SNAPSHOT “Season Two of Outlander begins as Claire and Jamie arrive in France, hell-bent on infiltrating the Jacobite rebellion led by Prince Charles Stuart, and stopping the battle of Culloden. With the help of his cousin Jared, a local wine merchant, Jamie and Claire are thrown into the lavish Continue Reading
“The best stories infuse wonder”: 20 Years of Pixar
One of the most transformative experiences of my life took place in 1995 when I went to see a movie called Toy Story. It was the first feature film from a new animation company called Pixar, and as a lover of well told animated stories from way back, I Continue Reading
Slavery or death: What would you choose At the End?
Humanity really doesn’t do all that well when it comes to aliens appearing unheralded in our skies. We’re either slaughtered, herded, bombed, or in the case of short film, At the End, offered sanctuary by a fleet of alien ships from a supernova that will engulf and destroy Earth. Continue Reading
Now this is music #59: Paris Wells, Moguai ft. Cheat Codes, Transviolet, DWNTWN, Pell
I hear ya – it’s Friday and frankly you’ve only got enough energy left to dial up the local pizza place, twist the top off a bottle of wine and collapse on the couch to watch “Real Surviving Housewives of the Amazing Race” or something. But sometimes, and hear Continue Reading
Movie review: In the Heart of the Sea
Grand epics are often fashioned out of humanity battle to come to grips with something wild and untameable. It might be the expansive natural world that constantly reminds us that we are not quite the all-conquering masters of our domain that we might like to think we are, or perhaps our Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Start to Finish” (S6, E8 review)
*SPOILERS … AND BROKEN WALLS, ILL-TIMED FIGHTS AND THE LATEST IN ZOMBIE-INSPIRED FASHION AHEAD.* One of the things that The Walking Dead has always done exceptionally well is weave deep, thoughtful ruminations on the nature of humanity and how it reshapes itself in the face of great threats into its Continue Reading
Can you tell me how to get to the all-new HBO Sesame Street?
Yes Sesame Street, on air for 45 years on PBS, and a recognised leader in the field of children’s educational programming – not to mention the home of Big Bird, Ernie & Bert and Grover, is on the move. Yes, the entire street! For those of us that blanch Continue Reading
Poster me this! Collaborate or resist: Colony asks what your choice would be
SNAPSHOT From executive producers Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Ryan Condal (Hercules) comes USA’s newest, highly-anticipated drama COLONY. Set in the very near future, COLONY centers on one family’s struggle to survive and bring liberty back to the people of an occupied Los Angeles. SAG winner Josh Holloway (Lost) stars Continue Reading
Ho! Ho! WOOF! MEOW! Merry Christmas from The Secret Life of Pets
SNAPSHOT Comedy superstars Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet and Kevin Hart make their animated feature-film debuts in The Secret Life of Pets, which co-stars Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress and Albert Brooks. Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and his longtime collaborator Janet Healy produce Continue Reading
They’re back! The Tenth Doctor (Who) and Donna Noble return in a series of audio adventures
I try not to play favourites with my pop culture children … Oh, who am I kidding? That’s all, and pretty all of us do! So my delight at finding out that my favourite modern Doctor Who – and quite likely my favourite overall sorry Doctor #4 (Tom Baker) Continue Reading