* SPOILERS AND CULTURAL CLASHES AHEAD * Jamie: “I need you to trust me here. My family. My land. My time. I am Laird and you are my lady. We should conduct ourselves as such.” Claire: “I’m not the meek and obedient type.” Soooo … it’s been a Continue Reading
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Quake in fear invading cookies of Bon Bon for the Aveggies are here! (Sesame Street parody)
“People of Earth, prepare to be desserted! Mwahahaha!” You may have noticed that a small, low budget indie film by the name of Avengers: Age of Ultron is currently in cinemas, the latest in Marvel’s long line of super successful superhero movies to triumph at the box office. Even Continue Reading
Goodnight Westeros: The world’s most entertainingly bloodthirsty bedtime story
Who, as a child, didn’t love a lovely relaxing bedtime story right before you went off to join the Sandman in the Land of Nod? (A scary guy in himself, the very idea of whom gave me the heebie-jeebies as a child; neither he nor the land he inhabits actually sounds Continue Reading
Outlander: The Devil’s Mark (S1, E11 review)
*SPOILERS AND “WITCHES” AND EYE OF A NEWT AHEAD!* “Looks like I am going to a f**king BBQ!” (Geillis Duncan) It’s been obvious to every viewer of Outlander, and most acutely to its protagonist Claire Randall/Fraser (Caitriona Balfe), since the show began that we are not in Kansas anymore, Toto. Continue Reading
What are we doing here? The do-or-die mysteries of syfy’s Dark Matter (trailer)
SNAPSHOT In Dark Matter, the crew of a derelict spaceship is awakened from stasis with no memories of who they are or how they got on board. Facing threats at every turn, they have to work together to survive a voyage charged with vengeance, betrayal and hidden secrets. The Continue Reading
You thought winter coming was a downer? Try having Jon Snow as a dinner guest (Game of Thrones parody)
We’ve all been to dinner parties like it. What seems at first like it will be a relaxed evening over great food and fine wines with very good friends suddenly becomes weird, awkward and interminably long thanks to the presence of one unexpected, strange and oddly-self-involved guest with the Continue Reading
Zach Be Nimble: One comedian, a piranha and Sesame Street teach us about being “quick and light”
It goes without saying that if you want to teach a lesson well, it must involve a piranha. It’s an educational truth so self-evident that it’s a wonder every learning institution in the world isn’t equipped with a school of the cannibalistically-feisty Amazonian creatures. Sesame Street, now in its Continue Reading
Outlander: “By the Pricking of My Thumbs” (S1, E10 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD AND ALL MANNER OF FAERIE FOLK* Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a witch. Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us. Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with witches? Peasant 1: Burn them. Sir Bedevere: And what do you Continue Reading
Didn’t see that coming: Netflix’s Grace and Frankie deal with big changes in their lives
SNAPSHOT In Grace and Frankie, Jane Fonda (Grace) and Lily Tomlin (Frankie) star as two women whose lives are suddenly turned upside down when their husbands reveal they are gay and leave them for each other. Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, they form an unlikely bond to face an Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Modern TV shows and movie get a retro ’80s VHS cover makeover
We’ve all heard the old adage “everything old is new again”, a wry commentary on the idea that everything from fashion to fads to old toys comes back around again eventually, but what about “everything new is old again”? It may not as common an axiom but in the Continue Reading