Unrequited love is a terrible thing. But then so is love that is seemingly mutual and then never really goes anywhere, a flicker of romantic hope that holds so much promise but fails to deliver on it, crushing at least one of the people involve who wonders, understandably, again and Continue Reading
Let’s party! Say hello to Blue Beetle
SNAPSHOTRecent college graduate Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his true purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of Continue Reading
Book review: Black Star Renegades by Michael Moreci
Ordinarily, having the fate of the entire galaxy thrust on your unwilling shoulders and having to stand up and fight rather than flee and hide may not seem like a whole lot of fun. Ask Luke, Han and Leia from Star Wars or any of the gang in Guardians of Continue Reading
Sci-fi streaming round-up! The Mandalorian (S3, 3-6) and Picard (S3, E7-8)
The larger-than-life but intensely human stories of humanity out in the wilds of space continue in The Mandalorian season 3 and Star Trek: Picard season 3, both of which prove that whether, it’s a long, long time ago or way out in the future, that humanity will fight hard for Continue Reading
On their way to Easter! Catch a ride with Bunnies on the Bus …
Have you ever wondered what all the other bunnies who aren’t the Easter bunny do when he or she is out there handing out eggs in a hippity-hoppity fashion? Sure, some of the other bunnies might be engaged in helping the Easter Bunny do their thing but not all of Continue Reading
Celebrate a very Winnie the Pooh Easter in Springtime with Roo
Watching a delightful animated special like Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo comes with an easter basket full of seasonal cognitive dissonance if you’re from the Southern Hemisphere, in this case, Australia. For her way down in the Antipodes, Easter marks the arrival of Autumn, a time when everything’s still Continue Reading
Warrior. Outcast. Rebel. Jedi. Teaser trailer introduces us to Ahsoka
SNAPSHOTA spin-off from the series The Mandalorian, taking place in the same timeframe as that series and its other interconnected spin-offs after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983). Rosario Dawson stars as Ahsoka Tano, reprising her role from The Mandalorian. The character was created for the animated series Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2023: Week 3 – Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland (Semi-final 1, part 3)
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
Sitcom review round-up! Shrinking (S1, E9-10), and Ted Lasso (S3, E1-3), and The Big Door Prize (E1, S1-4)
It’s a fiesta of laughs with heart and meaning! Enjoy … Shrinking (E1, S10) As someone who has experienced the incalculably awful of losing both parents with a 3.5 year period, grief is ever present. Not as stingingly strong as it was when I first lost my dad in June Continue Reading
Movie review: Maria Into Life (Maria rêve)
If we’re honest, most of us fall into ruts without even realising it’s happened. Life kicks off into adult gear, and dares us to keep up or fall behind, and so we find ourselves on a weird existential hamster wheel of sorts, one made up of jobs and bills and Continue Reading