Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, right? Right? I mean, how can it not be with all the lights and the merriment and the joy and “winter barn displays” (aka nativity scenes) and such? And yet in “Christmas Eve”, the season 3 episode of Superstore which goes Continue Reading
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Thoughts on The Kominsky Method: The final season
Chuck Lorre, sitcom creator extraordinaire is not normally known for his subtlety. His sitcoms are designed to be brash, obvious and funny and if ratings success is any guide – he is the creative force behind Dharma & Greg, Mom, and The Big Bang Theory, among many others – he Continue Reading
In the middle of COVID lockdown, I put 5 new pop culture ornaments on my #ChristmasInJuly tree
It’s not looking like the most festive of Julys at the moment. A combination of complacency and Australian Federal Government ineptitude with quarantining returning overseas travellers and the vaccine rollout mean Sydney, where I live, is deep in the midst of a fortnight lockdown, that may yet get extended by Continue Reading
TV cartoon fun! Say hello to Jellystone! and Chip and Dale
I am a big kid at heart. One of the most obvious manifestations of my childlike-ness is my love of animation, which began all the way back when, at it does for so many people, when I was a kid. I have enormously fond memories of school holidays or Saturday Continue Reading
Dance! Sing! And fall in love in Schmigadoon!
SNAPSHOTDescribed as a parody of iconic Golden Age musicals, Schmigadoon! centers around a couple on a backpacking trip designed to reinvigorate their relationship as they accidentally discover a magical town living in a 1940s musical. They then learn that they can’t leave until they find “true love.” The six-episode season Continue Reading
Aliens are coming … The countdown to Invasion
SNAPSHOTSet across multiple continents, Invasion follows an alien invasion through different perspectives around the world. Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity’s existence. Events unfold in real-time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them. Continue Reading
A loveable trail of destruction on Disney Plus: Turner & Hooch goes TV episodic
SNAPSHOTWhen an ambitious, buttoned-up US Marshal inherits a big unruly dog, he soon realizes the dog he didn’t want may be the partner he needs. Turner & Hooch stars Josh Peck as Scott Turner Jr., the son of Tom Hanks’s character from the original film. Joining him as the titular Continue Reading
One nerd. Two boyfriends. It’s about to get messy: Never Have I Ever S2 trailer drops
Created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, the dramatic comedy follows Indian American teenager Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) as she navigates family, friends, and high school life. The whole ordeal don’t seem to be getting any easier for her in the second season though, as she’s torn between her physical attraction Continue Reading
The true final frontier is time: Trailer lands for Picard season 2
SNAPSHOTStar Trek: Picard tells the next story of Picard’s life, which takes place after the events of Star Trek: Next Generation. Series creator Alex Kurtzman previously described the series as a “very thoughtful, psychological portrait in a lot of ways… Things have changed for [Picard] and changed him in some Continue Reading
The best endings are Atypical: Trailer released for fourth and final season
SNAPSHOTCreated by showrunner and executive producer Rob Rashid, Atypical tells the story of Sam Gardner (Kier Gilchrist)— a young man on the autism spectrum looking for love and independence. Atypical season 4 promises to find all of the characters facing down challenges they never anticipated. For Sam, specifically, that includes Continue Reading