It’s a tricky business delivering up mystery and explanation in one tight sci-fi storytelling package. Tip too towards the mystery and you end up with Solaris or Arrival, both fine films in their own way which are hampered by the fact that they deliver up far more questions than answers Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Paper Girls volumes 1 & 2 by Brian K. Vaughan (writer) and Cliff Chiang (artist)
Time travel is always a compelling element to add to the narrative mix. There’s the inherent upsetting of the linear natural order, the frisson of excitement that comes from wildly unpredictable parts trying to fit into a whole to which they don’t organically belong and the confusion/thrill of characters grappling Continue Reading