SNAPSHOTA long time ago in living rooms across the US, a bizarre 98-minute Star Wars-themed variety show aired on CBS to an estimated 13 million viewers. It wasn’t necessarily the first of its kind: hosts like Donny & Marie Osmond and Richard Pryor had done TV variety shows with Star Continue Reading
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All aboard the crazy train: Thoughts on Russian Doll (S2)
Most people, but granted not all people will, if they have unresolved issues with their past, head off to see a therapist to talk it all out and hopefully find some sort of closure, elusive though that often proves to be. Not, Russian Doll‘s Nadia Vulvokov (Natasha Lyonne, who created Continue Reading
Off voyaging with newly-released Star Trek: Strange New World’s opening titles
SNAPSHOTThe series follows Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series. (synopsis courtesy Wikipedia) I am huge fan of multi-layered, season-long or series-long arc storytelling in Star Trek of the Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2022: Week 6 – North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Sweden (semi-final 2, part 3) + Semi-final 2 top 10 picks
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
Road to Eurovision 2022: Week 5 – Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Israel, Malta, Montenegro (semi-final 2, 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
The beginning of one thing can be the rest of everything: Get ready to fall in love with Heartstopper
SNAPSHOTThe story of two British teens, Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring, at an all-boys grammar school. Charlie, a high-strung, openly gay overthinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, one day are made to sit together in class. Their friendship quickly becomes something more for openly gay Charlie, but he Continue Reading
Weekday streaming pop art: Character posters for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
SNAPSHOTStar Trek: Strange New Worlds features Anson Mount as Captain Pike alongside Ethan Peck and Rebecca Romijn who also reprise their Discovery roles as Spock and Number One, a.k.a. Una Chin-Riley, respectively. Filling out the crew of the USS Enterprise are Jess Bush (Skinford) as Nurse Christine Chapel, Celia Rose Continue Reading
When time is broken and reality is screwed: Thoughts on Picard (S2, E 1-5)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND RIFTS IN TIME AND THE SOUL WHERE IT’S DARK, VERY DARK, INDEED … You would scarcely have called Picard season 1 a lighthearted romp in the park, full as it ruminatively was with thoughts on grief, loss, bigotry, hatred and paths not travelled (and profound regret Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2022: Week 4 – Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia (semi-final 2, 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
War is coming – the Upside Down is coming for everyone in the new trailer for Stranger Things season 4
SNAPSHOT“So much of the season is about Max. We open the season with her struggling with [her grief] and her trying to navigate that, and Max, on the other hand, is also someone who doesn’t easily open up to people. So a lot of what she’s dealing with, she’s struggling Continue Reading