In a very real sense, Insecure, the creation of multi-talented actress/writer/producer/director Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore, has been “glowing up” since the moment of its creation. Beginning life as highly-acclaimed web series, The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl, affectionately referred to by most people as Awkward Black Girl, the series, Continue Reading
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Star Trek Discovery: “If Memory Serves” (S2, E8 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND BLUE SINGING PLANTS AND FAIRLY-INVASIVE THERAPY WITHOUT THE COMFY COUCH … Hands up everyone who loves dredging up really super-traumatic memories? And again, those of you who like doing that in a dank cave-like structure underground on restricted Federation planet Talos IV – the very same Continue Reading
IDGAF! Thoughts on Grace and Frankie season 5
One of the great rewards of getting older, and they are there, creaky body parts and forgetful memory notwithstanding, is the increasing sense that you can do as you please. Of course, you can’t always do that since people weirdly insist on your wearing clothes on public transport and a Continue Reading
Is your soulmate really out there? French series Osmosis says yes … and no
SNAPSHOTParis, in the near future. Technology has conquered the last frontier: decoding true love. Digging deep into its user’s brain data, the new dating app “OSMOSIS” can find a perfect match with 100% accuracy, turning the concept of absolute soulmate into a reality. But is there a price to pay Continue Reading
Grab a marmalade sandwich! Paddington is heading to the small screen
SNAPSHOT The show will see the bear writing to Aunt Lucy from Windsor Gardens. Each episode will open and close with Paddington’s letters as he tells Aunt Lucy what he has learned about life through the day’s new adventure. (synopsis by We Got This Covered) I love him when I Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “Light and Shadows” (S2, E7 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … BUT NO SIGN OF CYNDI LAUPER, TIME AFTER TIME … BUT LOTS OF TACHYONS WHICH IS, YOU’LL HAVE TO AGREE “FREAKING AMAZING” … So it seems we are in a fight for the future! You could well argue we are fighting for it all the time; in Continue Reading
Is Cookie Monster a letter? Kermit says no, little girl begs to disagree … but they still love each other
SNAPSHOT Joey: Now I’ve sung my ABC next time Cookie Monster giggling. Kermit – Next time Cookie Monster, will sing with you, I’m leaving. Joey – I love you. Kermit – I love you, too. Joey – Thanks. If there’s one thing that you associate with Sesame Street, and good Continue Reading
Dying is easy – it’s living that’s hard: Thoughts on Russian Doll (season 1)
Life does not usually afford us too many do-overs. Captive to a headlong rush down the chronological racetrack, you’re lucky if you have the chance to get it right the first time, let alone again and again until, maybe, possibly, you get it right. Netflix’s latest smash hit, Russian Doll, Continue Reading
A killer second act: Barry debuts second season trailer
Barry was, hands down, one of the best TV shows of the last year. Violent and yet tender, expansive and yet intimate, it was a show that beautifully balanced humour and horror, severe existential angst and nascent hope and possibility, an insightful study of humanity that was as moving as Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “The Sounds of Thunder” (S2, E6 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND THE SOUND OF BOOTS STOMPING ALL OVER THE PRIME DIRECTIVE YET AGAIN … “We all come from somewhere. We carry that place with us wherever we go. That never leaves our hearts. Not entirely. But none of us can predict where our voyage will lead. We Continue Reading