SNAPSHOT Three generations of Gilmore women grapple with change and the complicated bonds of family during one year in Stars Hollow. (official synopsis via Netflix) Rejoice and be glad fellow Stars Hollow-ians! For Lorelai (Lauren Graham), Rory (Alexis Bledel), Luke (Scott Patterson), Sookie (Melissa McCarthy), Emily (Kelly Bishop), Lane Continue Reading
First impressions: Class (S1, E1 “For Tonight We Might Die” and E2 “The Coach With the Dragon Tattoo”)
High school is either the best of times or the worst of times, to roughly paraphrase Dickens, but the one thing on which can likely agree is that, coupled with the wholesale changes brought on by being a teenager, it comes with its unique set of challenges. Overbearing parents, peer Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The exploratory delights of Planet Unknown
Humanity has long been fascinated, and with good reason if current climate change trends are any indication (and they certainly appear to be), about what might happen when we have finally sucked the last tantalising vestiges of lifeforce from our beautiful blue planet. While saving the planet before it Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be” (S7, E1 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND AN ORGIASTIC CELEBRATION OF VIOLENCE SUCH AS YOU”VE NEVER SEEN … AND THE WORST STAND-UP COMEDY EVER* Ever since Fonzie gunned his motorcycle and sent himself flying over a shark full of tanks in a scene generally recognised as the narrative nadir of Happy Continue Reading
Earth illuminated: The breathtaking beauty of Planet Earth II (documentary)
It can be safely said that the gold standard for nature documentaries rests with the BBC’s Natural History Unit and it’s rightly-revered longtime presenter and narrator Sir David Attenborough. Time and again the Natural History Unit and Attenborough have demonstrated a fierce and palpable enthusiasm for the natural world Continue Reading
Poster me this! Rogue One: A Star Wars Story character posters
SNAPSHOT A rogue band of resistance fighters unite to steal the Death Star plans and bring new hope to the galaxy. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” takes place before the events of “Star Wars: A New Hope” and will be a departure from the saga films but have Continue Reading
Book review: The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
Grief does strange things to people. And try as we might to predict how we will react in circumstances of great loss, you don’t really know how you will cope, or not cope as the case maybe, until the time comes. In the case of Arthur Pepper, the protagonist Continue Reading
Expanding bloody worlds: The Walking Dead season 7 changes everything (featurette)
The great defining moment from the final episode of season 6 was Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) standing in pouring rain in the middle of the night readying his barbed-wire baseball Lucille to rain down bloody death on one of Rick’s (Andrew Lincoln) crew. We didn’t see who died but Continue Reading
Road to Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life #5: “Nick & Nora / Sid & Nancy” (S2, E5 review)
If you ever wanted a master class in how to kick off an episode of dramatic TV with as many character and narrative boxes ticked as humanly possible without it all feeling too busy or rushed, then the opening scene in “Nick & Nora / Sid & Nancy”, crafted Continue Reading
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s cinematic trailer brings the struggle with the Dark Side vividly alive
Since 2011 when EA’s Stars Wars: The Old Republic was released, players in this Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game, and according to MAXIM, it is massive indeed, have been able to imagine themselves in the roles of Jedi Knight, Sith Lord, Bounty and Smuggler with the added bonus of being Continue Reading