Everyone has their favourite character in a TV show. It doesn’t matter how well-written or acted an ensemble show is, and Game of Thrones is one of the very best of the current crop, there’s always a character or maybe two that grips your imagination or stokes your imagination Continue Reading
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Wayward Pines: “Time Will Tell” (S2, E7 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND THE CORPSE OF ONE HUMAN BEING WHO DIDN’T LEARN AS FAST AS THE ABBIES* So let me riddle you this, dear Wayward Pines viewers? If you were wanting to find some way to head off the looming Abbie-ocalypse, in which the town will be overrun Continue Reading
Finally watched: The Grinder
SNAPSHOT The series follows television actor Dean Sanderson, Jr. (Rob Lowe), who returns to his hometown of Boise, Idaho after his long-running television series, The Grinder, ends. Though Dean is not a lawyer, he believes that his experience playing one on television makes him qualified to practice law. He Continue Reading
Yeah yeah Ben Sinclair knows he’s really High Maintenance
SNAPSHOT Created and written by the married duo, Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair, High Maintenance follows a Brooklyn pot dealer as he delivers to clients with neuroses as diverse as the city. Ben Sinclair stars as “The Guy,” an everyman pot dealer who makes cameo appearances in the lives Continue Reading
Feeling Insecure? So is Issa Rae on HBO
SNAPSHOT The half-hour comedy series Insecure, starring Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis and Lisa Joyce, looks at the friendship, experiences and tribulations of two black women. Created and executive produced by Issa Rae, this eight-episode series is also executive produced by Prentice Penny, Melina Matsoukas, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Continue Reading
B is for Book: Pharrell Williams joins Elmo and Cookie Monster to sing about the joys of reading
I have loved books since the moment I could read (and thanks to my mother and father who loved reading to me way before that). Primarily I think because they spoke to the highly-imaginative soul in me, the dreamer, the embryonic writer and storyteller who loved the endless possibilities Continue Reading
Wayward Pines: “City Upon a Hill” (S2, E6 review)
“There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.” (John Heywood, 1546) *SPOILERS AHEAD … AND ABBIES MUSIC WHICH, TRUST ME, IS AN ACQUIRED TASTE* Humanity this is your 10 second warning Continue Reading
First impressions: BrainDead
Well this explains everything. Why is the world spinning to ever greater political extremes from Brexit in UK to Trump in the USA and Australia’s federal government uncertainty? Bugs. Alien bugs. Eating the brains of those who would govern us. BrainDead, from Michelle and Robert King (The Good Wife), Continue Reading
Where were you on The Night Of? (trailer)
SNAPSHOT From creators Steven Zaillian and Richard Price, The Night Of is an eight-part limited series that delves into the intricate story of a fictitious murder case in New York City. The series follows the police investigation and legal proceedings, all the while examining the criminal justice system and Continue Reading
Can the story of a relationship be told through classic love songs? Anna Kendrick and James Corden say yes
So what if all of our romantic relationships were set to music, IRL musicals that reflected the highs and lows, the joys and the sadness, the angst and the content of love sweet Cupid-struck love? Well if you’re tone deaf, probably not such a good idea; but if you’re Continue Reading