“There’s nobody left to love us.” That haunting phrase, uttered by one of the young children at the orphanage which acts as the sitting for My Life as a Zucchini, which is up for a Best Animated Feature Academy Award at this year’s Oscars along with Zootopia and Moana, Continue Reading
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Colony: “Company Man” / “Fallout” (S2, E5 & E6 review)
No one ever said having aliens surreptitiously invade Earth under the guise of a secretive coterie of powerful collaborating human overseers would be easy. Actually to be fair no one said that at all, but in “Company Man” and “Fallout” we witness the complexities of life under the Raps, the Continue Reading
Haven’t had a chance to watch all the Oscar-nominated films? No problem
It’s almost time for the 89th Academy Awards! Now while many people are merrily making well-considered predictions about who will be clutching a golden statue on the big night and which movie will arise triumphant, I am choosing to once again Switzerland myself out of all the whole process. Continue Reading
Book review: Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
Depending on which side of the aging fence you stand, there is one of two axioms that will guide your approach to life. The first, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” presupposes that you reach a certain point in life after which all new experiences and skills Continue Reading
Little girls everywhere she turns: Miranda Hart to play Miss Harrigan in Annie
Is there anything that Miranda Hart, star of her eponymous sitcom, budding Hollywood star (Spy), author extraordinaire and lover of the word “moist”, cannot do? I say no – she is simply too much “such fun” to not be absolutely brilliantly, fabulously, hilariously jolly good and far too versatile. Continue Reading
Movie review: Moonlight
There is a point towards the end of Moonlight, an achingly poignant examination of identity, loss and love, that you realise how much damage can be done to one person’s sense of self by the thoughtless words and ill-thought-out deeds of those closest to them. Chiron (Travant Rhodes as Continue Reading
Daffy Duck finds his Gangsta’s Paradise in this marvellous mashup
In the unexpected cartoon/musical marriages made in mash-up heaven, may we introduce you to the joining together of Daffy Duck in all his gloriously hilarious cantankerousness with Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise”, which you’ll recall was the standout song on the soundtrack for 1995’s Dangerous Minds film. This impressive mash-up is Continue Reading
Book review: Love, Lies and Linguine by Hilary Spiers
There is something inordinately comforting about rejoining the company of book characters you have grown to know and love. If an author is doing their job properly, and Hilary Spiers mostly certainly is, it is akin to meeting up again with old friends, people you wish you could have Continue Reading
Movie review: Loving
In a perfect world, the union of two people in wedded bliss would simply be a celebration of love and devotion and not some devious threat to the social order. Alas, none of us live in such an untroubled idyll, so instead marriage often comes loaded with a whole Continue Reading
Now this is music #83: Golden Coast, Darling James, Julie Bergan, MUNA, Maribelle
Life is not easy on us. There are twists and turns all over the shop and coping with it all, whether it’s resolving what troubles us, or finding some temporary sanctuary in the midst of the hurt and madness, can be a real challenge. None of the five artists Continue Reading