Pop culture is like a hydra, heads sprouting everywhere so often and in such profusion that finding the time and real estate on the blog to feature them all is next to near impossible. Hence, this new series which will throw two wholly different shows/books/movies/comics as a way of getting Continue Reading
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Fear the Walking Dead: “210 Words Per Minute” (S5, E10 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND JELLY BEANS … AND REMOTE CONTROL CARS … AND STARLIT NIGHTS THAT AREN’T BUT ARE IN ALL THE RIGHT, LIEE-ENDING WAYS … Shopping in the zombie apocalypse is never a good idea. More specifically, shopping in the apocalypse at a mall in the zombie apocalypse a Continue Reading
You’re Not a Monster: Even members of the supernatural need a therapeutic listening ear
SNAPSHOTMax Seward’s patients really are the horrifying monsters they think they are … because they really are horrifying monsters. …features the voices of Kelsey Grammer, Eric Stonestreet, Aparna Nancherla, Ellie Kemper, Patton Oswalt, Adam Pally, Amy Sedaris, and more. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) How does Medusa really feel about all Continue Reading
The end is the beginning: Picard gets a prequel comic book and novel
SNAPSHOTStar Trek: Picard will tell the next story of Picard’s life, taking place after Star Trek: Next Generation. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Star Trek: Discovery creator Alex Kurtzman revealed in March that it will be “a very different show from Discovery.” He also mentioned that the Continue Reading
20 years later … I’m still Mad About You
SNAPSHOTIn its return, Mad About You will explore the modern marriage through the eyes of the Buchmans (Reiser and Hunt) as newly minted empty-nesters after dropping their unpredictable, hard-to-control daughter Mabel off at college. (synopsis (c) Deadline) TV revivals are a wonderful thing. Let me qualify that — TV revivals Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Channel 4” (S5, E9 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND EXPLODING ZOMBIES, BAD MUSTARD AND HIGHLY-DECORATIVE, INSPIRATIONAL TREE ART … You know what the zombie apocalypse needs far more of, well besides less of the undead? Pad Thai, of course! Granted, this may not be the first thing that springs to mind in a world crying Continue Reading
Carnival Row: Murder, mystery and love supernatural
SNAPSHOTCarnival Row is a fantasy-noir set in a neo-Victorian city called Burgue. Mythical creatures fleeing their war-torn homeland have gathered in the city, and tensions are simmering between citizens and the growing immigrant population. The growing population of supernatural beings struggles to coexist with humans — forbidden to live, love, or Continue Reading
Are we actually making progress? Rock’s Modern Life: Static Cling asks the bizarrely big questions
SNAPSHOTAfter being in space for 25 years, Rocko and his friends return to a late-2010s era O-Town with modern amenities such as constantly updating touchscreen phones, radioactive energy drinks, food trucks and coffee shops on every corner. Rocko, who does not share Heffer and Filburt’s enthusiasm for the 21st century Continue Reading
Life, love, and tragedy: The quirkily moving storytelling of Fleabag (season 1)
I love Fleabag. It’s a quirky, refreshingly honest and often funny take on the messy business of human, a grossly flawed undertaking at the best of times but one made all the more impossible to navigate by the intrusion of grief which twists and turns already-challenging life situations to the Continue Reading
Come and take a look behind the curtain with Star Trek: Discovery and Star Wars
Not everyone likes to pull back the curtain hiding the gears and mechanisms that make a movie or TV show come alive. For some, wholly entering into that created world is sacrosanct; they want the experience of being transported far away from the everyday, to feel as if it is Continue Reading