František Chochola is perhaps not a household name, but he was quite an accomplished man. He has the illustrations to countless books to his name,…
CIPC #453: Sam S2 E7, Credit
On hearing there was a British television series called Sam, I got my hopes up that perhaps it would be about Samwise Gamgee, greatest person…
CIPC #452: Nek, Laura non c’è
After seeing the title, you’re perhaps thinking I have finally run out of material and have decided to start complaining that random body parts don’t…
CIPC #451: Ace Venture: when nature calls
In the nineties, between Forrest Gump and Jack Sparrow, there was a trend to build movies around off and slightly dim goofballs. But writing such…
CIPC #450: Columbo S3 E6, Mind over mayhem
While we’re on the subject of good American detective series, it is maybe a good time to revisit our old friend Columbo. Last time we…
CIPC #449: Dark Winds S1 E6, Ye’iitsoh
Generally, American police series have a monstrous amount of episodes, each more frantic and less believable than the next.1 Not so with Dark Winds. The…
CIPC #448: Karina Schaapman, Sam & Julia
Writing a children’s book must be easy. The story is short and simple. You don’t need to come up with creative metaphors or beautiful sentences,…
CIPC #447: Heartworm
What could a throwback survival horror game with the title Heartworm possibly be about? The obvious answer is that the parasitic worm of that name…
CIPC #446: Ghosts S1 E2, Gorilla war
You know what? I like this show.1 It’s a pleasant, light-hearted British sitcom which has the considerable benefit over most sitcoms that it is actually…
CIPC #445: Kid-E-Cats S1 E43, Chess mates
Sometimes I wonder whether I’ve not been doing this for too long now. It’s gotten to the point where I write about an obscure Russian…