Watching Ted Lasso in the closing months of 2021, the second grinding year of pandemic, was one of the best things I have ever done. It lifted my flagging, exhausted spirit, reminded in two superlative seasons – season 1 review and season 2 review – reminded me of how great Continue Reading
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It’s a serious pirate’s life for me! Arrrr … or is it? Our Flag Means Death
SNAPSHOTOur Flag Means Death is loosely based on the true adventures of Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), a pampered aristocrat who abandons his life of privilege to become a pirate. The series also stars Academy Award winner Taika Waititi as Blackbeard, history’s most feared and revered pirate. Our Flag Means Death is a Continue Reading
All that is old is new again on Tatooine: The Book of Boba Fett
Like any franchise reasonably long in the tooth, in the vanishingly brief, blink-and-you’ll miss it timeframe of pop culture anyway, Star Wars always has to approach any new storytelling vehicles with the mindset of whether they intend to stick to a tried-and-true formula or going sprinting boldly forth (yes, that’s Continue Reading
Onward, okay?! Thoughts on Insecure’s fifth and final season
Do we ever really arrive in life? Deep down, we’re all wondering if next week, or next month or even next year will be when we finally, and irrevocably, get all our collective shit together, allowing us to relax, coast and enjoy the fruits of our hard work. But as Continue Reading
Time is broken: Picard races to save the future in Picard (season 2)
SNAPSHOTThe second season of the American television series Star Trek: Picard features the character Jean-Luc Picard as he and his companions are trapped in the 21st century when reality is broken by Q as part of the ultimate trial for Picard. They must race against time to save the future Continue Reading
When it rains, she pours … Thoughts on The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
What a wild ride is The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window! An eight-episode series that sports the kind of title that would make Fiona Apple green with titular envy, The Woman in the House … is the brainchild of Rachel Ramras & Continue Reading
Our deadliest weapon is our greatest hope: HALO debuts its second sensational trailer
SNAPSHOTAliens threaten human existence in an epic 26th-century showdown. A live-action TV series based on the video game Halo. This new Halo series is created by and developed by Steven Kane (creator of The Last Ship, producer on The Closer and American Dad!) and Kyle Killen. The series scripts are Continue Reading
Trio of tantalising TV trailers: Severance, LOTR: The Rings of Power and The Cuphead Show!
Granted using the word “TV” is a tad redundant in this age of cord-cutting, antenna-banishing streaming but there’s still a great deal of affection for an object many people still use and which harkens back to a time when sitting down to watch visual entertainment didn’t amount to a massive Continue Reading
Embrace to chaos: The burred lines between reality and dreams in Moon Knight
SNAPSHOTThe series follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a Continue Reading
Every End is a New Beginning: Thoughts on After Life (S3)
Grief is a cruel and strangely capricious thing. One second you are right as rain, or as close to it as you get in the aftermath of great pain and loss, and the next? Well, the next you are lost again in all manner of deep and abiding sadness, the Continue Reading