The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel leads the pack of the shows I would love to be watching but simply don’t have the time to get to, alas. That’s largely because it sits on its own streaming platform, Amazon, and I’m hardpressed to keep up with two I do have – Continue Reading
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Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Hank Azaria attest to the genius of Mel Blanc
SNAPSHOT Do you know how hard that is? To do to take your own character, have it imitate another one of your own characters? It’s almost impossible. If you try to combine two voices that you’re doing, you kind of just land in the middle. …we all tried to Continue Reading
TV Trailer Trio: Maniac pops a pill, Kidding is definitely not and Outlander teases
So much TV, so little time. Honestly, while other people may fantasise about having lots of money and time to lie on a beach in the south of France, float idly on a riverboat down a quiet burbling river or indulge their love of extreme macrame-making (trust me, it’s Continue Reading
Colony: “What Goes Around” (S3, E13 review) #seriesfinale
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND NO FURTHER STORYLINE OF ANY KIND, THUS UNDERSCORING HOW STUPID THE WHOLE TV SYSTEM IS, PERPETUALLY LEAVING US WITH HALF-TOLD STORIES The making of TV shows is a curiously cruel business. Unlike books, which arrived fully formed, or movies which come with a complete narrative Continue Reading
Tons o’ #SDCC trailers: Origins, FTWD, Nightflyers, Disenchantment, SHAZAM! + lots more (bonus The Good Place gag reel)
As always lots of pop culture goodness came cascading out of San Diego Comic Con wrapped up just under a week ago. This intro is far too short a beast to capture it all which is why you check out Den of Geek’s excellent round-up which has all the Continue Reading
Colony: “Bonzo” (S3, E12 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND THE BEGINNING OF THE END (FOR REAL AND NOT JUST NARRATIVELY) … So Colony is dead … long live, well, nothing really since in marked contrast to shows like Lucifer and Brooklyn 99 which attracted spirited campaigns from fans and cast & crew, the #saveColony Continue Reading
Scoops ahoy! Stranger Things 3 releases a mall-avelous teaser trailer
Ah the ’80s! Gaudy, colourful, pastel-hued fun – hypwercolour T-shirts, shoulder pads, Duran Duran … and the rise and rise of the mall. How big a deal were malls in the 1980s? They were BIG and just how big can be seen in the new teaser trailer for Stranger Continue Reading
Colony: “Disposable Heroes” (S3, E11 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SUBTERFUGE, DOUBLE-DEALING AND UNDERHANDED EVERYTHING! If the alien apocalypse wasn’t such a serious business, and we’re talking “serious” with a capital “S” and some highly luminous but grim neon, you could well argue that everyone is having a hood of a time trying to outfox Continue Reading
There’s a new Doctor Who in town … and she looks amazing! (Season 11 poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT The series will introduce Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, the most recent incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in her TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on the outside. The series will also introduce Bradley Walsh, Continue Reading
Ready to be Insecure all over again? Sure you are … (trailers)
SNAPSHOT Creator Issa Rae (The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl) stars as Issa Dee, who struggles to navigate the tricky professional and personal terrain of Los Angeles along with her best friend Molly (Yvonne Orji). (synopsis via HBO) Good god I love Issa Rae. Specifically, her role in HBO’s Continue Reading