(courtesy IMP Awards) Star Trek: Discovery has always been about people and the connections they forge in building a better, more just galactic society. That might seem self evident since surely that is true of all iterations of a franchise that has held sway in the hearts and minds of Continue Reading
Book review: How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
Is there anything new under the murder mystery sun? You may think not; after all, how many ways can you have a crime happen, have it investigated by a quirky though frighteningly competent sleuth and have the killer/s unmasked in suitably dramatic fashion? As it turns out, quite a lot, Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2024: Week 3 – Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine (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
This is not madness: Thoughts on Constellation (S1, E5-8)
(courtesy YouTube (c) AppleTV+) ————— SPOILERS AHEAD !!!!! ————— If there’s one thing Constellation is, it’s fiendishly, mind-bogglingly involved. It’s also darkly and richly poetic, character-rich and trippy as absolute hell but involved … and complicated … and full on to the point where multiple instances of pausing are needed Continue Reading
You are not your thoughts … trailer lands for Turtles All the Way Down
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTHannah Marks’ new film Turtles All the Way Down tackles anxiety through its 17-year-old protagonist, Aza Holmes (Isabela Merced). It’s not easy being Aza, but she’s trying… trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, and a good student, all while navigating an endless barrage of Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #104: ETHAN, Zerb, girli, Kiesza and Steve Aoki + listen to all 37 Eurovision 2024 entries … and Swedish artists thank ABBA for the music in song
(via Shutterstock) Life can feeling horribly drab and boring a lot of the time. Sure, that’s the nature of being alive; not every single moment can be a technicolour wonderland of explosive fun and fabulousness but wouldn’t it be nice if there was something to bring vivacity to the drab Continue Reading
Book review: The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr
(courtesy Hachette Australia) Living up to hype, any hype, can be a crippling burden for any novel. It might well be every bit as good as the buzz feverishly declares it to be, full of characters you will love, themes you will embrace and a story that will draw you Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Star Trek – Deep Space Nine: The Dog of War by Mike Chen and Angel Hernandez
(courtesy Penguin Random House) Released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the launch of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which ran for seven seasons from 1993 to 1999, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The Dog of War by Mike Chen (writer) and Angel Hernandez (art), is one of Continue Reading
Your cosmic joyride awaits … Doctor Who drops new trailer and episode titles
SNAPSHOTThe series stars Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, a new incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in the TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box from the outside. The Fifteenth Doctor was introduced in “The Giggle” (2023) through a Continue Reading
Book review: The Opposite of Success by Eleanor Elliott Thomas
(courtesy Text Publishing) Pretty much everyone on the planet sets out on this somewhat strange journey called life aiming for and expecting the best. After all, who wants to aim lower than that? It’s a one-shot deal and you’re hardly going to launch yourself into the fray hoping and planning Continue Reading