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
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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
A semi-ton of streaming trailers: Schmigadoon! S2, Silo, I’m a Virgo, Rennervations + Barry S4
I am an ambitious man. No, I do not long to bring about world peace (though that would be nice) or to become president of something or to write the definitive novel to which all other novels are compared (though that would, naturally, be also very nice). What I do Continue Reading
Once more the centre of attention – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel releases a season 5 trailer
SNAPSHOTThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — which debuted in November 2017 — follows Midge, a Jewish American housewife, and her family in 1960s New York City. Their seemingly perfect life is turned on its head when her husband, Joel Maisel (Michael Zegen), announces he’s leaving her for his secretary. While rambling Continue Reading
Streaming selection 2: Thoughts on Star Trek: Picard (S3, E1-2), The Last of Us (S1, E6-7) and Shrinking (S1, E5-6)
We have sci-drama, apocalyptic tension and hilarious humanity in the spotlight in this post, proof that streaming TV has something for pretty much anyone! Want to see old friends on a bold new adventure? We can do that! What about going to the end of the world and finding that Continue Reading
You can’t always get what you want … but you might what you need with Ted Lasso S3 trailer
SNAPSHOTIn the third season of Ted Lasso, the newly-promoted AFC Richmond faces ridicule as media predictions widely peg them to finish last in the Premier League and Nate (Nick Mohammed), now hailed as the “wonder kid,” has gone to work for Rupert (Anthony Head) at West Ham United. In the Continue Reading
Laughing on the way to solving a mystery: Thoughts on Poker Face (S1, E1-5)
Have you ever wondered, and if not, why not, what a reboot of Murder, She Wrote would be like if Jessica Fletcher (played by the delightfully talented and now sadly departed Angela Lansbury) was a minimum-wage worker (and sometimes not even that), on the run from organised crime casino-owning thugs, Continue Reading
Between midlife crisis and full blown meltdown … and an angry goose: Lucky Hank drops first full trailer
SNAPSHOTLucky Hank is a mid-life crisis tale set at Railton College, told in the first person by William Henry “Hank” Devereaux, Jr. (Odenkirk), the unlikely chair of the English department in a badly underfunded college in a working-class American town. His discontent is rooted in unresolved issues with his father, Continue Reading
Keep believing … Ted Lasso drops a heartfelt teaser trailer for its third season
SNAPSHOTPer the official logline, the 12-episode third season of Ted Lasso will follow the newly promoted AFC Richmond, which faces ridicule as media predictions widely peg them as last in the Premier League, while Nate, now hailed as the “wonder kid,” has gone to work for Rupert at West Ham United. In Continue Reading