SNAPSHOTStephen plays the optimist to Oscar the Grouch, author of The Pursuit of Grouchiness, in a catchy new song called “Things Are Going To Get Better (Before They Get Worse)”. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) I don’t think you’d find many people who’d disagree with you if you stood up and Continue Reading
Easter festival #1: It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown
You have to hand it to Linus (Stephen Shea) – in the face of all evidence to the contrary, he continues to believe, and believe with a capital “B”, even when sceptics such as Sally mock him gently, and let’s be fair, not-so-gently. For him Halloween, and the arrival of Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2019: Week 4 – Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Denmark
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 to Continue Reading
Book review: The Woman at 1,000 Degrees by Hallgrímur Helgason (translated by Brian FitzGibbon)
One of the most troubling aspects of getting older must be the way you suddenly become invisible to those around you as an actual person who has had a rich and varied life, or really, any kind of life at all. You don’t have to be old yourself to watch Continue Reading
Comics review: The Avant-Guards (issues 1-3)
People love new starts. Well, the idea of them anyway; the actual execution is not as popular, coming as it does with nerves (those butterflies sure can fly some impressively-jarring formations in your stomach), hang-ups, past issues and the daunting fear that what lies ahead may not be a good Continue Reading
Movie review: mid90s
Growing up is a monumental challenge at the best of times. Throw in a less than ideal home life, like the ones alluded to in Jonah Hill’s directorial debut, mid90s, and you have the kind of near impossible situation where simply getting through the day is a feat, never mind Continue Reading
Meet the adorable twosome of Rilakkuma and Kaoru
SNAPSHOTStarring Lana Condor, Rilakkuma and Kaoru is the story of a costume bear and its roommate Kaoru, and the short but sweet time they spend together. (synopsis via YouTube (c) Netflix) Isn’t there anything more enjoyable than an adorable piece of anime with some deliciously-dark threads woven through it. Unlike Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “Such Sweet Sorrow Pt. 1” (S2, E13 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND TENSION! OH, THE TENSION! Those deep indentations you might have noticed on the arm of my favourite streaming viewing chair – frankly, if you did notice them, that’s kind of creepy and I’d prefer you don’t sneak into my home unannounced, or frankly, at all (unless Continue Reading
What We Left Behind: The documentary that gives Deep Space Nine its well-deserved place in the Star Trek sun
SNAPSHOTDeep Space Nine is described as “dark”, “edgy”, and “the black sheep” of the Star Trek family – a show that did not fit in Gene Roddenberry’s vision of the future. 20 years after it left the airwaves, fans all over the world continue to watch Deep Space Nine with Continue Reading
Book review: Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
People love new beginnings. There is something intoxicatingly appealing about the idea that poor decisions can be remedied, mistakes erased and in the case of the comprehensive slow destruction of planet earth and humanity itself, a whole new world, complete with a verdant virginal society, brought into being. It’s a Continue Reading