(courtesy Harper Collins Publishers) One of the loveliest side effects or consequences of reading and loving books is that more often than you might expect that a solitary pursuit – mostly though not always; reading out loud to someone incapable of doing it themselves, anyone? – becomes a group activity, Continue Reading
Weekend movie poster art: Character posters anxiously emerge for Inside Out 2
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe little voices inside Riley’s head know her inside and out—but next summer, everything changes. Pixar’s Inside Out 2 returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #103: Charli XCX, Angus1, camoufly, Griff, Allie X+ new Lindsey Stirling song
(via Shutterstock) Our world runs on energy. And naturally so do we, so it makes sense that the music we listen to would be heaving and bristling and danceably alive with the stuff, in turn gifting it to us so we can make live through those moments when our energy Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The memory-building and remembrance of Napo
(courtesy IMDb (c) Fish Films) SNAPSHOTJohn, unable to understand the illness that drives his grandfather between past and present states, stumbles into an old album full of photographs. The images guide his imagination, transforming his grandfather’s memories into drawings that shape their relationship into a history of memory-building and remembrance. Continue Reading
It’s a blast! The world without and the world within and Fallout
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTBased on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return Continue Reading
Book review: Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie
(courtesy Harper Collins Australia) The greatest accomplishment for any writer, and this is from a humble blogger (my own time) and content writer (day job), is to get someone who would not ordinarily read a particular genre to pick a book clearly belonging to it and to spend valuable reading Continue Reading
More money, money, money … and heart: Loot season 2 trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn Loot, billionaire Molly Novak (Maya Rudolph) has a dream life, complete with private jets, a sprawling mansion and a gigayacht — anything her heart desires. But when her husband of 20 years betrays her, she spirals publicly, becoming fuel for tabloid fodder. She’s reaching rock bottom Continue Reading
UPCOMING READS: She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor
(courtesy io9 / image (c) DAW Books – illustration by Greg Ruth, design by Jim Tierney) SNAPSHOTWhen there is a call, there is often a response. Najeeba knows. She has had The Call. But how can a 13-year-old girl have the Call? Only men and boys experience the annual call Continue Reading
What a wonderful world … The Wild Robot’s naturally beautiful journey to becoming more than they were programmed to be
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTFrom DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot. The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must Continue Reading
Make room for some new emotions: Inside Out 2 debuts full trailer and new poster
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe little voices inside Riley’s head know her inside and out—but next summer, everything changes. Pixar’s Inside Out 2 returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Continue Reading