What could be more fun than hanging out, listening to great music AND looking at dinosaur fossils in the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History on a Friday night? I’m waiting for an answer. First Fridays, the monthly hosted by the museum, is where science, culture, and nightlife all coalesce into one of the
Inspired by the minimal techno explosion of the early 90s, Immersion debuted in ’94 with Oscillations. The duo, made up of Wire’s Colin Newman and Minimal Compact’s Malka Spigel went on to make another two albums under the Immersion moniker before taking an almost two-decade hiatus. Inspired by an impromptu synth purchase towards the end
You know what magic looked like when you were young? Coins that suddenly appeared behind your ear, baffling card tricks, Ouija boards? According to new teen drama The Magicians, that’s kid stuff compared to the “real” deal. The show, which airs on Mondays at 8/9c on Syfy and Showcase in Canada, sees a group of
M&C has learned that Netflix is developing a new Western miniseries called Godless. Set in 1888, the story follows a badly wounded outlaw who finds himself in a New Mexico mining town. The twist is that all the working age men have died in the mine and now the women run it. Scott Frank is directing
The BBC are developing a biographical drama based on British serial killer John Christie. Craig Viveiros (And Then There Were None and Silent Witness) is directing from a screenplay by Ed Whitmore and Tracey Malone, who both worked on Silent Witness as well. Christie and his wife moved into 10 Rillington Place, London in 1938. In 1949 he offered to help his neighbour’s
Chris Pine does a fantastic job playing sheepish but inwardly courageous Coast Guard Bosun’s Mate Bernard “Bernie” Webber stationed in Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. Bernie is a good man, but is haunted by his failure to make it “over the bar” to save the crew of a stranded fishing boat a few years earlier.
When you hear a band’s unreleased new material in a live setting, you’re probably making some immediate conclusions before it sees a recorded release. When I saw Brooklyn dream-pop outfit DIIV late last year, their single “Dopamine” was already out for their long-awaited second album, which successfully put the band back on my radar. Though
Canadian Coast Guard Commissioner Jody Thomas has praised the bravery of crews in an interview with M&C about new movie The Finest Hours. Thomas told how the Canadian Coast Guard saves an average of 15 people every day of the year. She said: “The resilence required to do this kind of work is really quite
George Clooney does the heavy lifting in Hail, Caesar! backed by an elite cast of sparkling supporting actors and perfect production. Shot in 35mm, the film is a remarkable throwback to the “glory years” of 1950’s Hollywood when a star was really a star and the head of the studio was king. The Coens are
Showtime has ordered a pilot episode for a new comedy drama series called Fobbit, based on back-office soldiers during the Iraq war. It’s understood the series is being based on the book of the same name by David Abrams, which tells the story of soldiers at Baghdad’s Forward Operating Base Triumph from 2003 to 2011.