SNAPSHOTAs part of their fascinating series of deconstructing the individual personalities of the characters on Friends, hosts Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take take a look at how the twin characters of Phoebe Buffay and Ursula Buffay and how they truly embody the “Evil Twin” concept. (synopsis (c) Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Welcome to the Club” (S6, E2 review) + The Walking Dead: World Beyond – “The Tyger and the Lamb” (S1, E3 review)
FEAR THE WALKING DEAD SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SWEET, SWEET ZOMBIES … You could safely say that being smack bang in the midst of the zombie apocalypse is a great big steamy pile of the proverbial. Metaphorically speaking, of course, and as it turns in episode 2, “Welcome to the Continue Reading
Comics review: Low – Vol. 1: The Delerium of Hope by Remender + Tocchini
Low is, in every possible sense of the word, EPIC (and yes, the capitalisation is most assuredly warranted and necessary). Written by Rick Remender with artwork by Greg Tocchini, Low is one of those science fiction comics series that takes its impressively imaginative premise and runs it to every possible Continue Reading
Star Trek: Discovery – “That Hope is You, Pt. 1” (S3, E1 review)
MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A LOT SNARKY ANDORRANS AND ORIONS … AND POSSIBLE ICE CREAM CARGO Good lord but isn’t it good to have Star Trek: Discovery back on our screens of choice?! Much of that joy stems from the fact that we have waited 18 long months to Continue Reading
Book review: Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
Much of the time, the way we react to life is purely instinctual, especially when we’re children and we form our defensive responses less on reason and more on emotion and a need for some kind of perceived protection. The problem with these perfectly understandable responses to childhood trauma is Continue Reading
Movie review: The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Belonging is a powerful thing for anyone. Whether it is to a person or a place or a group of some kind, we all need to feel like we have somewhere to call our own, a sanctuary from the vicissitudes of life, an anchor in a world all too ready Continue Reading
A mini-mass of movie trailers: Hillbilly Elegy, Sylvie’s Love, I’m Your Woman + news on new Sandra Bullock film
Let’s hear it for streaming platforms when it comes to watching films in the time of COVID. While my preference is always to see films on the big screen in the darkness and escape of a movie theatre, the reality is that even where cinemas are open and operating, getting Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #36: SG Lewis, Disclosure, Lupa J, Satin Jackets, SLUMBERJACK
The best songs, the ones that really lodge themselves deep in the very heart of who we are, and to which we return whenever we need to feel something, really feel something again, are those that combine great music, meaningful lyrics and a sense of personal investment by the artist. Continue Reading
Book review: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavour by Hank Green
If aliens were to invade Earth, and let’s be honest, if popular culture is any guide they are queued all the way back to the Kuiper Belt waiting to do so, the first question we would need to ask ourselves is who do need saving from – them or ourselves? Continue Reading
How does Stranger Things set the mood? Lessons From the Screenplay investigates
Stranger Things, an undeniable watercooler hit par excellence which is soon (“soon” being a relative concept in these COVID-delayed times; don’t hold your breath is all I’d say) to treat us to a fourth season of Spielbergian ’80s horror-filled delights, has never been short on atmosphere. It has always had Continue Reading