*SPOILERS AHEAD … BUS RIDES TO HELL … AND A SALUTORY LESSON IN NOT DRINKING AND ZOMBIE-SLAYING* It’s hardly surprising in a show called Fear the Walking Dead that you would have an episode devoted to death. In fact, it would be entirely reasonable if that’s all anyone Continue Reading
Everybody wants to rule the world: Gloriously good Game of Thrones montage video
It’s no secret, not after countless books by George R. R. Martin and six seasons of HBO’s watercooler-stomping megahit TV show, that everybody, and I mean everybody, wants to rule to rule the world. Or in this case, sit upon the Iron Throne and look out upon the Seven Continue Reading
Life upends spectacularly in the highly-emotional Manchester by the Sea
SNAPSHOT After the death of his older brother Joe (Kyle Chandler), Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is shocked to learn that Joe has made him sole guardian of his nephew Patrick (Lucas Hedges). Taking leave of his job, Lee reluctantly returns to Manchester-by-the-Sea to care for Patrick, a spirited 15-year-old, Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: What if every TV show starred cats?
Cats are natural born actors. Sure much of the time they pit their prodigious talents one side in favour of living a boldly authentic life, one which includes turning up their noses at the cat food they normally devour in one sitting and demanding to be out the back Continue Reading
Back in The Flash! Everyone’s favourite speedster is returning soon with season 3
Oh what a tangled web we weave huh Barry? When last left everyone’s favourite speedster – although that status could be in danger given how rash he has become of late, his spontaneous, hotheaded decisions causing no end of chaos – he had raced back in time (again), saved Continue Reading
Mars: National Geographic takes us on a breathtakingly expansive journey
SNAPSHOT The year is 2033, and mankind’s first manned mission to Mars is about to become reality. This is the story of how we make Mars home, told by the pioneers making it possible. (synopsis via YouTube) There are a lot of people trying to get to Mars at Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: A Love Story that urges us to cultivate a better world
I am not usually a fan of promoting brand campaigns since creative though they might be, they are still, in the end, an ad designed to sell product. But there is something about this ad for Chipotle, which frankly could use all the help it can get in the Continue Reading
Comics review: Wacky Raceland (issues 1 & 2)
The apocalypse is upon us once again, bringing it with a radically different take, not to mention three-headed mutants, on Hanna-Barbera’s classic late ’60s road race, Wacky Races. The somewhat still-playful title aside, this is a considerably darker take on the cartoon series which featured 11 cars, 23 characters Continue Reading
Book review: Resistance is Futile by Jenny T. Colgan
Love can find you in the most unexpected of places. Even so, if you’re Connie MacAdair, a mathematics prodigy who has spent her entire life in love with numbers and theorems, and reviled in certain quarters as a hopeless nerd as a result, it’s a fair bet you’re not even Continue Reading
Who’s Your Daddy? The Blacklist gears up for a full-on 4th season
(image via Spoiler TV) In recent years I have increasingly stopped watching a lot of the network shows I used to favour such as Law and Order and CSI in favour of the much more nuanced fare available on the cable providers who tend to be far more adventurous, Continue Reading