House of the Dragon, the newly minted prequel to the watercooler-redefining Games of Thrones, is a show that has a considerable amount going for it, replete as it is with political intrigue, the unsentimental viciousness of life at the upper echelons of society, stunningly intriguing characters and a slowly unspooling Continue Reading
Book review: The Queens of Sarmiento Park by Camila Sosa Villada
If you are part of a marginalised community, any marginalised community, you will all too painfully how much the mainstream abhors non-adherence to orthodoxy. People who simply want to be authentically and honestly themselves are treated like some of personal abomination, an affront to some weirdly collective idea of what Continue Reading
Movie review: Minions – The Rise of Gru
Life is hard. Life is grim. Life is, dare I say it, evil at times? Which is why, whether you’re a kid or an adult, but I would wager especially if you’re adult, you need some silliness, some whimsy, some off the chart mischief, best delivered if you’re looking for Continue Reading
Book review: Persephone Station by Stina Leicht
How you react to a given situation says a lot about who you are as a person. In Stina Leicht’s evocatively intense novel, Persephone Station, set in the future when humanity has colonised the stars to good and bad effect, depending on where you stand in society or if you’re Continue Reading
The journey begins: Thoughts on Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (S1, E1-2)
We live in a fast age. Want same day delivery? You got it! A plane that zips you from A to B in a hour or so? Of course! Food ordered and handed to you in mere minutes? Well, why the hell not? It’s all very convenient and who among Continue Reading
The greatest adventures are the ones that bring us home: Thoughts on Lost Ollie
Can you hear that? The sound you hear so thunderously and warmheartedly is the massive heart beating at the core of Lost Ollie, a limited four-part series based on the 2016 novel Ollie’s Odyssey by William Joyce, which rips your soul from your body over and over before putting it Continue Reading
Book review: Bookish People by Susan Coll
If you ask most people, especially inveterate readers for whom books hold an almost mystically romantic quality, working in a bookstore would have to be the best of all possible worlds. The people who work there talk highly about the merits and rewards of helping books and people make happily Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Comics review: Crowded (TP 3) by Sebela / Stein / Brandt / Farrell / Rae
Crowded TP 3 is a LOT. And that, it has to be said at the outset, is a very, very, VERY good thing. From the outlandishly bright and vivid colours of every panel to the characters who leap off the page so vivaciously and fulsomely realised are they to dialogues Continue Reading