(courtesy Simon & Schuster) It’s wonderful when a creator can make a cliffhanger moment pay off. If you recall, the first Peculiar Woods story, The Ancient Underwater City, ended definitively, yes, but a tantalising cliffhanger moment woven in, and in its sequel, The Mystery of the Intelligents, Andrés J. Colmenares Continue Reading
Sitcom review double: Shrinking S2, E1-2 and Frasier 2023 S2, E3-6
(courtesy YouTube (c) AppleTV+) Shrinking S2, E1-2 Shrinking is ostensibly a sitcom. But while it is indeed very funny, full of smart, snappy, character-driven lines and gleefully absurdist situations, it is also one of the most relatable treatises this reviewer has ever encountered on grief. If that sounds like comedy Continue Reading