Demonstrating once again that they are hip to the viral groove, Sesame Street has taken up the Mannequin Challenge, which according to the good people at Wikipedia is “a viral Internet video trend where people remain frozen in action like mannequins while a video is recorded, usually with the Continue Reading
Saturday morning cartoons: Hong Kong Phooey
Hong Kong Phooey is yet another of Hanna-Barbera’s long line of cartoon creations that seems to have had a far longer on-screen life than he actually did. In truth, the entire series which is comprised of 16 episodes which in turn broke down into 2 sub-episodes, only ran for a Continue Reading
First impressions: Love (E1 “It Begins” and E2 “One Long Day”)
It was ABBA who once sang, in one of their more obscure early releases, that “Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure is Hard Enough)”. In a nutshell it summed up everything that many of us feel about love. On the surface love is all wine and roses, romantic dinners with Continue Reading
Escape into an exotic universe in Luc Besson’s Valerian (teaser trailer)
SNAPSHOT Under directive from their Commander (Clive Owen), Valerian and Laureline embark on a mission to the breathtaking intergalactic city of Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis comprised of thousands of different species from all four corners of the universe. Alpha’s seventeen million inhabitants have converged over time- uniting their talents, Continue Reading
Movie review: Arrival
Given the state of the world at the moment, awash as it is with IS insurgency, Brexit, the radicalised far right voting in extremist presidents in place as far removed as Turkey, the Philippines and even the United States, the idea of aliens arriving with a message of unified, Continue Reading
Splash! Plunge into an extra special dose of Finding Dory (DVD/Blu-ray release special features)
One of the loveliest movies to hit our screens this year, and further proof that some sequels are worth our time, Finding Dory is one those films that you want to watch again and again. It’s a reminder of the enduring bonds of friendship and family, of the innate Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Service” (S7, E4 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND MORE VILLAINOUS QUIPS PER SQUARE METRE THAN A BOND VILLAIN CONVENTION* Like a broken record played over and over and over again by a zombie instinctively remembering they once loved this thing called “moo-zik”, the producers of The Walking Dead endlessly regale us with Continue Reading
Bodies of clay: Rick and Morty’s The Non-Canonical Adventures
Rick and Morty, from the hilariously fetid, gloriously imaginatively trippy minds of Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, is one of the best animated series to emerge in recent years. Not only does it sport brilliantly-realised characters who are over the top dysfunctional but authentically and humourously human, and a premise Continue Reading
For the love of animals: Shelter Me features Patrick McDonnell, creator of comic strip Mutts
The first moment I saw a Mutts comic strip, it was love at first sight. As I detailed in my post celebrating the 20th anniversary of Patrick McDonnell’s delightful creation, the appeal of a strip that Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz once referred to “One of the best comic strips Continue Reading
Poster me this! Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
SNAPSHOT Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an all-new adventure returning us to the wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling. Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) stars in the central role of wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, under the direction of David Yates, who Continue Reading