SPOILERS AHEAD … AND DISSENSION, A BIG ALIEN REVEAL AND THE DANGER OF SHOPPING IN THE ALIEN APOCALYPSE Depending on your level of Biblical literacy – as a pastor’s kid, mine is ridiculously high though rarely lived-out these days – you may or may not be aware of a Continue Reading
Wanna bleed-o with Greedo? Check out this rhyming remix in honour of Han Solo
In honour of the release this week of Solo: A Star Wars Story, I present to you, with poetic cadence in hand and a knack for spotting a catchy beat from less than 12 parsecs away, this gloriously good remix from Eclectic Method. Drawing from Star Wars films new Continue Reading
Movie review: Tully
If you are to believe the usual Hollywood depictions of motherhood, it is either a Xanadu-esque idyll of airbrushed, rose-tinted contentment where children smile and fulfillment comes from bake sales and laughter-filled family get-togethers, or, and this is a favourite of the indie crowd, a barren wasteland of suburban despair Continue Reading
Little girl, big city! Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt loses its berets over season 4
As a gay man, it’s not an everyday occurrence for me to fall in love with a woman. But I long ago fell head over heels in love, smittenness and eternal like with Kimmy Schmidt (apologies to Sandra Bullock, my other great love), she of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Just in Case” (S4, E6 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND MORE TRUTH TO THE AXIOM THAT YOU CAN’T GO BACK … UNLESS YOU’RE IN A BACKSTORY IN WHICH CASE YOU CAN … Regrets – we all have them. In our case though, in our cosy non-zombie apocalypse existence, regrets are nothing more than irritating callouses Continue Reading
The exquisitely imaginative cinematic work of Georges Méliès as interpreted by 360 Google Doodles
SNAPSHOT A charming illusionist, an adventurous queen of hearts and an evil green man journey through early cinema, film magic and love. Back to the Moon is an animated, interactive Doodle celebrating the artistry of film director and prestidigitator Georges Méliès. The Google Doodle, Google Spotlight Stories, Google Arts Continue Reading
Some missions are not a choice: Mission Impossible Fallout (final trailer)
SNAPSHOT The best intentions often come back to haunt you. “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team (Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames) along with some familiar allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time after a mission gone wrong. Henry Continue Reading
Book review: The Lido by Libby Page
We live in a world of constant change. That’s not a newsflash to anyone who’s paying even the smallest bit of attention to the fast-moving pace of the modern world, but if you compare it to the relative slow unfolding of history, where major innovations took decades to take Continue Reading
Slack Wyrm: Subversive philosophy, dragons and hilarious volcano cakes
SNAPSHOT Slack Wyrm – the ongoing comic story of unconcerned dragon in an uncaring world by Josh Wright. Set in an ill-conceived medieval/fantasy realm of fabulous monsters, princesses, towering castles, creepy woods and houses made out of confectionery. There are witches and wizards and talking animals who sometimes wear Continue Reading
R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Murphy Brown makes her triumphantly sassy return
SNAPSHOT Multiple Emmy Award winners Candice Bergen and series creator Diane English reunite for Murphy Brown, the revival of the ground-breaking comedy about the eponymous broadcast news legend and her biting take on current events, now in a world of 24-hour cable, social media, “fake news,” and a vastly Continue Reading