SNAPSHOT In the near future, a military family uproot their lives so they can participate in a ground-breaking experiment to accelerate man’s genetic evolution. The goal? To relocate humanity to another planet and avoid extinction. (synopsis (c) Seat 42F) Humanity is a weirdly contrary species. Endlessly optimistic and resourceful, Continue Reading
Book review: The Everlasting Sunday by Robert Lukins
We live in an often cruel and unforgiving world. Thankfully in the midst of all the Darwinian madness and the transgressions of fallible humanity, both our own and those of our fellow human beings, there are kind and generous people who understand that what might be needed is less Continue Reading
Been there, done that, got the undead T-shirt: Why People Stopped Watching The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead used to be such a good show. It took a while for my housemate to convince this horror-averse boy that there was substance to go along with the zombies but he did and I found myself utterly transfixed by show that has was dark and apocalyptic Continue Reading
Movie review: Walking Out
It is a rare thing to find a film that manages to both subvert a genre and yet be richly poignant and honour it at the same time. Walking Out, written and directed by twins Alex & Andrew J. Smith, manages this impressive feat, presenting us with a gritty survival Continue Reading
A fairytale for adults: The cinematic references and homages in #TheShapeofWater
What if the beauty fell for the beast? That’s the underlying idea behind the winner of the Academy Award for Best Film this year, The Shape of Water, which director Guillermo del Tor says was heavily informed by his lifelong love for the 1954 film, The Creature From the Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2018: Week 2 – Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
Future and past collide: Are you ready to make The Crossing?
SNAPSHOT Jude Ellis (Steve Zahn) is the sheriff of Port Canaan, a small fishing town on the Oregon coast. Having relocated from Oakland to escape a strained marriage and a dark past as a big city cop, his goal is to build a quiet new life for himself and Continue Reading
Movie review: Annihilation
Much has been made of humanity’s “fight or flight” response to danger – the mechanism, borne of evolutionary necessity, that impels us to either take on an adversary in the hopes of besting them, or to run, as fast as we can, away from danger. It works marvellously in Continue Reading
Kiddo and the fraught adventure of finding your way in the world
SNAPSHOT Kiddo is an action adventure coming of age film about a young orphan girl named Kim (Antonia Tootill) and her “two unusual buddies’ journey to find inner resolution and their place in the world.” (Laughing Squid) It’s cold, damn cold! And then it most certainly is not. One Continue Reading
It’s incraftable! Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman host new show Making It
I am not an enthusiastic fan of baking/cooking/crafting/bedazzling reality TV shows. In fact, I’m not a fan at all. But, and this is a most crucial and highly-conditional but, if such a show were to be hosted by the god-like comedic talents of Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, both Continue Reading