Does life feel a little drab? The edges are a little blurred and indistinct, the in-fill lacking in vivacity and zest? Well, fear dear friends also caught in a beige tide, for Barbie and The Muppets Mayhem have arrived to make your world pop with a technicolour and some whimsical Continue Reading
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The end is closer than we think: Get ready for the Secret Invasion
SNAPSHOTSecret Invasion is a newly announced series heading to Disney+ that stars Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn as the Skrull Talos—characters who first met in Captain Marvel. The crossover event series showcases a faction of shape-shifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years. Secret Invasion Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2023: Week 2 – Israel, Latvia, Malta, Moldova and Netherlands (Semi-final 1, part 2)
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
Boldly going one last time: More thoughts on the final season of Picard (S3, 3-6)
Bringing the old gang back together can often seem like an alluringly romantic idea. And why not? You had fun once, or many times, years back so, of course, you’re going to have fun again because all good things live and endure as long as we will them to, right? Continue Reading
She wants to talk to you: The quirky wit of Mrs. Davis is coming your way!
SNAPSHOTMrs. Davis is the world’s most powerful Artificial Intelligence. Simone (Betty Gilpin) is the nun devoted to destroying Her. Who ya got? Faith and technology are at odds as a nun confronts a power of artificial intelligence. Mrs. Davis is a streaming series created by writers Tara Hernandez (The Big Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2023: Week 1 – Azerbaijan, Croatia, Czechia, Finland + Ireland (Semi-final 1, part 1)
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
Pushing back is the order of the apocalyptic day – first teaser trailer for Sweet Tooth season 2
SNAPSHOTAs a deadly new wave of the Sick bears down, Gus (Christian Convery) and a band of fellow hybrids are held prisoner by General Abbot (Neil Sandilands) and the Last Men. Looking to consolidate power by finding a cure, Abbot uses the children as fodder for the experiments of captive Continue Reading
Streaming selection 4: The Last of Us (S1, E 8-9) and Shrinking (S1, E7-8)
The Last of Us (S1, E 8-9) What matters more – the needs of the one or the needs of the many? It depends on which side of the ethical, and often emotional divide, you stand; in Star Trek: The Original Series‘s film The Wrath of Khan, Spock argues with Continue Reading
Streaming selection 3: The Mandalorian (S3, E1-2) and Not Dead Yet (S1, E3-5)
A sitcom and a sci-fi drama reviewed in the same post? Why not, I say; sure, they are wildly disparate genres, and have little to nothing in common but then that’s the joy of an eclectic taste in streaming programs. You can veer wildly from one type of narrative to Continue Reading
Worlds will collide: Official trailer released for Disney’s American Born Chinese
SNAPSHOT“Worlds will collide.” Jin Wang (Ben Wang), struggling with his school life and home life, meets the new foreign exchange student at his school, leading him to become involved in a battle between Gods of Chinese mythology. American Born Chinese is a series created by Kelvin Yu – a character Continue Reading