SNAPSHOT “In the series, Oliver must navigate the mystical, surprising and sometimes dangerous world where there is never a quiet night and the monstrous guests can be a little high maintenance. ‘Oscar’s Hotel’ transports its audience to a whimsical, fantastical universe where Oliver, a twenty-something manager’s assistant, finds himself as Continue Reading
TV
“Eh … What’s up Doc?” Why a new Bugs Bunny cartoon, Wabbit (poster + teaser trailer)
It’s Bugs Bunny Jim, but not as we know him. In the same year that good old Bugs Bunny celebrated his 75th birthday – he first appeared in a 1940 Tex Avery cartoon A Wild Hare – he is back with an all new series, Wabbit – A Looney Tunes Continue Reading
“It is I, your furry pal, Grover!” 3 reasons why he is my favourite Sesame Street character
I can still remember that magical Christmas eve back in the early ’70s – OK they were all magical but this is the one that I remember most especially – when I work up at 2 a.m. and quietly checked the pillow cases hung at the end of our beds Continue Reading
Can you ever outrun your past? Season 2 of The Leftovers asks the big questions (poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT What if your life was upended in an instant? What if your spouse or your child disappeared right in front of your eyes? Was it the Rapture or something even more difficult to explain? How would you rebuild your life in the wake of such a devastating event? Continue Reading
Yup, there are zombies living among us: iZombie season 2 drops a catchy teaser trailer
SNAPSHOT Olivia “Liv” Moore (Rose McIver) was a rosy-cheeked, disciplined, over-achieving medical resident who had her life path completely mapped out… until the night she attended a party that unexpectedly turned into a zombie feeding frenzy. Now a med student-turned-zombie, she takes a job in the coroner’s office to Continue Reading
Falling Skies: “Reborn” (series finale review)
Stranger than Truth: John Oliver’s releasing a book of pretend history … or is he?
“History,” said Attila the Hun, “is written by the wieners.” Or that could be “winners”, or let’s be honest, he may not have said it at all. Regardless of what he did or didn’t he, the fact remains that history, for all its objectively factual elements, is far more Continue Reading
Hey, who doesn’t want a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend? (poster + promo)
SNAPSHOT Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) is a successful, driven, and possibly crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything – her partnership at a prestigious law firm and her upscale apartment in Manhattan – in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in that exotic hotbed of romance Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Robert Jimenez’s amazing art for Firefly the Verse trading cards
Firefly, a show that only last 14 episodes before being cancelled by Fox, in one of the greatest misjudgements in TV history (and so say all of us!), continues to grow from strength to strength. With a passionate fan base known as The Browncoats behind it every step of Continue Reading
Falling Skies: “Reunion” (S5, E9 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD AND ALL THE DORNIA GEEWHIZ-NESS YOU COULD WANT * So first things first – the 2nd Mass. is still in Virginia at the rather charmingly-named 14th Stalag Virginia (OK that’s not it’s real name but even with Faux Captain Marshall gone, I think we can all agree that’s Continue Reading