Nostalgia is a pretty unreliable lens to look at anything through, prone to rose-coloured distortions, warm-and-fuzzy childhood memories, and a willingness to forgive all kinds of deficiencies in the service of venerating something you love. All of which complicates reviewing a series that came out in the year I Continue Reading
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Looking right down the barrel: Colony S3 trailer previews toughest season yet
SNAPSHOT The new season begins six months after the Bowmans’ escape from the Los Angeles bloc as Will (Holloway) and Katie (Callies) struggle to rebuild their family in the world beyond the walls. When their peaceful existence is shattered, they are sent on an odyssey that will finally reveal Continue Reading
Countdown to new Lost in Space: Original comic book series (review)
Pick up any issue of Space Family Robinson Lost in Space, and the first thing you’ll notice beyond the gloriously melodramatic painted covers, is the complete absence of pretty much every character we love in Irwin Allen’s Lost in Space TV series. Where’s Zachary Smith? The Robot? Major Don Continue Reading
The One With Purple Walls: How design powerfully influenced Friends
SNAPSHOT “I said I think we should paint the wall purple. Everybody was really anxious about it. Nobody likes change until I painted the little model purple. Color is really important in terms of establishing the show identity. …One of the responsibilities of a production designer is to look Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2018: Week 4 – Australia, Denmark, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Malta
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
Oh my you’re cinematically naked! What movies look like without special effects
CGI is in! It’s in BIG in movies and if you’ve seen any blockbusters lately, and if not, why not, there are some damn good ones out there, you will have seen all kinds of gloriously-created worlds (think A Wrinkle in Time), augmented characters (War For the Planet of Continue Reading
My Dad’s favourite TV shows: Dad’s Army #HappyBirthdayDad
My Dad would have been 85 today. He died back in 2016 in the worst June I have ever had the sadness and misfortune to live through but as time has time has moved on, as it always does with unsentimental determination and ferocity, I have found myself remembering Continue Reading
Weekend Pop Art: Games of Thrones characters get Disney-fied
Is it possible to make Game of Thrones cute? Yes, CUTE – you heard me. It’s probably not the first word that springs to mind about a show that’s better known for bloody, internecine struggles, betrayal, lust and endless, nightmarish war … oh, and zombies. Not excactly Hello Kitty Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2018: Week 3 – FYR Macedonia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Switzerland
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
Been there, done that, got the undead T-shirt: Why People Stopped Watching The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead used to be such a good show. It took a while for my housemate to convince this horror-averse boy that there was substance to go along with the zombies but he did and I found myself utterly transfixed by show that has was dark and apocalyptic Continue Reading