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A note about my history with Christmas romantic comedies: I’ve never really watched any of them. Why? Well, as I like to tell my friends, I can watch straight couples fall in love in humorous ways throughout the year – why would I care all that much if those romantic moments happen during the month […]
Star Trek: Discovery continued its strong run with two very different episodes that served distinct, but important, roles in establishing the series in its new time and place. With “Die Trying,” the series grounded itself in the 32nd century world of the Federation, providing us a quick, but clear, primer as to what life is […]
2020 has been a strange year due to the pandemic and had a massive effect on the film industry. Studios have been struggling to deal with it and on 17th December Warner Brothers have announced there are going to release Wonder Woman 1984 in cinemas and on HBO Max at the same time. This could […]
Hands down, “The Siege” was my favorite episode yet of the Mandalorian. From relying on character development laid over the long slog through season one to carry most of the episode to finally providing some answers (which only led to more questions, but it was great to get some confirmation regarding the villainous plans of […]
The rise of Youtube has led to the rise of the Youtube personality. Many Youtube personalities have tried their hand at making a film based on their characters, including Stuart Ashen, AKA Ashens who has made his second film. Stuart Ashen is a collector of tat and obscure yet worthless technology. Ashens’ business partner, Benny […]
I’ve been asked by a number of people over the last couple of months if Apple TV+ is worth getting, and my answer has been a stark “No.” I haven’t been particularly taken by any of the fledgling streaming service’s offerings. While there are some ok shows, that’s not something that justifies spending money to […]
Following on from the work setting up the new characters in “The City of Magpies,” His Dark Materials goes full steam ahead with its storylines with “The Cave”. Lyra and Will decide to go to Oxford to find answers about Dust and get access to Will’s trust fund. Back in Lyra’s World the Magisterium have […]
Were you one of the folks lamenting the end of HBO’s Nxivm documentary The Vow? Are you someone who enjoys watching shows about cults and trying to understand just what motivates someone to get pulled into their vortex? Or are you just weirded out by Tom Cruise and want to understand more about the “religion” […]
When it was announced shortly after the end of season one of The Mandalorian that Ahsoka Tano would be appearing in season two, I wondered if I should watch The Clone Wars to be fully prepared for her appearance. And then 2020 happened, priorities changed, and I never got around to it. Which means that, […]
Hanna returned for a second season on Amazon Prime. The second season was able to expand beyond the confines of the being on the run story of the first season. After breaking into the UTRAX facility at the end of Season One only one UTRAX trainee choose to go on the run with Hanna. The […]