Humanity has a fraught relationship with justice. While we have gone to great lengths to give its often divine imperatives workable earthly form, setting up aspirationally-impartial policing and judicial systems beholding to no one person or hierarchy, in practice, they have often been found lacking, their ability to bring about the Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: Self/less (trailer)
SNAPSHOT An extremely wealthy man (Ben Kingsley), dying from cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds). But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body’s origin and the Continue Reading
When Winnie the Pooh needs more than just a smackerel of honey, you need an interdivention! (British radio play sketch)
“Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for Continue Reading
There be dragons: Game of Thrones season 5 poster, trailers + clips
Hail dear friends it is time go back to the fair lands of Westeros once more! There is something about George R. R. Martin’s sprawling saga of power, death and dragons that inspires those kinds of faux-Shakespearian introduction lines, which is set to become even more epic in the upcoming Continue Reading
A whole (furry) new world: The gorgeous concept art of Disney’s Zootopia
SNAPSHOT The modern mammal metropolis of Zootopia is a city like no other. Comprised of habitat neighborhoods like ritzy Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown, it’s a melting pot where animals from every environment live together—a place where no matter what you are, from the biggest elephant to the smallest Continue Reading
Like a leaf on the wind: Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion’s bold new Con Man adventure
SNAPSHOT Con Man centers around the post-show life of Wray Nerely, (Tudyk) the pilot and co-star of SPECTRUM, a sci-fi series which was cancelled before it’s time and eventually became a cult classic beloved by fans. Wray’s good friend, Jack Moore (Fillion) starred in the series and has gone Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: Forget (S5, E13 review)
*THERE BE SPOILERS AHEAD … AND REALLY A REALLY SCARY, FRIGHTENINGLY NASTY … CAROL* Once upon a time there were three survivors of the zombie apocalypse that found themselves living in the Alexandria Safe Zone … And they were each assigned duties in their safe new world … Continue Reading
The future is running out: Tomorrowland’s race against the clock (new trailer + poster)
SNAPSHOT Directed by Brad Bird, “Tomorrowland” centers on a jaded scientist (George Clooney) who helps a bright teenager (Britt Robertson) travel to a high-tech wonderland somewhere in time and space. Their goal is nothing less than to “fix the future,” according to a grave-sounding Hugh Laurie, but the clock Continue Reading
We all have little voices in our head: New Inside Out trailer goes deep into Riley’s mind
SNAPSHOT From the tepuis of South America to a monster-filled metropolis, Academy Award®-winning director Pete Docter has taken audiences to unique and imaginative places. In 2015, he will take us to the most extraordinary location of all – inside the mind of an 11-year-old named Riley. Growing up can Continue Reading
Book review: Arkie’s Pilgrimage to the Next Big Thing by Lisa Walker
There’s a fair chance that if you were going through a personal crisis of almost Biblical proportions, one that had seen you lose your lover, husband and successful trend-spotting, and not-so-successful retail businesses, all in the space of a few short months, that you wouldn’t seek to find some sense of Continue Reading