*SPOILERS … AND ZOMBIES … AND DEATH ALL AROUND AHEAD* One of the most searing lesson from the near universally-well realised first season of Fear the Walking Dead aka When the World Went to Undead Sh*t has been how tenuous civilisation and all the ethics and conventions of upstanding, Continue Reading
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Fear the Walking Dead: “Cobalt” (S1, E5 review)
* SPOILERS … AND AN ARENA OF ANXIOUS-TO-GET-OUT WALKERS AWAIT * Ah humanity, when the chips are down, you either cover yourself in glory, self-sacrificially stepping forward to make lives better for others in times horrifically extraordinary, or you look out for number 1, making sure you’re OK Continue Reading
Still Please Like Me: Season 3 trailer reminds us Josh is still trying to figure things out
SNAPSHOT of seasons 1 & 2 Season one saw Josh come to terms with the multiple changes in his life (his girlfriend had dumped him, he’d gained and lost a boyfriend, come out to his parents, lost his eccentric great aunt, and moved back in to live with his Continue Reading
Torchwood lives on: first series of audio adventures is out with more to come
The world is a dark place my friend and no one knew that better than the tortured souls of Torchwood, hidden beneath Cardiff and fighting aliens with thoroughly disagreeable motives at every turn. A spinoff of sorts from the 2005 revival of Doctor Who – the name is,of course, an Continue Reading
A perfectly funny show just got better: Bill Hader joins Brooklyn Nine-Nine
One of the most enjoyable ensemble sitcoms to come along in some years has been the Andy Samberg-starring Brooklyn Nine-Nine, set in the eponymous police precinct in Brooklyn, New York. What’s set it apart from the slew of half-baked sitcoms that come and go each season, and even some of Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Not Fade Away” (S1, E4 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND THE DEATH OF DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM (FUN HUH?)* Early on in “Not Fade Away”, and perched on top of the roof his dad’s girlfriend’s house watching the undead world go by while he films it, Chris (Lorenzo James Henrie) ironically notes that their new military protectors Continue Reading
And the winner of the best unnamed character in a TV or movie is … Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver is a beautiful, wonderful, amazing city. I’ve been there many times, partly I think because I was a Canadian in another life and needed to let my inner Canuck run free, partly because it’s on the west coast of Canada and thus way closer to Australia than Toronto Continue Reading
When Cookie Met Sally: Sesame Street deliciously spoofs that scene from the iconic romcom
I think we can all agree that the people who make Sesame Street are ridiculously, amazingly, creatively brilliant right? From the catchy, lively segments on learning your ABCs and 123s through to a thousand other small but meaningful segments, they routinely find a way to make education an endlessly Continue Reading
Hold back the Demons: The Shannara Chronicles and the fight for magic and peace
SNAPSHOT The Four Lands, normally a land of magic and peace, faces a threat beyond man: Demons. Banished ages ago, they were held back by a magical wall known as the Forbidding. Yet the source of that magic, the magical tree known as the Ellcrys, is dying, and thus Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “The Dog” (S1, E3 review)
*SPOILERS … AND DOG TARTAR ON THE MENU* I have long held to the idea, rather romantically I must admit, that being a dog in a movie or TV show is a pretty sweet deal. In pretty much every case I can think of, while humanity goes to the Continue Reading