SNAPSHOTTravel past space and time to a place of infinite mystery… Jake Gyllenhaal lends his voice to Searcher Clade, the son of a steadfast explorer. The original action-adventure journeys deep into an uncharted and treacherous land where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades, a family of explorers whose differences threaten Continue Reading
Book review: Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle
Falling in love is quite wonderful, no matter who you are. As the anticipatory jitters become nascent attraction and then full-blown head over heels loved up splendour, you find yourself swept up in something which has no real equal with anything else we go through in life. It’s a life Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Wynd Book One – Flight Of The Prince by James Tynion IV (writer) and Michael Dialynas (artist)
The idea of being home, of having a home – and not just the physical dwelling but the intangibly ephemeral emotional sense of belonging t00 – is so universal that it’s taken as a given that everyone has one. But not everyone does; for a whole host of reasons, people Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The hauntingly uplifting renewal of Castaway
SNAPSHOTA lonely girl is living in the sky, far from the world on the ground that frightens her. One day, an unexpected visit will turn her routine upside down and make her fall from her cloud. (courtesy Filmaffinity) There are a lot of truly remarkable short films out there that Continue Reading
Book review: When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
If you have ever thought that love, in all its many-splendoured glory has a supernatural feel to it. then you will find much to love in When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo. An evocatively written novel that seamlessly and affecting melds a love story with a ghost story, Continue Reading
M*A*S*H, 50 years on: the anti-war sitcom was a product of its time, yet its themes are timeless (curated article)
Daryl Sparkes, University of Southern Queensland MASH, stylised as M*A*S*H, is the story of a rag-tag bunch of medical misfits of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital thrown together against the horrors of the Korean war in the 1950s. The series endured for 11 seasons, from September 1972 to the Continue Reading
Book review: A Million Aunties by Alecia McKenzie
We all need family. Whether it’s flesh or found, family is the glue that binds to a very special sense of time and place, which gives us a place of unconditional belonging and which helps us to make sense of the world. It may not always be an idyllic place Continue Reading
A tiny ton of TV trailers! Avenue 5 (S2), National Treasure: Edge Of History, Oddballs + Willow
Fun and adventure! Together these gloriously intoxicating things make life feel a whole lot less banal, excitingly more possible and thrillingly exciting in a way that commuting to work and paying your taxes simple does not. Thankfully while real life may not always have them in multitudinous abundance, TV/streaming does, Continue Reading
Movie review: The Perfect Dinner (La cena perfetta) #IFF22
Redemption is never an easy thing to achieve. Sure, religions chuck it around like luminously promising confetti and self-help coaches guarantee it’s but a mantra and a positive attitude away, and while they are all very compelling and attractive options that attract a great deal of attention and devotion, the Continue Reading
UPCOMING READS: The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles
SNAPSHOTAbandoned by his father as a small child, Sir Gareth Inglis has grown up prickly, cold, and well-used to disappointment. Even so, he longs for a connection, falling headfirst into a passionate anonymous affair that’s over almost as quickly as it began. Bitter at the sudden rejection, Gareth has little Continue Reading