In almost every respect Simon Spier is your typical American 16 year old. He’s popular but not too popular, dabbles in drama productions at school where he sits with a motley array of old friends, jocks and new arrivals at lunch, has lifelong friends in Nick and Leah, a Continue Reading
Aftermath: Storms, meteors, plagues and the end of the world
SNAPSHOT James Tupper and Anne Heche star In Aftermath, which follows the Copeland family (parents Karen and Joshua, and their children Dana, Brianna and Matt) as they battle for survival when civilization comes to an apocalyptic end, triggered by massive storms, meteor strikes, earthquakes, a plague – and the Continue Reading
Movie review: The Confirmation
For most people, an every-other-weekend with their partly-shared custody kid would comprise a trip to the park, maybe a X-box game or two and perhaps even dinner out to somewhere fun and nutritionally suspect. But Walt is not most people and in Bob Nelson’s (Nebraska) latest excursion into the Continue Reading
Then the world went hazy: Ninth City Burning book trailer
SNAPSHOT We never saw them coming. Entire cities disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing but dust and rubble. When an alien race came to make Earth theirs, they brought with them a weapon we had no way to fight, a universe-altering force known as thelemity. It Continue Reading
CLIP ME! “Tilted” by Christine and the Queens
It’s a rare thing as you get older – not too old thank you, just older – when the first blush of musical discovery that so defines your teens has dissipated and you either only listen to the music of those turbulent years or use them as a stepping Continue Reading
Coffee and sneaky feminism: First page of the Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life script
As a non-coffee drinker of long standing – too bitter and frankly it looks like mud; sorry, not sorry – I never quite understood Lorelai’s obsession with drinking java at every possible opportunity. Still, it was intrinsically and amusingly part of her character and so like everything else about Continue Reading
Movie review: Captain Fantastic
Death has a way of shaking the certainties of life, such as they are, down to their very foundations. Try as we might to keep things exactly as they were before the cold hand of dread mortality comes calling, the reality is that life up to that point is Continue Reading
Sad face! Happy face! Hmm … Finding Dory told through emojis
Finding Dory is one of the standout hits of a packed animated feature film slate this year. A sequel to 2003’s Finding Nemo that was as fresh, sweet and heartfelt as its predecessor, Finding Dory is an absolute joy to watch as I remarked in my review of the film: Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Pablo & Jessica” (S2, E11 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AS WELL AS UNORTHODOX USES FOR BROKEN TEQUILA BOTTLES AND MAKE YOUR OWN DILUTED OXYCOTIN TABLETS* There’s nothing quite like a relaxing holiday by the beach. All you have to do is sit by the bar, get yourself smashed on tequila, break glasses against the Continue Reading
Dare to defy: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 2 trailer
*SPOILERS AHEAD FOR SEASON 1 … READ ONLY IF YOU WATCHED SEASON 1 OR CAN GO BACK IN TIME AND FORGOT YOU READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE WATCHING SEASON 1 WHICH COULD CREATE A PARADOX … AND NEVER MIND* SNAPSHOT After the defeat of the immortal villain Vandal Savage Continue Reading