Sure, they can face off against bloodythirsty, warmongering Klingons, triumph over bad guys from another dimension and rescue people in the nick of time from planetary into a devouring sun … but can the crew of the Discovery, Star Trek’s latest ship of the line, SING? Or, at least, singalong, Continue Reading
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Want to meet a Super. Dysfunctional. Family.? I give you The Umbrella Academy
SNAPSHOT The show’s 10 episodes follow the members of the Umbrella Academy, seven of the 43 babies all born on the same day in 1989 to women who showed no signs of being pregnant the day before. Billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves adopts these seven kids, all of whom possess extraordinary Continue Reading
One team: The breathtaking beauty and inspiring message of Our Planet
SNAPSHOT The groundbreaking, eight-part series will showcase the planet’s most precious species and fragile habitats, revealing amazing sights on Earth in ways they’ve never been seen using the latest in 4k camera technology. Filmed in 50 countries across all the continents of the world, with crew capturing more than three Continue Reading
Respect, opportunity and joy: The timeless lessons of 50 years of Sesame Street
Sesame Street is 50 years old this year! That’s a lot of words of the day, pearls of wisdom, Grover-led hilarity and learning opportunities dispensed to the children of the world, especially those in disadvantaged situations, and Sesame Workshop, the organisation behind Sesame Street since 1969 when it all began, Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “Point of Light” (S2, E3 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND MUCH FIERY KLINGON-NESS … AND FAMILIAL ANGST … The big question for this episode of Star Trek Discovery, entitled “Point of Light” (or seven of them but it’s only one episode and who’s got time, narratively-speaking, for seven of the damn things?) is whether in space, Continue Reading
Pobody’s nerfect! Well the cast of The Good Place kind of are in this on-set video
Who doesn’t love to pull back the curtain, The Wizard of Oz-style – well, in that case the Wizard wasn’t a fan which was, fair enough I guess; he had a lot to hide – and see what happens before the glitz and the glamour, or in the case of Continue Reading
The sublime in the mundane: Ross Marquand impersonates A-list stars doing everyday things
You could be forgiven for being surprised that Ross Marquand, who plays beleaguered survivor Aaron on AMC’s The Walking Dead (to be fair every single last person on the show is beleaguered), is a man of 1001 celebrity impressions. But he is, and damn good ones at that, and the Continue Reading
Let’s talk about Sex Education baby
Love is, for all its Hallmark-tinged, Valentine’s Day-enabled, rose-tinted loveliness, a very messy business in the real world. Just how messy becomes clear in Netflix’s new eight-part show Sex Education in which the students at a British private school, Moreland, as typical a hotbed of hormones and unbridled lust as Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “New Eden” (S2, E2 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND WEIRD SIGNALS AND ALTRUISTIC ALIENS (AND AMISH BUTTER?) No matter how imaginatively-captivating it may be, a premise is only ever as good as its execution. Nowhere is this more evident, this week at least, than with episode two of Star Trek Discovery‘s sophomore season which was a Continue Reading
Wonder Twins powers … activate! (comic preview)
SNAPSHOT Exiled from their home planet, alien heroes Zan and Jayna must navigate life as teens on Earth at South Metropolis High School, where they’re even bigger outsiders than the typical awkward young adults. Under the watchful eye of Superman, the brother and sister pull monitor duty at the Hall Continue Reading