Is there anything more compelling to read than imaginatively conceived, well-written expansively sprawling, blockbuster-inclined sci-fi? There is, actually. Sci-fi with all of the above very welcome attributes that also has a heart and soul embedded into the very DNA of its beguiling narrative, a sense of humanity and crackling intelligence Continue Reading
The zombies are back in (what’s left of the) town! Trailers and release dates for Fear the Walking Dead and TWD: World Beyond
Uncertainty thy name is COVID-19. One of the many side effects of the pandemic has been the way it has upended all kinds of schedules and plans, including which TV shows would land on our favourite streaming platforms and when (or, even if they could be made now at all), Continue Reading
Heartbreak, humour and freedom: Thoughts on the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 1)
Big, epic, life-changing crossroads in life are, by their very status quo-shaking nature, profoundly dramatic events. No matter how you slice it, and whether they represent a positive or negative shift in a person’s life, they have an innate capacity for upending life as you know it. And yet for Continue Reading
Book review: TRUEL1F3 by Jay Kristoff
Sticking the landing is the thing. Not just in gymnastics but in trilogies, whatever medium they occupy; you can have the most glorious story unfurl with grace and fury over two gripping first instalments but if you don’t land the finale just so, all anyone will remember is how you Continue Reading
Hello Odo and Kira my old friends! Time to go back to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with new comics series
SNAPSHOT“Death casts its shadow as Constable Odo searches for truth amid a web of treachery and lies. Everyone on the Promanade has a motive for this murder, be it vengeance, justice… or old-fashioned greed.” (synopsis courtesy TrekMovie.com) If you ask most Star Trek fans which series they love above all Continue Reading
Book review: One Day in December by Josie Silver #ChristmasinJuly
Making an enduring love affair, especially one thwarted by time and circumstance feel wholly and immersively believable is no easy feat. Especially when you are also trying in the grandest of all romantic comedy traditions to keep the escapist magic alive and well too. But Josie Silver manages it with Continue Reading
During #ChristmasinJuly I listened to The Christmas Present by Robbie Williams
Such have been the virus-riven rigours of 2020 that many people have joked we should simply fast-forward to December and the attendant delights of the festive season and forget the horrors of COVID-19 amidst a delightful cloud of caroling, eggnog and gathering with those we love around a brightly-decorated tree. Continue Reading
A terrific trio of TV shows: Away, Muppets Now (new trailer), The Rain (S3)
TV is a LOT these days. Like, literally, a LOT. You can’t move for streaming platforms and scripted shows and analysis of those scripted shows which makes deciding what to watch an increasingly Solomonic proposition. Accepting that you literally can’t watch everything, not if you’d like to eat, sleep, see Continue Reading
Book review: Writers & Lovers by Lily King
It’s not until all consuming grief hits you that you realise how tenuous your grip on the world around you is and how easily it can shaken. Throw in any additional kind of emotional destabilisation such as moving, a stressful job or a break-up and suddenly what seemed certain, stable Continue Reading
He’s Back! Gary Larson returns with new The Far Side material
The Far Side is alive! Granted, it never really died in the hearts of fan everywhere who have kept the quirky faith and a sense of the ridiculous intact during the 25 years since creator Gary Larson release any new material. Now it’s back! Well, kind of … As Larson Continue Reading