(courtesy IMP Awards) The Bible has said it. Countless novels has ruminated on the idea. And it’s been observed more than once by everyone from social commentators to political experts that evil often wears a pleasing and amenable face. It makes sense, of course. After all, as a species we Continue Reading
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Time for higher education: Abbott Elementary season 3
(courtesy IMP Awards) The very best sitcoms don’t simply makes us laugh. That may seem like a strangely counter-intuitive thing to say since the final three letters of the genre’s abbreviated name makes it very clear that is very much what they are there to do; and yes, they are Continue Reading
On their way to you … Frasier S2, Penelope and Kaos … plus maybe Ted Lasso season 4?
(via Shutterstock) Thank goodness we have more TV shows coming our way! I mean, we’re just about out of options so … kidding, of course. We manifestly are not even remotely short of shows to stream and frankly the number of new programs coming our way is almost alarming (which Continue Reading
“I LOVE epic journeys!” Join Nemo & Dory and Coco and the Incredibles and more on all-new LEGO Pixar Bricktoon adventures
SNAPSHOTLEGO Pixar: BrickToons is a TV series for Disney+ featuring classic Pixar characters. Join some of your favorite LEGO Pixar characters for all-new adventures! Sing along with Miguel in the Land of the Dead (from Coco), help Merida and her brothers through a beary rocky situation (from Brave), take an Continue Reading
Life, grief, and the dark upheaval of the unknown: Thoughts on Sunny S1: E1-6
(courtesy IMP Awards) There’s a particular type of TV/streaming show around at the moment which purports to be breezily idiosyncratic, and is in fact just that, but which, once it gets going, pulls back the quirky facade and breaks the oddball tone, to go big and dark and reveal just Continue Reading
Now a major murder picture: Full trailer released for Only Murders in the Building S4
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn [Only Murders in the Building]’s Hollywood-focused season 4 trailer, we learn that Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short), and Mabel’s (Selena Gomez) podcast is getting a film adaptation. And who’s going to play our lovable heroes? None other than Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis, and Eva Longoria. Continue Reading
So many SDCC2024 trailers! ST: Strange New Worlds S3, ST: Section 31, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S2, Doctor Who + ST: Lower Decks S5
(via Shutterstock) San Diego Comic Con is one of the biggest events on the world pop culture calendar. Bestriding the zeitgeist like multi-headed entertainment colossus, SDCC has a ton of news and previews and sets the tone for much of the next year’s releases and buzz. SDCC 2024 was no Continue Reading
Christmas in July festive review redux: I watched “Tis the season to be murdered” (Hart to Hart, S2 E5)
“Oh Jonathan! What a lovely day. This is going to be the best Christmas ever.” And with those words, Jennifer Hart (Stefanie Powers), who by this stage in season 2 of Hart to Hart (1980) should know better, dooms the Harts to another festive season littered with murder and mayhem. But Continue Reading
Festive animated Peanuts special: I Want a Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown
(courtesy IMDb) Remember when you were a kid and as Christmas approached, all you wanted, all you could think to ask for from Santa, was one particular toy or thing. You were, in a way only kids can ask for, obsessed, and all that mattered was getting that present and Continue Reading
Star Wars: Acolyte review – what went down in E5 (“Night”), E6 (“Teach/Corrupt”), E7 (“Choice”) and E8 (“The Acolyte”)
(courtesy IMP Awards) If religious dogma and legalistic ideology prove anything, it’s that a good many people like their beliefs neatly binary and plainly explained. They also want to believe, to an almost amusingly delusional degree, that the institutions charged with keeping those beliefs sustained and upheld are perfect and Continue Reading