Tag Archive: geek

Forgotten TV Shows Based on Movies

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Inspiration for a television show for the small screen can come from anywhere, even the big screen. Over the decades shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and MASH have just as successful (or… Continue reading

My Summer Reading 2023

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Once again this summer saw me make multiple trips to my local libraries and book shops to delve into the pages of as many books as I could get my hands on. Dandelion… Continue reading

Retro Review: ‘Talons of the Eagle’

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I believe I may have a medical condition that when I encounter a cheap, B-grade action flick from the 80’s or 90’s I am sold 110% on it. So during the last Vinegar… Continue reading

Star Trek Best Crossover Episodes

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Since Captain Kirk first traveled where no one has gone before, Star Trek has exploded into a television juggernaut of multiple shows boldly going where no one has gone before. Inevitably this means… Continue reading

Retro Review: ‘Scissors’

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In the early 1990’s, Sharon Stone became a superstar thanks to the then trend of Hollywood to delve into dark sexually charged thrillers which did big business among hip, urbane adult moviegoers. Starting… Continue reading

The Trouble with Netflix Shows

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At the start of it all it was considered a mark of prestige to have an original TV series on Netflix. Shows like Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, Stranger Things,… Continue reading

Greatest Time Travel Shows

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The complex idea of time travel has long been a concept mined by science fiction storytellers in a variety of mediums. This includes television where a number of classic fan favorites. In this… Continue reading

10 Times Bluey Got Real

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Since 2018, Australian export Bluey has established itself in the elite echelons of children’s television. One of the key reasons the Heeler family has endeared itself to audiences is the fact that it… Continue reading

Where are the Star Trek Movies?

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For Trekkies with a Paramount Plus subscription it is clear we are in a new golden age for the franchise. The streaming service hitched its wagon from the start to one of the… Continue reading

TV Review: Star Trek Picard S3

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One of the first shows in the current slate of entries in the Star Trek franchise is Star Trek: Picard. Taking place several years after his time in the captain’s chair it focused… Continue reading