Rick and Morty, from the hilariously fetid, gloriously imaginatively trippy minds of Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, is one of the best animated series to emerge in recent years. Not only does it sport brilliantly-realised characters who are over the top dysfunctional but authentically and humourously human, and a premise Continue Reading
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Road to Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life #8: “Raincoats and Recipes” (S4, E22)
On the surface, “Raincoats and Recipes”, which finished off a busy and sometimes tumultuous fourth season for Gilmore Girls, was all about Lorelai (Lauren Graham) finally opening her own inn, a 20 year old dream that finally found fruition in concert with close friend Sookie (Melissa McCarthy). But it Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “The Cell” (S7, E3 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … WALKERS LYING DOWN ON THE JOB AND DEALS WITH THE DEVIL AKA NEGAN COMING BACK TO BITE YOU ON THE PROVERBIAL* The zombie apocalypse is generally not the kind of situation that if you would think of as boring, predictable or rut-like. Existentially excoriating yes. Continue Reading
Falling Water: What if your dreams are not your own?
SNAPSHOT An intersection between reality and unconscious thought, FALLING WATER is the story of three unrelated people, who slowly realize that they are dreaming separate parts of a single common dream. Each is on a quest for something that can only be found in their subconscious. However, the more Continue Reading
Fantastic worlds beneath: Guillermo del Toro’s Trollhunters
SNAPSHOT Trollhunters follows 15-year-old Jim (Anton Yelchin) and his two best friends, Toby (Charlie Saxton) and the benevolent troll Blinky (Kelsey Grammer), who make the startling discovery that beneath their hometown lies a hidden battle between good trolls and bad. Ron Perlman also lends his voice as Bular, a Continue Reading
Road to Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life #7: “Those Are Strings, Pinocchio” (S3, E22)
Once of the great enduring strengths of the Gilmore Girls is the way in which it beautifully balanced the quirky joys of small town life, and specifically the BFF bubble within that inhabited by Lorelai and Rory (Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel respectively) with the reality that life is not always Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “The Well” (S7, E2 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AS WELL AS RECOGNITION, MUCH OVERDUE AFTER LAST WEEK’S SHOCKING SEASON OPENER, THAT HUMANITY IS AS MUCH, IF NOT MORE, ABOUT THE GOOD AS THE BAD* Thank god for The Kingdom! The new community encountered by Morgan (Lennie James) and Carol (Melissa McBride – to Continue Reading
The world is in trouble! Time to get to Sweet/Vicious
SNAPSHOT Starring Taylor Dearden (“Ophelia”) and Eliza Bennett (“Jules”), “Sweet/Vicious” is an offbeat superhero story for the millennial generation. Hell-bent on bringing justice to those who get away with abuse on their college campus, Jules and Ophelia take on double lives as wannabe vigilantes. Filled with clumsy attempts and Continue Reading
Road to Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life #6: Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days (S3, E1 review)
If there is one thing the good, fast-talking, quip-ready people of Stars Hollow love, well more than yet another festival – First Annual Stars Hollow End of Summer Madness Festival anyone? It fills in September! Taylor Doose (Michael Winter) is well pleased – it’s having an opinion on something Continue Reading
I need coffee and donuts please – Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life has a full trailer!
SNAPSHOT Three generations of Gilmore women grapple with change and the complicated bonds of family during one year in Stars Hollow. (official synopsis via Netflix) Rejoice and be glad fellow Stars Hollow-ians! For Lorelai (Lauren Graham), Rory (Alexis Bledel), Luke (Scott Patterson), Sookie (Melissa McCarthy), Emily (Kelly Bishop), Lane Continue Reading