I liked this film. I got choked up by this film. Was this a groundbreaking movie? No. Did it do what it set out to do? I would say so, and by that criteria it was a success. The special Read more…
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I have enjoyed Jodie Whittaker\’s Doctor. I think that whenever you try and do something new you are going to upset people who only want to subsist on a diet of same ad infinitum. I hope that the supposed freefall Read more…
Watching Oprah back in the day I always sensed that there was something that distinguished her from other talk show hosts. Very perceptive of me, right? When I saw her act, and how brilliant she was, and every time I Read more…
I have to admit I thought this movie was going to be a little like Mortal Kombat when it started off. I will say I didn\’t hate Mortal Kombat, but it was a very glib association. This movie for me Read more…
When one sits down to a Nicholas Cage movie one wonders whether they are getting Nick Cage passion project, or Nick Cage filthy lucre project. This feels like the former. I have to admit, when I started watching it I Read more…
There were a couple of obvious moments which reminded me of Tarkovsky, but the Russian director came to mind as a touchstone for the whole sensibility of the movie. I\’ll be interested to see if I read this anywhere in Read more…
I remember hearing \”She\’s So High\” back when it first came out. Blur weren\’t really my thing at that point. The second album \”Modern Life Is Rubbish\” didn\’t make much of an impact on my either. \”Parklife\” though really struck Read more…
I read descriptions of this show that said it has no redeemable or likable characters. While I don\’t think that\’s necessarily true, it is a very claustrophobic show. When that first domino falls and the rally running through people\’s lives Read more…
I love Star Trek, and I love the newer additions to the universe: Discovery, Prodigy and Picard. But I have to say that one of my favourite things about new Star Trek is The Ready Room with Wil Wheaton. Wil Read more…
There are two types of sci-fi — the kind where you are looking at something exploring so far beyond the bounds of what is known that you entirely suspend your disbelief and view it more as a kind of fantasy, Read more…