No one ever said having aliens surreptitiously invade Earth under the guise of a secretive coterie of powerful collaborating human overseers would be easy. Actually to be fair no one said that at all, but in “Company Man” and “Fallout” we witness the complexities of life under the Raps, the Continue Reading
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The Walking Dead: “Rock in the Road” (S7, E9 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … ABD BBQ’D ZOMBIE ROADKILL* Ladies and gentlemen step right up, step right up! It’s time to play everyone’s favourite apocalyptic game “Kill the REALLY Bad Guy!” Yes, yes we’ve played it many times before, to varying degrees of success, but the rules are essentially the Continue Reading
First Impressions: Legion
At one key point in this utterly remarkable, highly-original and deliriously imaginative show, the protagonist, David Haller (Dan Stevens), an Omega-level mutant on the run from as yet-unnamed Bad Guys stops and asks his girlfriend/rescuer from certain death, Sydney Barrett (Rachel Keller), “Is this real?” Granted they’re fleeing for Continue Reading
Simon’s Cat is Looking For Love #ValentinesDay
Can cats fall in love? Well, why not? After all, as Cole Porter wrote in his 1928 classic song “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)” … “Birds do it, bees do it Even educated fleas do it …” So it stands to reason that even cats can feel Continue Reading
John Oliver returns … but not sitting on the Iron Throne … or as Larry David or …
SNAPSHOT Presenting a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events, as well as addressing broader issues, the Emmy-winning show is the only weekly news-oriented comedy series to be presented on Sunday night. (synopsis via Coming Soon) Does he helm the biggest show on HBO? Ah Continue Reading
Colony: “Panopticon” (S2, E4 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD* There is a crushing moment towards the end of “Panopticon” when one of the key secondary characters, Jennifer (Kathleen Rose Perkins), the partner of Will Bowman (Josh Holloway) realises that there is nothing left for her in the brutal new alien-dominated order she has so strenuously tried Continue Reading
Tom Hardy reads a bedtime story, and yes, You Must Bring a Hat
One of things I always loved as a child was having my mum or dad read me a bedtime story. It was a wonderful way to end the day – lots of one-on-one time with my parents, another delightful story in which I could lose myself (and the origin no Continue Reading
There’s a new letter on Sesame Street … or is there?
Let’s face it – you get to a certain point in life and you feel like you’ve seen it all. The good old “there’s nothing new under the sun”, a phrase drawn from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible, that laments the unsurprising monotonous feel of life begins Continue Reading
Celebrate diversity: Eurovision gets ready for this year’s epic event
The Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956 as a means of cementing new bonds of European togetherness, forged in the ashes of World War Two, using music and song to draw people together in peaceful intent. While you could argue that things haven’t always been peaceful in ensuing years, Continue Reading
Collaborate or resist: Thoughts on the first 3 episodes of Colony season 2
In the tense and politically-charged times in which we live, Colony, from creators Carlton Cuse and Ryan J Condal, has never seemed more relevant or instructive. With the new Trump Presidency firmly in the White House and showing an alarming tendency towards fascism, the idea of a rigidly-policed society controlled Continue Reading