SNAPSHOTThe Easter bunny is ill, Granny needs to find a replacement for him and suggests Bugs Bunny. When she reaches the Warner Bros. lot, she finds to her disappointment that Bugs is tied up in filming Knighty Knight Bugs but offers to work out a solution after filming wraps up. Meanwhile, Daffy Duck, partially overhearing the Continue Reading
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Road to Eurovision 2020: Week 2 – Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Malta, North Macedonia, Norway
This is normally how I begin these review posts … 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 Continue Reading
Easter festival 2020: Vicar of Dibley’s “The Easter Bunny”
One thing that British sitcoms have always excelled at is mixing serious moments into their usually buoyant silly comedy. It’s not easy to do; when you’re cracking jokes at a million miles an hour, whether verbally or visually, misplaced moments of serious emotion can arrive like hard-slammed brakes, stopping the Continue Reading
The challenges of love and sobriety: Thoughts on Feel Good
“And they all lived happily ever after” would have to be the most loaded phrases ever attached to any story ever. It’s a lovely idea and one we clearly want to embrace since everything from the fairytales to romantic comedies to Hallmark cards like lovestruck limpets to the idea that Continue Reading
Our COVID-19 addled world may be grim right now but John Krasinki has Some Good News for you!
SNAPSHOTThe Quiet Place writer and director recently asked his Twitter followers for uplifting stories that might be getting lost in the deluge of bad news. Their responses inspired him to make his own new show, filmed safely from his home. And the stories he shares genuinely made us feel better. They Continue Reading
M*A*S*H ended its TV run 37 years ago but it has something to say about COVID-19, trust us
“I have sincerely believed for a long time that whatever issue life puts in front of us MAS*H had a solution. I had some pent up creative energy today, so I did this while you were all cleaning your closets and such.” (Frank Vaccarriello via Laughing Squid) M*A*S*H was, and Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2020: Week 1 – Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus
This is normally how I begin these review posts … 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 Continue Reading
Six Seasons … and a reunion? Not quite the hoped-for movie but pretty cool even so
If you are a fan of Dan Harmon’s brilliantly quirky sitcom Community, you will be well acquainted with the idea of Six Seasons and a Movie, the rallying cry from fans everywhere who dream of the perfect send off for one of the best and most original comedy shows of Continue Reading
Star Trek: Picard review: “Et in “Arcadia Ego, Part 1” and “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2” (S1, E9 & E10)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND TRUST … AND OLD FRIENDS … AND THE END OF THE UNIVERSE? Picard is, especially in its epic, edge-of-your-seat finale that sees the fate of the universe hang once again in the balance, proof positive that it is not only possible to go back but to Continue Reading
COVID no more! A mash-up of film and TV clips that playfully address life in a time of pandemic
SNAPSHOT“Here’s a fun little video I cut amongst these strange weird times we’re in.” (producer at Austin, TX post-production house Cut to Black) We live in wild and crazy times. A single powerful virus is currently taking the lives of thousands of people who deserved many more years with their Continue Reading