On Halloween 1992, TV presenters Sir Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Mike Smith and Craig Charles hosted Ghostwatch, a live TV event exploring the apparently paranormal events surrounding two young sisters. The events that ensued scarred a nation. With FUN! Ghostwatch is a classic piece of TV close up magic. There’s a ‘by’ credit for writer …
Editor’s note: spoilers Camp Cretaceous‘ first season arrived on Netflix last week. It’s not only better than you expect, it’s substantially better than the movie it happens just to the left of. The series follows a group of children who are the first to test out Jurassic World’s summer camp. Dairus Bowman (Paul-Mikél Williams) is a …
Editor’s note: spoilers A terrified soldier hijacks a flight to Moscow, convinced the dawn will kill everything on the planet. No one believes him, but everyone believes the gun in his hand. Until the reports start coming in… I am always there for the pulp maxim of ‘start late, finish early’ and that is the …
You know what’s been on for a really long time and is about to finish? Agents of SHIELD. You know what we haven’t done in a really long time? Rampant Narrative Speculation! Spoilers ahoy! So, having perfect his Mark Ruffalo impersonation on the much-missed Emergence, worstWhedon survivor Enver Gjokaj has been quietly doing ridiculously work …
Maria Elena Fernandez doing God’s work, assembling this magnificent group of showrunners to answer how they’d write a Corona Virus episode. The 30 Rock one is great (‘My snakes eat bats and then I use my snakes to practice French kissing, so it was inevitable, Liz Lemon!’), the Brooklyn 99 is transcendentally great. They’re all …
Sometimes you just need a good parody. Sometimes you need a great parody, the sort that clearly loves what it’s making fun of and honors it through that process. This? Is Great Parody. It’s also your Something Good for Monday. (Thanks to CA Yates for the find. Cheers, Rev!) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSF5yoD-vC4]
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This piece originally appeared as part of my weekly newsletter, The Full Lid . If you liked it, and want a weekly down of pop culture enthusiasm, occasional ketchup recipes and me enjoying things, then check out the archive and sign up here. The best magic tricks happen in plain sight. I’ve levitated milk, produced …
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This piece originally appeared as part of my weekly newsletter, The Full Lid. If you liked it, and want a weekly down of pop culture enthusiasm, occasional ketchup recipes and me enjoying things, then check out the archive and sign up here. So I’m massively excited by the new Discovery trailer. Not just because it’s full …