Return To Cosmos
I'm taking next week off, so you can expect double reviews of any of the usual shows I cover the following week. As I head off, I felt it important to remind you that Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey,...
View Article[Review] - Phillip Phillips
With rare exceptions, my knowledge of music tends to drop off somewhere around the end of the eighties. The sounds coming out of Top 40 and modern rock stations all sound too homogenized and soulless...
View Article[Review] - Hannibal, Season 2 Episodes 2 and 3, "Sakizuki" and "Hassun"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures TelevisionAs Will continues to question the reality of his predicament, the show draws a tighter line towards explaining why Hannibal will eventually get caught after years of...
View ArticleHe'll Get To It, Eventually
I took a week off, and it's usually when I do that something major happens and everyone has talked about it to death by the time I get back (the last time, it was the Veronica Mars kickstarter). I'm...
View Article[Review] - Continuum, Season 3 Episode 1, "Minute to Minute"
Courtesy of Reunion PicturesIt speaks to the complexity of the universe that Simon Barry has created in Continuum, that the show can dedicate an entire hour towards explaining the mechanism behind the...
View ArticleDC Makes Some Progress
I've been saying for a while now, considering that DC and Warner Bros seem incapable of getting off their asses and putting together any films that aren't Bat-based, that while Marvel dominates the...
View ArticleThe Who's Who Of Westeros
One of the issues new viewers might have with Game of Thrones is how many characters there are to have to keep straight, and how they associate with each other. This animated version of the GoT title...
View Article[Review] - Agents of SHIELD, Season 1 Episodes 15, "Yes Men"
Courtesy of Marvel Television ProductionsLet's all just admit to ourselves that Agents of SHIELD won't be getting a second season, yes? The inconsistent quality of the series thus far (or rather, the...
View ArticleAnimation Is The Way to Go
There was a pile of news relating to animation over the last week, so I thought I'd clump it all together. First off, they've released the first trailer to the Paul Feig produced Peanuts movie, which I...
View ArticleJurassic Park Gets A World Builder
Courtesy of UniversalWhen last I discussed Jurassic World, it was with the news that Vincent D’Onofrio had joined the cast as a representative of a new company that are cloning InGen style dinosaurs....
View Article[Review] - Justified, Season 5 Episodes 9 and 10, "Wrong Roads" and "Weight"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures TelevisionNow that we're in the final stretch (only three episodes left!), the main storyline seems to be getting down to brass tacks. This season has felt more meandering...
View ArticleEl Marserino, If You're Not Into The Whole Brevity Thing
Anyone who watched Veronica Mars back when it was on, and was familiar with the Big Lebowski, was sure to spot a few references here and there. The writers were big fans of the film. So big in fact...
View ArticleIt's A Bit Strange, Huh
FX has released a full trailer for their limited run adaptation of Fargo, from the Coen Bros. It also gives us the first hint of Martin Freeman's Minnosota Nice, which sounds pretty solid. It doesn't...
View Article[How To] - Make Muppets Clue
Today sees the release of the eighth Muppet feature film, Muppets Most Wanted. To celebrate this fact, I have created a Muppet variant of the classic detective game, Clue. If you frequent this site,...
View ArticleI Feel Like Shakespeare When That Monkey Tried To Make Fun Of Him
With all the hoop-la of Game of Thrones premiering on April 6th, we can't forget that Veep will be kicking of season 3 the very same night. And Veep is as funny as Game of Thrones is awesome.Lady POTUS...
View ArticleThis Isn't Reality, It's Fantasy
I like science fiction. Aside from westerns, it's easily my favourite genre, and that's mostly down to the lack of restrictions inherent to the definition, which allows for a larger range of stories to...
View Article[Review] - Muppets Most Wanted
Courtesy of DisneyOccasionally, my cold critical perception is clouded by an overwhelming adoration for the subject matter. Not often, and it takes a lot to skew my perspective, but the Muppets are...
View Article[Review] - Hannibal, Season 2 Episode 4, "Takiawase"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures TelevisionDON'T GO IN THE BASEMENT!Hit the jump for the review which contains spoilers that SERIOUSLY, GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!This episode was, in some ways, a return to a...
View ArticleAll That Time, Fighting Each Other
Last summer's cinema offers were pretty rubbish once the dust cleared, and this summer's don't look much better. Aside from the MCU films, there aren't many that I'm excited for. Days of Future's Past...
View Article[Review] - Continuum, Season 3 Episode 2, "Minute Man"
Courtesy of Reunion Pictures"Some things are obvious when you pay attention... and time travel is involved." Really, Kellog? Because I've generally found the opposite to be true. Obvious is not the...
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