SNAPSHOTBrad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones to star in James Gray’s Ad Astra. The sci-fi epic will feature Jones as the father of Pitt’s character who, 20 years ago, left his son on a mission to Neptune in the search for extraterrestrial life. Pitt’s character, named Roy McBride, then sets Continue Reading
Book review: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
If there is a creed for science fiction, and no doubt someone somewhere has attempted one since people, most people anyway, tend to love immutable rules, it must surely be to (a) to be expansively imaginative and (b) weave in penetratingly substantial examination of the contrarily complex nature of humanity. Continue Reading
Little Monsters: A zombie comedy with heart … and lots of brains
SNAPSHOTThe film follows Dave (England), a washed-up musician who volunteers to chaperone his nephew’s kindergarten class field trip after taking a shine to the plucky schoolteacher, Miss Caroline (Nyong’o). Dave’s intentions are complicated by the presence of the world’s most famous kids show personality, and competition for Miss Caroline’s affections, Continue Reading