*SPOILERS AHEAD … COOLERS FULL OF ICE AND FISH, REGRETS AND PARANOIA … NO SIGN OF THE PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE* Wholly in keeping with its apocalyptic mandate, Fear the Walking Dead got all badass, end-of-times Biblical this week with “Pillar of Salt”. Presumably a reference to Continue Reading
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How could you miss the zombie apocalypse AND Rick and Morty? Shaun of the Dead manages to hilariously do both
You’d think that zombies wandering the streets, all looking to devour your flesh in the most primal ways possible, would be a hard thing to miss. But Shaun (Simon Pegg), the eponymous protagonist of 2004’s horror comedy Shaun of the Dead, manages it, not just once but repeatedly. It Continue Reading
Happy International Angela Lansbury Appreciation Day everyone! #Fansbury
It goes without saying, but I will say it anyway, that Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury is one amazing lady. Born in 1925, her career has spanned an enviable number of decades, beginning in the early 1940s with a number of film roles such as Gaslight (1944) and The Picture Continue Reading
Aftermath: Storms, meteors, plagues and the end of the world
SNAPSHOT James Tupper and Anne Heche star In Aftermath, which follows the Copeland family (parents Karen and Joshua, and their children Dana, Brianna and Matt) as they battle for survival when civilization comes to an apocalyptic end, triggered by massive storms, meteor strikes, earthquakes, a plague – and the Continue Reading
Coffee and sneaky feminism: First page of the Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life script
As a non-coffee drinker of long standing – too bitter and frankly it looks like mud; sorry, not sorry – I never quite understood Lorelai’s obsession with drinking java at every possible opportunity. Still, it was intrinsically and amusingly part of her character and so like everything else about Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Pablo & Jessica” (S2, E11 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AS WELL AS UNORTHODOX USES FOR BROKEN TEQUILA BOTTLES AND MAKE YOUR OWN DILUTED OXYCOTIN TABLETS* There’s nothing quite like a relaxing holiday by the beach. All you have to do is sit by the bar, get yourself smashed on tequila, break glasses against the Continue Reading
Dare to defy: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 2 trailer
*SPOILERS AHEAD FOR SEASON 1 … READ ONLY IF YOU WATCHED SEASON 1 OR CAN GO BACK IN TIME AND FORGOT YOU READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE WATCHING SEASON 1 WHICH COULD CREATE A PARADOX … AND NEVER MIND* SNAPSHOT After the defeat of the immortal villain Vandal Savage Continue Reading
Happy 50th birthday Star Trek! Love, Frasier and a whole lot of talented artists
Has it been 50 years already? Surely it was just yesterday that we boldly went where no man has gone before, unleashed a whole lot of trouble with Tribbles, and stood gazing from the City on the Edge of Forever? And yet here we are, not fifty years later Continue Reading
Haha it’s the undead! Z Nation gets ready to ironically laugh its way into a third season
SNAPSHOT Z Nation starts three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood. Although the antibodies he carries are Continue Reading
Feminism and journalism: Nora Ephron opens up in animated 1975 interview
SNAPSHOT “You know I have to say that I’ve never believed in objective journalism and no one who is a journalist in his or her right mind does because all writing is about selecting what you want to use. As soon as you choose what to select you’re not Continue Reading