Happy 50th birthday Sesame Street! It’s a milestone birthday for the much-loved, venerable children’s educational TV program, and amidst a slew of on-air and social media-centred celebrations including a big, fun TV special hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, everyone’s favourite counting and spelling Muppets found their way to James Corden’s The Continue Reading
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Merry fiery Christmas! John Lewis/Waitrose introduces us to Edgar the Dragon
SNAPSHOTJohn Lewis is counting on an excitable baby dragon called Edgar to put some heat under sales this Christmas in its first joint festive advert with the retailer’s sister chain, Waitrose. The campaign is fronted by a 10-year-old actor called Ruby, who had to act alongside a stick or plastic Continue Reading
Let’s Make Christmas Extra Special: ASDA’s beautiful nod to festive magic
I know there are lots of people who think Christmas is far too commercial for its own good … and in lots of ways that’s likely true. BUT, and this is a very important BUT, that doesn’t mean there can’t be some festive wonder and magic in the midst of Continue Reading
Got questions? So does Forky from Toy Story 4
SNAPSHOTComprised of ten short films, Forky Asks A Question will focus on ten of Forky’s most pressing questions such as “what is cheese?” or, more profoundly, “what is time?” Pixar has enlisted Forky’s Toy Story pals, such as Rex (Wallace Shawn) and Hamm (John Ratzenberger), to help him find the answers. Continue Reading
“There’s a lot of stuff happening … and it’s all bad” – Nailed It! Holiday! season 2 trailer goes ho! ho! Oh no!
SNAPSHOTHosted by host Nicole Byer and Jacques Torres, Nailed It! Holiday! sees guests judges Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell, David Burkta, Bridget Everett, Jason Mantzoukas, and Ron Ben Israel navigate some of the worst baking fails this season while the bakers truly struggle to complete all new challenges inspired by the Continue Reading
Leopard seal vs. penguin: Fast, tension-filled natural battle from BBC’s Seven Worlds, One Planet
Ever heard someone complain that nature is “BORING”? It happens all the time but clearly these people have never watched a single moment from a BBC nature documentary, such as the just started screening David Attenborough-narrated series Seven Worlds, One Planet which documents, among many other wonders of the natural Continue Reading
A new city to wrestle with: Thoughts on Glow (season 3)
Believing in yourself is not the easiest of life skills to master. Life coaches and Oprah talk about it like it’s as easy as walking into a store and purchasing a bulk pack in aisle 6, but the reality is that coming to grips with who you are and actually Continue Reading
Weekend TV poster art: The character delights of Green Eggs and Ham
SNAPSHOTHeroes aren’t born, they’re poached, scrambled, and fried … Green Eggs and Ham, serving November 8, only on Netflix. The story you know is just the start. This new adventure is off the charts. Hit the road with a whole new crew. There’s Sam, Guy, and a Chickeraffe too. But Continue Reading
“Look outside – they’re waiting for you”: The Mandalorian debuts new trailer and posters
SNAPSHOTSet in the years between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, The Mandalorian shines a spotlight on the fringes of the galaxy far, far away, leaving behind the saga of Jedi and Sith to focus on the darker, grimier underworlds of galactic society. But even if the Galactic Continue Reading
Full House o’ zombies: The twee horrors of the Walking Dead sitcom
Boy howdy but isn’t the zombie apocalypse a regular hoot-a-freaking-minute? Actually it’s not, something well evident in The Walking Dead‘s current season, which features yet another battle between relative good and evil, and the just-concluded fifth season of Fear the Walking Dead, but you can’t blame a guy for dreaming Continue Reading