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
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Fear the Walking Dead: “The Door” / “Things Left To Do” (S6, E8 & E9 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … GOODBYES TO A FRIEND AND AN ENEMY AND THE MOST UNDEAD AUTO SERVICE YOU’VE EVER SEEN … One of the great hallmarks of Fear the Walking Dead from the very beginning has been its willingness to explore the horrific toll that something as cataclysmically devastating as the Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2021: Week 3 – Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Iceland
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 2021: Week 2 – Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark
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
Say “Hi!” to the friendly neighbours there … Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (poster and trailer)
SNAPSHOT[Street Gang], which inspired by Michael Davis’ New York Times best-selling book of the name, chronicles the improbable origins and expansion of the groundbreaking show that not only changed children’s television programming, but had real-world effects on equality, education, and representation worldwide. The doc features more than 20 interviews with Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2021: Week 1 – Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium
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
Come join David Attenborough and experience Life in Color
SNAPSHOTDavid Attenborough travels the world from the rainforests of Costa Rica to the snowy Scottish Highlands to reveal the extraordinary and never-before-seen ways animals use color. Using revolutionary camera technology created specifically for this series, viewers will experience how colors invisible to the human eye play a vital role in Continue Reading
Finding themselves before the truth finds them: Thoughts on Ginny & Georgia
MILD SPOILERS AHEAD … AND MUCH ANGST AND HEIGHTENED LIFE STUFF Ginny & Georgia is, in many salient ways, the anti-Gilmore Girls. This may sound like the obvious comparison to draw since the show is about a mother and daughter who are close in age – Georgia (Brianne Howey) had Continue Reading
Second life art: New York artist explains why he paints pop culture icons into discarded old paintings
SNAPSHOT“It came to me at a thrift store. I wanted to take something that had been forgotten and change it in a way that didn’t affect its aesthetic and to see if that, in and of itself, would make it wanted again.” (artist Dave Pollot via Laughing Squid) Op shops, Continue Reading
There’s a new world coming: Trailer bows for The Irregulars
SNAPSHOTMeet The Irregulars: Bea, Jessie, Billy, Spike and Leo. Join this ragtag gang as they uncover the demonic and mysterious depths of Victorian London alongside the sinister Dr Watson and his enigmatic business partner, Sherlock Holmes. (synopsis via YouTube (c) Netflix) It is getting very crowded in the world of Continue Reading