Farewell Star Trek: Discovery – reviews of the final two episodes E9 (“Lagrange Point”) and E10 (“Life, Itself”)

(courtesy IMP Awards) EPISODE 9 “Lagrange Point” What a wild ride the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Discovery is! With their spore-drive nav system not exactly up to code and the Breen hot upon their heels, Discovery has no choice but to jump with the hope that they’ll close enough Continue Reading

A mini-mass of movie trailers: Harold and the Purple Crayon, Am I OK?, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F + Star Wars: The Acolyte featurette

(via Shutterstock) How much popcorn is too much popcorn? Is there such a thing? And can you live on choc tops alone? They are all vitally important questions when the movie trailers keep coming and coming and you face the, not altogether unappealing prospect, of spending a considerable chunk of Continue Reading

Star Trek Discovery S5 review: Episodes 5 (“Mirrors”), 6 (“Whistlespeak), 7 (“Erigah”) and 8 (“Labyrinths”)

(courtesy IMP Awards) EPISODE 5: “Mirrors” If you thought getting bounced around centuries of time and space was a LOT for Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the crew of Discovery to put up with “Face the Strange”) and as weird and out there as this season could get, then think Continue Reading

Tons o’ TV trailers: The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power S2, Only Murders in the Building S4, House of the Dragon S2 + news on Heartstopper S3

(via Shutterstock) August is shaping up to be a busy month in streaming land! Ah, what are saying? In the age of digital streaming plenty, every month, week and day is frantic, manic and full-on, ironically turning something that should be, and once was, escapist fun, into something more akin Continue Reading

No more champagne and the fireworks are through … The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 wrap-up

(courtesy Eurovision.tv (c) Corinne Cumming) We have a winner! Switzerland’s non-binary identifying Nemo took the top prize this year with his empowering song “The Code” in a contest that was, unfortunately, marked as much by controversy as inspiring moments. Nemo romped away with the jury votes with a clear majority Continue Reading

#Eurovision cultural festival 2024 streaming review: Love & Anarchy (Kärlek & anarki) S1

(courtesy IMDb (c) Netflix) Ah but it’s a good and glorious thing to have your expectations thoroughly and robustly thwarted! Especially when it comes to a TV/streaming show such as Love & Anarchy (Kärlek & anarki), a Swedish series which presents itself in its whimsically light and frothy trailer as Continue Reading

Something borrowed, something Bluey: why we love a TV wedding (curated article)

(courtesy IMDb (c) Ludo Studio) Article via Liz Giuffre , Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney via The Conversation There is nothing like a wedding episode. Bluey’s first 28-minute special, “The Sign”, was the ultimate wedding television. Full of family, and family-friendly, the wedding between Bluey’s godmother Frisky Continue Reading