(courtesy IMP Awards) We are a curious concoction. We spend out the growing up part of our lives looking forward to the adult part of being alive, convinced that this transition will be the thing that defines and makes us, that will confirm that everything we’ve done up to that Continue Reading
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Once more to the whimsically heartfelt frozen opposite of south: The Great North (S2, E11-22)
A lot of modern animated shows are very clever creations indeed. BoJack Horseman, Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers, King of the Hill and Archer are just five examples in a brilliantly inspired slates of shows that manage to bring together vividly-realised characters in all their authentically fallible glory, narratives that are Continue Reading
Times they are a-changing: Thoughts on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 3)
Plunging yourself into a show created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, and then executive produced by her and her collaborator/husband Daniel is one of life’s truly great pleasures. Happy to pack a thousand words in where most people speak a hundred, shows like the Gilmore Girls, Bunheads, and currently The Marvelous Mrs. Continue Reading
Perhaps it is time to begin again: New TV spot drops for Star Wars’ Ahsoka
(courtesy Gizmodo (c) Lucasfilm) SNAPSHOTA spin-off from the series The Mandalorian, taking place in the same timeframe as that series and its other interconnected spin-offs after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983). Rosario Dawson stars as Ahsoka Tano, reprising her role from The Mandalorian. The character was created Continue Reading
The Truth Will Surface: Thoughts on Silo (S1, E1-6)
(courtesy IMP Awards) Humanity has long shown an evolutionarily advantageous ability to turn the very worst of times into, if not the very best of times because not even we are that good, then better times than they might otherwise be. We have employed our inventiveness, our thoughtfulness, our humour Continue Reading
An epic love story: Join the Fellow Travelers (teaser trailer)
(courtesy YouTube (c) Showtime / paramount+) SNAPSHOTCreated by Oscar nominee Ron Nyswaner, based on the novel by Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers is an epic love story and political thriller, chronicling the volatile romance of two very different men who meet in McCarthy-era Washington. Matt Bomer plays handsome, charismatic Hawkins Fuller, who maintains Continue Reading
Back with all their faculties intact: Thoughts on Abbott Elementary season two
(courtesy IMP Awards) Work is a strange thing. Pretty much all of us do it, compelled by a valid need for food, water, shelter and the occasional (or more; thank you eBay) unnecessary shiny thing or fabulous dinner out, to get out there each day and put in eight or Continue Reading
Sitcom round-up! The Big Door Prize, (S1, E8-10) Ted Lasso (S3, E7-10), Not Dead Yet (S1, E11-13) + Schimgadoon! (Schmicago – S2, E6)
THE BIG DOOR PRIZE (S1, E8-10) We all want our lives to mean something. Go on, admit it, of course you do; no one wants to just bumble through life and do the barely noticed minimum but everything from life circumstances over which we have no control to a necessary Continue Reading
Rock is how they roll: Thoughts on the glorious delights of The Muppets Mayhem
(courtesy IMP Awards) Pretty much from the start of their Jim Henson-crafted existence, the Muppets have occupied a special and enduring place in our hearts. And, it should be noted it’s not simply because they are whimsically, charmingly and hilariously adorable though they most definitely are; it’s also largely down Continue Reading
Weekday character poster pop art: Marvel’s Secret Invasion
(courtesy Marvel.com) SNAPSHOTIn Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion, set in the present-day MCU, Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill, and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together they race against time to thwart Continue Reading