Hard to believe after all the build-up, the song reviews, the minute breakdown of national selection results, and the general buzz of excitement but the Eurovision Song Contest is over for another year. But is it really ever over? We’ll be listening to the songs from this year’s contest Continue Reading
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First impressions: The Rain (episodes 1-4)
There is a point as an avid watcher of apocalyptic dramas, and lordy there are so many in our increasingly despairingly cynical world which seems to be practically begging for the end to come, where you begin to wander if there is anything fresh to say about the great Continue Reading
Jabberjaw and Aquaman together fighting dystopian nightmares? You better believe it!
You have to hand to DC Comics – they may not have had much success with their foray into moviedom, save for the stellar success of Wonder Woman, but they sure know they’re away around comic book adaptations of old, beloved Hanna-Barbera characters. Following hot on the heels of Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Buried” (S4, E4 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A DAY AT THE FAIR, GREAT (NON) ESCAPES, AND CATTLE FEED APPETISERS … MMMM “Buried” was a case of almost “leaving on a jet plane / Don’t know when I’ll be back again” … well, it would have been, of course if (a) there were Continue Reading
On ya bike! TV and movie-image rich PSA encourages us to ditch our cars
SNAPSHOT This an unbranded PSA for bike advocates and enthusiasts, content designed for anyone and everyone to share, remix, or tailor for their own purposes to promote cycling and transportation choices in their communities. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) Unless you’re not paying attention at all, or have a twisted Continue Reading
Colony: Maquis (S3, E1 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND DUPLICITY, RESISTANCE AND GREAT BALLS OF FIRE (NO, REALLY, ACTUAL BALLS OF ALIEN FIRE) There’s no such thing as a quiet moment (or six months for that matter) in the apocalypse, alien or otherwise. But goddamn it, the Bowmans, plus Snyder (Peter Jacobson) who’s supposedly Continue Reading
You’re a maniac! Maniac … on the floor! GLOW energetically dances its way to season 2
SNAPSHOT Set in ’85 LA, GLOW revolves around the adventures of Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie), an out-of-work actress who turns to the burgeoning televised female wrestling scene to rescue her career. Ending on a cliffhanger that’d make the World Wrestling Federation organisers proud (someone wins the GLOW crown, someone Continue Reading
Thoughts on Lost in Space (Netflix, 2018)
Buckle up folks! This is not your childhood’s Lost in Space. Not that that’s a bad thing – after all for all its kooky loveliness, idiosyncratic appeal and sufficient beloved catchphrases to power a thousand comic-cons for millennia, Irwin Allen’s 1960s journey into the stars was not without its Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Pop culture characters get an animated makeover
As a creator, you must get used to your creations being out there, subject to proper copyright observance of course, for everyone to love, enjoy and interpret as their own. One group who makes particular use of this release into the pop culture wild of all kinds of movie Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2018: Week 7 (the Big Six) – France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, UK
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading