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
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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
Faux Shows 2: Unreal TV offerings not coming to a platform near you
SNAPSHOTAs you wind down at the end of the day and open a go-to streaming platform, we’re all faced with the difficult task of choosing what we want to watch. Stockbuster previews feature generic genres we’ve all learnt to expect. Stereotypical characters we all love, “originals” and binge-worthy series we’ve Continue Reading
The journey to success is … Atypical (season 3 trailer)
SNAPSHOTAtypical is a coming-of-age story from the point-of-view of Sam, an 18-year-old on the autistic spectrum searching for love and independence. While Sam is on his funny and emotional journey of self-discovery, the rest of his family must grapple with change in their own lives while exploring the question: what does Continue Reading
A celebration of creativity and silliness: The Jim Henson Company Sizzle Reel
I wrote some weeks ago Twitter that Jim Henson was the creator of much of the happiness of my childhood. That may sound like an unholy dissing of those nearest and dearest to me, and of Indian food and cheesecakes, two of the culinary touchpoints of growing up for me, Continue Reading
“And that’s the end of the Morty-gets-a-dragon experiment” – It’s the manically hilarious BAU trailer for Rick and Morty S4
They’re back! After two long Mr Meeseeks-deficient years, Rick and Morty, the gloriously twisted, technicolour creation of Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, is back with the first five episodes of season 4 (another five are on the way at some indeterminate point in the future, along with an additional 60 Continue Reading
Six sensational #NYCC TV trailers: Lost in Space S2, Star Trek Discovery S3, Picard, Snowpiercer, The Walking Dead spinoff, Devs
New York Comic-Con 2019, “an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay,[4] toys, movies, and television”, has just run its course, and with it came a delectable torrent of TV trailers, including for some very anticipated TV shows. I’ve gathered Continue Reading
An undead family history: How zombies have changed over time in popular culture
SNAPSHOT“The zombie, they say, is the soulless human corpse still dead but taken from the grave and endowed by sorcery with a mechanical semblance of life. The zombies of Haitian folklore are controlled by a sorcerer called a bokor who uses them for his own ends often for menial work Continue Reading
Weekend movie poster art: Harley Quinn emancipates herself with cheeky chutzpah in Birds of Prey
SNAPSHOTMargot Robbie will be reprising her Suicide Squad role of Harley Quinn in the film, which also stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary, Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain, Ewan McGregor as the villain Black Mask, Chris Messina as Victor Zsasz and Rosie Perez as Continue Reading
We’re not in Hawkins anymore: Creepy af Stranger Things 4 teaser video
The Upside Down is creepy as hell. Seriously, nervy, nasty, awful creepy and not the kind of place in which you’d want to any kind of sustained time. (Right Will? Will? Oh he’s gone and who can blame him?) And yet, get your demagorgon spray ready, it looks like that’s Continue Reading