SNAPSHOT Jeananne Goossen (Michelle on The Walking Dead) stars as Emiliana Newton, an astronaut dealing with strange circumstances when her and her partner’s (Peter Shinkoda, aka Nobu of the Hand on Netflix’s Daredevil) cryopods are ejected from the main ship. In the tense opening minutes that bring to mind Continue Reading
#Eurovision movie review: Love.com (Amor.com)
While this is not strictly-speaking a Portuguese movie, it is a Portuguese-language one (made in Brazil) and so fit the criteria to be crowned this year’s #Eurovision film. Love, they say, is a many-splendoured thing; it is, and here the romantics of the mysterious “they” are studiously silent, also Continue Reading
Jabberjaw and Aquaman together fighting dystopian nightmares? You better believe it!
You have to hand to DC Comics – they may not have had much success with their foray into moviedom, save for the stellar success of Wonder Woman, but they sure know they’re away around comic book adaptations of old, beloved Hanna-Barbera characters. Following hot on the heels of Continue Reading
Book review: The Space Between the Stars by Anne Corlett
Once again the worlds have come to an end. No, that is not a typo – I do indeed mean multiple worlds; for in Anne Corlett’s impressive debut novel The Space Between the Stars – the title is a reference to hearing the voice of “god”, however you interpret Continue Reading
Awakening a sleeping moose: Deadpool takes on the musical might of Eurovision
There are a number of great abiding loves in my life – my gorgeous partner Steve, Christmas, my birthday, caramel cheesecakes, and the Eurovision Song Contest, for which I stage a big, fun party with friends every year. We are in the thick of all things Eurovision right now Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Buried” (S4, E4 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A DAY AT THE FAIR, GREAT (NON) ESCAPES, AND CATTLE FEED APPETISERS … MMMM “Buried” was a case of almost “leaving on a jet plane / Don’t know when I’ll be back again” … well, it would have been, of course if (a) there were Continue Reading
On ya bike! TV and movie-image rich PSA encourages us to ditch our cars
SNAPSHOT This an unbranded PSA for bike advocates and enthusiasts, content designed for anyone and everyone to share, remix, or tailor for their own purposes to promote cycling and transportation choices in their communities. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) Unless you’re not paying attention at all, or have a twisted Continue Reading
Colony: Maquis (S3, E1 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND DUPLICITY, RESISTANCE AND GREAT BALLS OF FIRE (NO, REALLY, ACTUAL BALLS OF ALIEN FIRE) There’s no such thing as a quiet moment (or six months for that matter) in the apocalypse, alien or otherwise. But goddamn it, the Bowmans, plus Snyder (Peter Jacobson) who’s supposedly Continue Reading
You’re a maniac! Maniac … on the floor! GLOW energetically dances its way to season 2
SNAPSHOT Set in ’85 LA, GLOW revolves around the adventures of Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie), an out-of-work actress who turns to the burgeoning televised female wrestling scene to rescue her career. Ending on a cliffhanger that’d make the World Wrestling Federation organisers proud (someone wins the GLOW crown, someone Continue Reading
Thoughts on Lost in Space (Netflix, 2018)
Buckle up folks! This is not your childhood’s Lost in Space. Not that that’s a bad thing – after all for all its kooky loveliness, idiosyncratic appeal and sufficient beloved catchphrases to power a thousand comic-cons for millennia, Irwin Allen’s 1960s journey into the stars was not without its Continue Reading