Over a series of eight immersively engaging novels, all set in the same shared paranormal universe – think Marvel but with way more werewolves, sprites and immortal beings – Maria Lewis has told the story of empowered supernatural women reshaping the world in an image which is far more just, Continue Reading
“I prefer the term ‘time prisoner'”: Nadia makes her feelings clear in Russian Doll season 2 trailer
SNAPSHOT“Discovering a fate even worse than endless death, this season finds Nadia and Alan delving deeper into their pasts through an unexpected time portal located in one of Manhattan’s most notorious locations, the New York City subway,” the official Season 2 synopsis reads. “At first they experience this as an Continue Reading
The gloriously funny and loving dysfunction of family: The Great North (S2, E1-10)
There is so much great modern animation on television and streaming platforms. Shows like Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers, Bojack Horseman, and South Park, not to mention Centaurworld which was a highlight of 2021 for this reviewer, sparkle with incisive writing, sharp humour, pitch-perfect, fully-rounded characters and a sense of time Continue Reading
A ton of tantalising trailers: The Outlaws, Barry (S3), Prehistoric Planet and Outer Range + first images of Grace and Frankie (S7b) + exciting Picard S3 announcement!
So many streaming shows, so little time. When you survey the bewildering multiplicity of options for your viewing time out there, it can begin to feel like there is far too much of a good thing; but just as you’re about to throw in the towel, you realise how good Continue Reading
Book review: The Island Home by Libby Page
There is pain in life that starts so early, cuts so deep, and leaves such a long-lasting, festering wound that we wonder if we will truly ever get over it. Our responses to such pervasively terrible wounding vary but the truth of the matter is, facing up to the pain Continue Reading
Sea dragons and pirates ahoy! Doctor Who’s “Legend of the Sea Devils” gets an historically rich teaser trailer
SNAPSHOT“… the new special, “Legend of the Sea Devils”, is taking the Doctor, Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) to 19th century China. The big historical highlight of the special belongs to Crystal Yu as real life pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao, aka Madame Ching. Ching was considered one Continue Reading
Movie review: The Last Bus
The English have a welcome ability to make whimsically meaningful films that get right into your heart, which while they may be a little sentimental and comically cute at times, restore faith in audiences that life can be more than a thousand kinds of negatively awful. The more cynical among Continue Reading
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – come and meet the crew! (Plus all new trailer!)
SNAPSHOTStar Trek: Strange New Worlds features Anson Mount as Captain Pike alongside Ethan Peck and Rebecca Romijn who also reprise their Discovery roles as Spock and Number One, a.k.a. Una Chin-Riley, respectively. Filling out the crew of the USS Enterprise are Jess Bush (Skinford) as Nurse Christine Chapel, Celia Rose Continue Reading
Book review: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
One thing among the many that has always made reading reading so precious and necessary to this reviewer is its ability to warp reality in ways so escapist and pleasingly beyond belief that any troubles in the real world are temporarily kept at bay for the duration of the read. Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2022: Week 2 – Greece, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands (semi-final 1, part 2)
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading