SNAPSHOT The comic series will continue to unravel the future-set continuity of the Blade Runner universe, picking things up after the events of the long-awaited 2017 movie sequel, director Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, which followed the exploits of replicant blade runner K (Ryan Gosling), whose circuitous existential crisis leads him into Continue Reading
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Every family is Atypical (season 2 review)
There is something utterly freeing and refreshing about Sam Gardner (Keir Gilchrist), the protagonist on Netflix’s Atypical. An 18-year-old senior on the autism spectrum, Sam is a reassuring presence for all of us, regardless of who we are or our circumstances, that it’s entirely okay to be yourself, and Continue Reading
Spock me! Star Trek: Discovery S2 trailer debuts at #NYCC
SNAPSHOT (SMALL SPOILER) That mantra will no doubt be put to the test, as the rest of the trailer is crammed with scenes of the Discovery and its crew embarking on dangerous missions. The overall mission seems to be to find the source and intent of seven signals that Continue Reading
The sounds of Moominvalley will be international and up-to-the-minute
SNAPSHOT The Moomins are one of Finland’s biggest exports and have a global fan base. Moomins have enjoyed popularity since the 1950s, when the original Moomin comic strips were published in the Evening News newspaper. On the video below Marika Makaroff is speaking about building a new animated world Continue Reading
Doctor Who: “The Woman Who Fell to Earth” (S11, E1 review)
Doctor Who is back, baby! That may seem a little too irreverent a way to begin a review of the latest iteration of the venerable 55-year-old BBC sci-fi franchise, but I don’t think the Thirteenth Doctor, the first version played by the incomparably playful Jodie Whittaker, would mind one Continue Reading
Dynasties: David Attenborough and a whole lot of animal families
SNAPSHOT From the team behind Life Story and Planet Earth II, this is an intense portrayal of the lives of these animals as they unfold, day-by-day, hour-by-hour, where the tiniest incident may end up having a huge consequence on their future. Their chances of success depend on their own Continue Reading
Welcome to The Haunting of Hill House … you’re expected
SNAPSHOT The Haunting of Hill House is a modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson’s legendary novel of the same name, about five siblings who grew up in the most famous hauntedhouse in America. Now adults, they’re reunited by the suicide of their youngest sister, which forces them to finally confront Continue Reading
Take a look at little green men in Project Blue Book
SNAPSHOT HISTORY’s upcoming new drama series “Project Blue Book” is based on the true, Top Secret investigations into Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and related phenomena conducted by the United States Air Force from 1952-1969. The series is inspired by the personal experiences of Dr. J. Allen Hynek, a brilliant Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “… I Lose Myself” (S4, E16 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … KEGGERS AS A WAY TO PERSONAL SALVATION … Hands up if you know the best way to avoid dying and becoming a member of the ravenous undead in the zombie apocalypse? Don’t get caught in the middle of a zombie herd approaching from both ends of Continue Reading
Rick and Morty get their anime on with this brilliantly-reimagined opening sequence
Suffused with a wildly-extravagant, boundless imagination, an irreverent sensibility courtesy of creators and sustainers Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon and a willingness to GO THERE, Rick and Morty is one animated series not limited by an unwillingness to try anything once. So I’d like think that Messrs Harmon and Continue Reading