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As Americans head into an election year where, sadly, there are already efforts to disenfranchise some voters, we should stop and remember the heroes of the women’s suffrage movement. If you ask most Americans who those might be, they might recall figures like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. After all, they helped “launch” […]
Like many women who grew up in the late 80s/early 90s, Ann M. Martin’s “The Baby-Sitters Club” book series holds a special place in my heart. I remember taking the books out of the local library as a kid (starting with the “Baby-Sitters Little Sister” series that followed Kristy’s step-sister Karen and then “graduating” to […]
Back in the winter of 2015, I went with a group of friends to see a mockumentary film from a couple of guys from New Zealand about vampires. While several of my friends were already fans of Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi (years before Waititi would snag an Oscar and become a celebrated MCU director) […]
The Fourth Season of Rick and Morty ends with an action-packed finale that continues the wider story of the series. In space, The Galactic Federation has reformed, and Beth has become the leader of The Defiance. After getting medical treatment Beth discovers Rick had implanted a proximity bomb in her neck. She returns to Earth […]
The Novichok Attack was one of the most shocking international events in recent years. The BBC’s dramatization focus on the impact of this event had on the city of Salisbury. The Salisbury Poisonings on three main sets of characters. DS Nick Bailey (Rafe Spall) was one of the first police officers to investigate the Skripals’ […]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine came back with a shorter run of 13 episodes for their seventh season. After the events of the Season Six Holt had been demoted to patrolman by his nemesis, Madeline Wunch. He has to serve this sentence for a year before he can become Captain again. Jake and Amy decide it’s time to […]
Love, Victor, a sequel of sorts to the gay teen rom-com Love, Simon, had a winding road to its upcoming premiere on Hulu. Originally planned as a Disney+ original series, the streaming network got scared earlier this year and announced (after some additional time in cancellation limbo) that the series would be moved to Hulu […]
The Smith family goes camping in the episode “Childrick of Mort.” But when Rick’s involved there is always a sci-fi twist. Jerry takes his family away on a camping trip so they can get away from technology. Rick hijacks the trip when he receives a call from his ex, a planet called Gaia, and discovers […]
An interesting shift has happened over the last couple of months in the streaming war between Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney+, and AppleTV+: Hulu has surged ahead in the race to develop the best original content. Yes, a large part of that surge has come from taking on the FX on Hulu imprint (which has also […]
Writer/director Stephen Poliakoff is a favourite of the BBC. His most recent series is a Cold War-set spy-thriller/family drama. Samuel Petrukhin (Toby Stephens) is a Russian Jew who moved to the UK when he was eight. He’s a middle-class man who wants to be accepted by the British establishment, but he is looked at with […]