On a scale of things you really don’t want happening to you late in life, when the kids are grown, you finally have the time to pursue your passions and work is close to being a distant memory, having your partner leave you for someone else would have to rank Continue Reading
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Scooby Doo: So You Think You Know Cartoons? Think again
I have loved Scooby Doo since the first time I set sight on the snack-loving goofy Great Dane and his four human mystery-solving cohorts. There was, and still is, something inestimably wonderful about the inherent silliness of the premise, and all its many recurring jokes from the “And I Continue Reading
Life can surprise you: Get yourself ready for Stranger Things
SNAPSHOT When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl. (official synopsis via Netflix) If there is one thing that Steven Spielberg has taught us through his vast catalogue of otherworldly though grounded in heartfelt humanity Continue Reading
They’re alive, dammit! The giddy forward momentum of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
It can be hard to do optimistic well. It doesn’t matter if it’s a book, movie or TV series or even a song, too much sugary goodness in the characters (or the narrative) doesn’t so much help the medicine go down as turn people off the unendingly upbeat character. It’s not Continue Reading
Death Knows No Borders: Fear the Walking Dead returns 22 August (promo + poster)
So the zombie apocalypse huh? It starts off with everyone all united, working together to get out of the damned death-filled hellhole that L.A. has become, and everything’s fine – well as fine as the end of the world can be which let’s be honest is really not fine Continue Reading
Hand of the Queen: How we love thee Tyrion Lannister – let us count the video montage ways
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
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