(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTBarbie is an upcoming romantic comedy film based on the eponymous fashion doll line by Mattel and directed by Greta Gerwig, who co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach. It serves as the franchise’s first live-action film adaptation after a number of computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming TV films Continue Reading
Sitcom round-up! The Big Door Prize, (S1, E8-10) Ted Lasso (S3, E7-10), Not Dead Yet (S1, E11-13) + Schimgadoon! (Schmicago – S2, E6)
THE BIG DOOR PRIZE (S1, E8-10) We all want our lives to mean something. Go on, admit it, of course you do; no one wants to just bumble through life and do the barely noticed minimum but everything from life circumstances over which we have no control to a necessary Continue Reading
Comic strip review: MUTT’s Walking Home by Patrick McDonnell
(courtesy Andrews McMeel Books) One of the reasons you read a well-written and beautifully drawn comic strip is to spend time with characters you love. Sure, it helps if they look appealing and they’re funny and the world they inhabit is one you wouldn’t mind being a part of too, Continue Reading
Something’s in the air: Strange New Worlds drops a dazzlingly adventurous S2 trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn Season 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, confronts increasingly dangerous stakes, explores uncharted territories and encounters new life and civilizations. The crew will also embark on personal journeys that will continue to Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #87: Kylie Minogue, Netta, Hemlocke Springs, Dreamer Isioma + Grimes … and more Eurovision 2023 aftermath
(Photo by FPVmat A on Unsplash) You want music that sounds like it will playing in your head for days, weeks, months, and quite possibly, years? How about if it’s produced by artists with a distinctive look, sound and sense of musically artistically self? Also good right? What about if Continue Reading
Get ready for more paw-esome adventures: The Snoopy Show drops season 3 trailer
(courtesy YouTube (c) AppleTV+) SNAPSHOTThe world’s most famous beagle is back again for his close-up! Dig into new adventures with Snoopy, along with his best pal, Woodstock, and the rest of the Peanuts gang. Produced for Apple TV+ by Peanuts and WildBrain, the series is directed by Rob Boutilier (Snoopy Continue Reading
Book review: The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen by Gary Eloon Peter
(courtesy Goodreads) If you’re not a natural fit for the societal mainstream, it can hard coming to grips with precisely who you are, especially in those pivotal teenage years when defining yourself is pretty much the first order of business. The reason why it’s so hard is that while those Continue Reading
Rock is how they roll: Thoughts on the glorious delights of The Muppets Mayhem
(courtesy IMP Awards) Pretty much from the start of their Jim Henson-crafted existence, the Muppets have occupied a special and enduring place in our hearts. And, it should be noted it’s not simply because they are whimsically, charmingly and hilariously adorable though they most definitely are; it’s also largely down Continue Reading
Weekday character poster pop art: Marvel’s Secret Invasion
(courtesy Marvel.com) SNAPSHOTIn Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion, set in the present-day MCU, Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill, and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together they race against time to thwart Continue Reading
Book review: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
(courtesy Hachette Australia) One of the great delights of reading, indeed of the consumption of any kind of pop cultured medium, is coming across a story that absolutely reinvents, emboldens and breathtakingly refreshes the genre of which it’s a part. When it happens it constitutes one of those wondrous moments Continue Reading