It is safe to say that the end, and indeed the beginning of the world, have never been rendered so poetically, or daringly, as in The End We Start From by English author Megan Hunter. A poet whose work has been shortlisted for illustrious awards such as the Bridport Continue Reading
Saturday morning cartoons: Josie and the Pussycats
I like to think of myself as being a fairly self-aware kid, in touch with my emotions, willing to think through the big issues, and creatively critical where needed. But hey, at the end of the day, which by the way were sooooo much longer when I was younger, Continue Reading
Movie review: Black Panther
Hollywood is the most well-oiled of well-oiled machines. Films come cascading off its production line with often ruthless efficiency, keeping the cinemas of the world stocked with films that are bright, blockbuster-y and made to a finely-honed formula. The only downside to this approach, and it’s one that Marvel Continue Reading
Even the maggots are adorable! New Isle of Dogs trailer
SNAPSHOT Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the Continue Reading
Movie review: The Incredible Jessica James #ValentinesDay
It was those learned pop philosophers ABBA who once remarked that “Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure is Hard Enough)”. It’s a fair bet that Jessica James (Jessica Williams, The Daily Show), an aspiring Brooklyn playwright who is without a relationship after dumping seemingly indifferent boyfriend Damon (Lakeith Stanfield), Continue Reading
Risk it all for love? The heatedly romantic decisions of Extinguished #ValentinesDay
Love is a beautiful, wonderful, fabulous thing. But what lengths would you go to make it happen? To go from looks of longing and sweet interest to unrequited love be damned? To stoke those gloriously bright fires of love? In Extinguished, a delightfully retro animated short film from Ashley Anderson Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “Will You Take My Hand” (S1, E15 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A FRANTIC NARRATIVE WRAP-UP THAT WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD SPINNING LIKE IT’S JUST BEEN CUT OFF BY A BAT’LETH. So if the frenetic, helter-skelter, conveniently tied-up narrative is any guide, and I think it is, then the producers and writers of Star Trek Discovery were Continue Reading
Awww love sweet orbital love: Orbit Ever After
SNAPSHOT Nigel has fallen in love. But when you live in orbit, aboard a ramshackle space hovel with the most risk-averse family imaginable, it isn’t easy to follow your heart – especially when the girl of your dreams is spinning around earth the wrong way! (source: YouTube) As Romeo Continue Reading
Movie review: The Cloverfield Paradox
If there’s one message that comes through loud and clear, over and over, through dystopian storytelling, especially those stories that come with a science-fiction bent, it’s that we venture into space at our peril. Gone are the lofty aspirations of space exploration in the ’60s; they’ve been replaced by Continue Reading
3D Printer Rick? You’d better believe it, Shumshumschilpiddydah!
My oh my but some people are gobsmackingly clever. Take 3D Print Guy who creates plastic figurines of pop culture characters, and animates them, serving up in the process some inventive, world-extending adventures that take much loved animated fixtures to new and fascinatingly interesting places. His latest sparkling effort, Continue Reading