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
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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
Star Trek Discovery: “Saints of Imperfection” (S2, E5 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A REALLY NICE RECIPE FOR MUSHROOM RECIPE … WAIT, NO, AS YOU WERE … Apart from its idealistic view of the future, which given current trends looks so Pollyanna-ish that you could be forgiven for thinking we’ll blow ourselves up long before the Vulcans stop by for “Hey, you got warp!” Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “An Obol for Charon” (S2, E4 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SOME GOOD OLD-FASHIONED “IS IT GOOD OR IS IT BAD?” STAR TREK-ING … Damn those multi-phasic stasis shields! Just when you’re zipping through the Alpha Quadrant at speed, warp speed, hot on the heels of Spock’s (Ethan Peck) warp signature – thanks to Number 1 (Rebecca Continue Reading
Valentine’s Day with Friends: Ross, Rachel and love worth waiting for
Ah, love sweet sitcom-engineered love. Ross and Rachel were the emotional will-they-won’t they centrepiece of the Friends sitcom, which ran from 1994 to 2004. While you could argue that theirs was a wholly unhealthy dynamic, those of us with a more romantic view of the world, including hosts Debra Minoff Continue Reading