What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
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I sensed darkness: Trailer drops for Star Wars – The Acolyte
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT“In an age of light, a darkness rises…” An investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past. As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems… Continue Reading
“We’re ready to face it together”: Fraggle Rock – Back to the Rock — Season 2 drops an exuberantly happy trailer
(courtesy IMDb (c) The Jim Henson Company / AppleTV+) SNAPSHOTAccording to the official synopsis, Season 2 will show your favorite characters “move through challenges together with hope, silliness, and brand-new songs, all while dancing their cares away…down at Fraggle Rock … Fraggle Rock: Back to The Rock is produced by Continue Reading
Thoughts on The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (S1 E1-E3)
(courtesy IMP Awards) If you were going to set out to be a fabled and mythologised highwayman in 1800s England, the first thing you’d do is make sure you had a killer wardrobe, a haute couture fashion statement that would make your victims gasp with sartorial envy, right? Or perhaps, Continue Reading
It’s a blast! The world without and the world within and Fallout
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTBased on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return Continue Reading
More money, money, money … and heart: Loot season 2 trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn Loot, billionaire Molly Novak (Maya Rudolph) has a dream life, complete with private jets, a sprawling mansion and a gigayacht — anything her heart desires. But when her husband of 20 years betrays her, she spirals publicly, becoming fuel for tabloid fodder. She’s reaching rock bottom Continue Reading
“I feel so ready” – Alice & Jack serves up an honest look at romantic love
SNAPSHOTAlice & Jack reveals how love plays out between two very different people over 15 years. The story explores the seminal question of whether the bonds between us are stronger than the forces that would tear us apart. “It’s more honest about human behavior than most romances allow,” says RogerEbert.com, Continue Reading
Sci-fi double review: Constellation (E1-4) and Halo (S2, E4-5)
(courtesy IMP awards) ——————– SPOILERS AHEAD !!!!!!!!!! ——————– AppleTV+ is showing a brilliant inclination for commissioning thoughtful, epic sci-fi television (Foundation, Silo, Invasion), and Constellation, created and written by Peter Harness, based on concept by Sean Jablonski, is yet another feather in an already considerable cap. This slow-burning story of Continue Reading
It’s time for one last dance with Star Trek: Discovery season 5’s official trailer
(courtesy IMDb (c) Paramount+) SNAPSHOTThe final installment of [Star Trek: Discovery] sees “Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But Continue Reading
Rise from the fall: Thoughts on Halo season 2 (E1-3)
(courtesy IMP Awards) You can’t help but feel, as Halo sets out on its second season deep in the war-troubled depths of the 26th-century where humanity has colonised the stars and found that not all the neighbours are welcoming, that bad things are coming and they are coming up fast. Continue Reading