now, if not better, than when it began. Most shows either start out strong, Continue Reading
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Don’t be scared! Will and Grace are coming back, with a brand new trailer to boot
SNAPSHOT That’s right, honey! A decade after their unforgettable eight-season run, comedy’s most fabulous foursome is back. Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally reprise their infamous roles as Will, Grace, Jack and Karen in this exclusive 12-episode event. There’s no doubt that with this crew’s indelible Continue Reading
Now that the glitter has settled: Eurovision Song Contest 2017 wrap-up
This was an oddly quiet year for the Eurovision Song Contest. Granted yes there was the kerfuffle over Russia sending along an act to compete who had, in contravention of well-documented Ukrainian law, performed in Crimea, a brazenly provocative act that saw them withdraw from the event this year, Continue Reading
Hello Mr Cyberman! Doctor Who joins forces with Mr Men
One of the movements that has to come to have a significant impact on modern entertainment options, apart from sequelitis which is alive and well (ish; let’s not get carried away here) is postmodernism, and specifically, it’s love of pluralism. In our 21st century meta-oriented world where the old and Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2017: Week 7 – The Big Six: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom
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 Continue Reading
Oh trust us, you want to get Disjointed with Kathy Bates
SNAPSHOT [Disjointed] follows Ruth (Bates), a lifelong advocate for legalization, as she finally lives her dream as the owner of an Los Angeles cannabis dispensary. Joining her at Ruth’s Alternative Caring are three charismatic “budtenders” (Dougie Baldwin, Elizabeth Ho and Elizabeth Alderfer), her entrepreneurial twentysomething son (Aaron Moten) and Continue Reading
First impressions: Insecure
Issa Rae is a bright, innately charming, intelligent black woman with grand dreams and nascent expectations of life. She is however, like many of us, unsure about it is she goes about making them those shiny visions of the promised land a reality. Insecure, her Netflix series which winningly Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2017: Week 6 – Norway, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, The Netherlands + Russia
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 Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Exquisitely-rendered models of TV show sets
There are times, many times in fact if you’re a regular devoted viewer of a particular TV show that you feel like you’re living in the show with the characters. Granted some people take this a little too far, getting to the point, where they believe the characters and Continue Reading
Love, business and friendship: Thoughts on Grace and Frankie (season 3, eps 1-4)
One of the great delights of Grace and Frankie from the very start has been the wonderful friendship between the two titular characters that underpins the entire show. In contrast to many other sitcoms that present friendships with all the depth of a shallow Petri dish, with about as much Continue Reading