Kelly Bedard

At the official launch party for Pluto TV in Canada, we got the chance to talk with one of the new channel’s stars- HGTV mainstay Sebastian Clovis. Sebastian opened up about the transition from football to construction to TV and the challenges and rewards of working with different designers as he embarks on a new […]

In advance of the official launch of Pluto TV in Canada, we got the chance to talk to VP of Content Katrina Kowalski about the lesser-known side of television programming and what we can expect to see on the new free ad-supported streaming platform.   Check out this and all our other interviews and series […]

  Kelly Bedard

Usually January sees us announcing the nominees for our annual Critics’ Pick Awards but, since the pandemic, we’ve shifted our focus to cover more areas of entertainment and the result is that we no longer review enough TV to responsibly choose a truly representative list of award nominees. But we couldn’t just let 2022 pass […]

  Kelly Bedard

No one else is anymore but we’re still physical media devotees round these parts. In that spirit, we’re sharing the details of a few new home entertainment releases for collectors who are still into that kind of thing.   Review copies were provided by Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros. All thoughts are our own.   […]

  Vyasar Ganesan

What a way to end the first season! Whether he meant to or not, Aemund has plunged the Blacks and the Greens into war. Lucerys is dead (although you know what they say, if you didn’t see the body…), Arrax is chomped, and the first season of House of the Dragon is over.   There […]

Spoilers ahead, friends.   It’s a simple formula, really. House of the Dragon is better than Game of Thrones, because it has more dragons, better CGI, and a bigger (by far) budget. Rings of Power is better than House of the Dragon because it has a somehow even bigger budget, better writing, and a powerhouse […]

Spoilers ahead, friends.   I really want to make a ‘family’ joke (a la Fast and the Furious) about this week’s episode, but I’m coming up empty. Oh well! On to talking about the six year time jump, one of the last for the first season!   Rumor has it this is the last/one of […]

  Vyasar Ganesan

Spoilers ahead, friends.   I’m a big fan of funeral episodes. Grief is a complicated emotion – more than one emotion, even. Grief is so often mixed with joy, laughter, pain, confusion and a thousand other feelings. It makes for complicated character work, significant acting challenges, and unique opportunities for visual perspectives. Beyond that, the […]