In a perfect, idealised world, every love story would have a happy ending, the kind that consumes your heart, sweeps you of your feet and convinces you in the very depths of your being that you are valued, loved and belong. But life, lovely though it is at times, is Continue Reading
What’s it like being Doctor Who-level famous? David Tennant tells
We have all heard the stories of fame being as much of an albatross around the neck as it is a bright and shiny Christmas bauble, normally couched in the context of a bio pic morality tale where someone realises their dreams of fame and fortune only to find the Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “The End of Everything” (S5, E5 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND BEER, ZOMBIE LANDSIDES AND SOME KISSING RATHER THAN KILLING BY THE RIVERSIDE … What do you value more – your loved ones or your vocation, the thing that drives you to get out of bed in the morning and go charging into the day? If Hallmark Continue Reading
Book review: 84K by Claire North
Dystopian novels are, by their very nature, meant to be disturbing. They are intended to prompt us to question whether we’re headed as a society, which may or may not manifest as the novel details, is something we want, awakening us to the “boiling frog” of slow, seemingly innocuous trends Continue Reading
Sea of Stars: A tale of space dolphins and strange powers with a Miyazaki meets Neverending Story vibe
SNAPSHOTBeing a space trucker sounds like a cool job, but in reality, it can be boring as hell. So when recently widowed Gil gets a long-haul gig across the universe, he figures it’s safe enough to bring his young son Kadyn along for the ride—that is, until their “big rig” Continue Reading
Retro movie review: When Harry Met Sally
They say love is forever. But is a movie about love forever? Can a romantic comedy, no matter how beautifully written and superbly well-acted, truly last as well as the object of its narrative affections? If it’s When Harry Met Sally, and it’s written by the incomparably-talented Nora Ephron and Continue Reading