Life is, in many ways, a bittersweet mix of opportunities seized and chances lost. This all too flawed and earthbound state of affairs is not necessarily the result of poor decision-making or impetuous planning; it’s often simply the consequence of sliding doors rising up to meet us, necessitating that a Continue Reading
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The short and the short of it: The close enough to reach otherworldliness of The Moon’s Milk
SNAPSHOTSeven and a half years in the making, The Moon’s Milk is an entirely handmade stop motion animated short about a time when the moon was close enough to be reached by ladder. Narrated by Tom Waits, the film chronicles the last expedition of Captain Millipede and his crew to Continue Reading
Horse Museum – There’s a new Dr Seuss on the loose!
SNAPSHOTThe story follows a horse as it guides a group through a museum looking at the real-life examples of how artists have imagined the humble horse. It includes reproductions of more than 30 artworks about horses, from artists like Pablo Picasso to Susan Rothenberg and Jackson Pollock. And there are Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Channel 5” (S5, E15 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND COLLAPSING BRIDGES, LONG EXHAUSTING WALKS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE … AND CRUSHING DISAPPOINTMENT Now it may surprise you learn that public relations is still a thing in the zaombie apocalypse. That’s not so much because the undead are spruiking the marginal benefits of being eaten by them Continue Reading
Welcome to the inequitable new ice age: Snowpiercer (Part 1: Extinction) comic
SNAPSHOTThe prequel story to the New York Times bestselling Snowpiercer graphic novel series that inspired both movie and TV adaptations. Perfect for fans of post-apocalyptic sci-fi! The Snowpiercer saga continues with this brand new story by original artist Jean-Marc Rochette and Eisner nominated writer, Matz. Set before the extinction event Continue Reading
Book review: The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster by Scott Wilbanks
Belonging, truly belonging, to a group of people, family or otherwise, is one of the great defining attributes of being human. While it’s healthy to define ourselves in our terms as anyone who has ever been part of a dysfunctionally intrusive group will tell you, there is so much to Continue Reading
Weekend movie poster art: The just out of reach answers of Ad Astra
SNAPSHOTBrad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones to star in James Gray’s Ad Astra. The sci-fi epic will feature Jones as the father of Pitt’s character who, 20 years ago, left his son on a mission to Neptune in the search for extraterrestrial life. Pitt’s character, named Roy McBride, then sets Continue Reading
Book review: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
If there is a creed for science fiction, and no doubt someone somewhere has attempted one since people, most people anyway, tend to love immutable rules, it must surely be to (a) to be expansively imaginative and (b) weave in penetratingly substantial examination of the contrarily complex nature of humanity. Continue Reading
Little Monsters: A zombie comedy with heart … and lots of brains
SNAPSHOTThe film follows Dave (England), a washed-up musician who volunteers to chaperone his nephew’s kindergarten class field trip after taking a shine to the plucky schoolteacher, Miss Caroline (Nyong’o). Dave’s intentions are complicated by the presence of the world’s most famous kids show personality, and competition for Miss Caroline’s affections, Continue Reading
Comics review: Sea of Stars (issues 1-3)
There is something about the wide reaches of spaces that damn near screams out for sprawling, epic space operas. (Not that anyone in space can literally hear you call out but figurative screams are not required, thankfully, to heed the cumbersome laws of physics.) Fortunately for anyone who craves great, Continue Reading