SNAPSHOT Set in the wake of some major changes in the Gardner family’s natural environment, Sam (Keir Gilchrist) is struggling to adapt to some shifts in his high school friend group. Elsa (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is still trying to earn back the trust of her husband Doug (Michael Rappaport) Continue Reading
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Fear the Walking Dead: “The Code” (S4, E11 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND WAY TOO MUCH MORGAN FOR ONE EPISODE … “Morgan, it’s not me, it’s you – I think I should start seeing other characters.” That, dear readers, is my imagined opening gambit in a conversation with good old Morgan (Lennie James), a character who whinged about Continue Reading
Sesame Street: How They Became Bert & Ernie (Fresh Prince of Bel Air parody)
There are many reasons to go to Sesame Street – there are 26 very good reasons I can think of straight off the bat – but one of the main ones, apart from watching my favourite monster Grover do this thing (super and otherwise), is to watch the latest Continue Reading
Meatball cake anyone? Release your inner child with Esme & Roy
SNAPSHOT Esme (pronounced EZ-may) (Millie Davis) and her best monster friend Roy (Patrick McKenna) live in Monsterdale, and their monster sitting business is going well. When the pair’s all-purpose carrying case starts playing a jazzy Dixieland tune, Esme says ‘We’ve got a monster to watch!’” Adulthood is supposed to Continue Reading
Overwhelmed by the choices on Netflix? You’re not alone
SNAPSHOT I’m gonna throw Netflix an easy one here Forrest Gump. You know what I know it was on there. I saw it on there I saw it with my own eyes and it’s gone. …speaking of TV shows that I’ve never seen because I’m not big on TV, Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Close Your Eyes” (S4, E10 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AS WELL AS SHISH KEBAB ZOMBIES, UNWANTED WINDOW GUESTS AND REGRET, LOTS OF REGRET When the world around you has gone to the undead dogs – frankly in a world where civilisation has fallen, the reanimated dead wander the earth and Lord of the Flies is Continue Reading
I spy a brand new Star Wars animated series – Resistance
SNAPSHOT The series, which revolves around the ace fighter pilots of Leia Organa’s burgeoning Resistance, follows a young pilot named Kazuda Xiono (voiced by Days of Our Lives’ Christopher Sean), recruited by the rebel group to conduct secretive spying missions on the growing reach of the villainous First Order. Continue Reading
Welcome to Dreamland: Meet the characters of Disenchantment
SNAPSHOT In Disenchantment, viewers will be whisked away to the crumbling medieval kingdom of Dreamland, where they will follow the misadventures of hard-drinking young princess Bean, her feisty elf companion Elfo, and her personal demon Luci. Along the way, the oddball trio will encounter ogres, sprites, harpies, imps, trolls, Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “People Like Us” (S4, E9 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND ZOMBIES WHO ARE BLOWING IN THE WIND … THEY’RE BLOWING IN THE WIND MY FRIEND Things got more than a little Z Nation in the opening episode, “People Like Us”, of the second half of the fourth season of Fear the Walking Dead. The undead, Continue Reading
Phoebe Buffay: The Mystery Ingredient of Friends (video essay)
SNAPSHOT Phoebe is the secret mastermind of the group. She uses her insights about the other characters to pull invisible strings. …Phoebe the puppet master can be a bit of a troublemaker …she has a habit of being loose lipped and even straight-up meddling in her friends personal lives. Continue Reading