There is a tendency in apocalyptic literature to go for the frenetic juggler narrative-wise. Given the scenarios usually at play, this is reasonably understandable since we’re generally talking epic fights for survival and not a stroll in the park on Sunday. The problem with going hard and big, a Continue Reading
Don’t be afraid: Tito and the Birds is here to beautifully embolden you
SNAPSHOT The Brazilian film — directed by Gustavo Steinberg (End of the Line), Gabriel Bitar (Cidade Cinza) and Andre Catoto (Say I Am Only Seventeen) — follows Tito, a shy 10-year-old boy who lives in a world on the brink of pandemic, where fear is crippling people, making them Continue Reading
Movie review: Leave No Trace
There is very little that is subtle about our current digital age. Though I am largely a fan, it is all too often the case that the louder, the more bombastic, the more obvious a story, the more it is given credence or is seen as the true teller Continue Reading
Things are changing in Atypical S2 trailer but Sam’s not a fan
SNAPSHOT Set in the wake of some major changes in the Gardner family’s natural environment, Sam (Keir Gilchrist) is struggling to adapt to some shifts in his high school friend group. Elsa (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is still trying to earn back the trust of her husband Doug (Michael Rappaport) Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “The Code” (S4, E11 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND WAY TOO MUCH MORGAN FOR ONE EPISODE … “Morgan, it’s not me, it’s you – I think I should start seeing other characters.” That, dear readers, is my imagined opening gambit in a conversation with good old Morgan (Lennie James), a character who whinged about Continue Reading
Sesame Street: How They Became Bert & Ernie (Fresh Prince of Bel Air parody)
There are many reasons to go to Sesame Street – there are 26 very good reasons I can think of straight off the bat – but one of the main ones, apart from watching my favourite monster Grover do this thing (super and otherwise), is to watch the latest Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: A Father’s Day proves being undead is no barrier to family togetherness
If there’s one thing that zombies films, long and short, cinematic and televisual, have in common, it’s that they’re not exactly warm-and-fuzzy family viewing. Sure some of the people in these shows have some touchingly intimate moments – well until they slip this mortal coil and join the multitudinous Continue Reading
Book review: The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas
There’s a certain romanticism attached to the idea of time travel. While stories as diverse as Back to the Future and H G Well’s The Time Machine have offered some darkly cautionary tales, and the idea of time paradoxes have caused anyone outside of pure physics a major headache Continue Reading
Meatball cake anyone? Release your inner child with Esme & Roy
SNAPSHOT Esme (pronounced EZ-may) (Millie Davis) and her best monster friend Roy (Patrick McKenna) live in Monsterdale, and their monster sitting business is going well. When the pair’s all-purpose carrying case starts playing a jazzy Dixieland tune, Esme says ‘We’ve got a monster to watch!’” Adulthood is supposed to Continue Reading
Movie review: Book Club
There are very few people out there who would regard the Fifty Shades series of novels, plagued by poor writing, lacklustre characterisation and inert narratives as the height of great literature. They are likely the last books, especially now with their thoroughly ill-deserved time in the zeitgeist largely passed, Continue Reading