SNAPSHOT The near future; humanity has been all but destroyed by a mutated fungal disease that eradicates free will and turns its victims into flesh-eating “hungries”. Only a small group of children seem immune to its effects. At an army base in rural England, this group of unique children Continue Reading
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Book review: The Trees by Ali Shaw
When we think of the apocalypse or dystopian futures, our minds usually go to scenes of the undead pursuing the living with flesh-craving resolve, giant asteroids on a collision course with Earth, or cities rife with grime and decay, poverty and despair. They do not, however, entertain visions of Continue Reading
Pack your Kickstarter bags: Vivian the Dog Moves to Brooklyn
SNAPSHOT Vivian the Dog Moves to Brooklyn is a book about a big dog moving from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Brooklyn, New York. It’s 32 pages long and will be full of beautiful photo-illustrations created by Mitch and starring Vivian, with some pretty fantastic letterings and drawings by the Continue Reading
Movie review: Everybody Wants Some!!
Styled as a spiritual successor to Linklater’s 1993 ode to the dying days of high school Dazed and Confused, Everybody Wants Some!! concentrates on another transitional period in many peoples’ lives – the move to college/university when everything seems possible but you wonder if you’ll be able to make Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Vestiges aka how to fight black sludge with a flamingo and plant magic
Word to the wise people – if the grassy idyllic valley in which you live is threatened by an advancing mass of black mud, one which at times takes humanoid shape, you should make sure you have a giant flying flamingo at hand and some plant magic with which Continue Reading
Wayward Pines: “Exit Strategy” (S2, E4 review)
*SPOILERS … AND THE ARRIVAL OF ABBIES ON CAROUSELS … NOT AS MUCH FUN AS YOU MIGHT THINK* So humanity continues to hold a knife to its throat in the latest instalment of everyone’s favourite dystopian future, Wayward Pines. On the surface, nothing too much dramatic happened; but Continue Reading
Shows we’d love to see #423: The Walking Dead holiday variety show!
Hurrah! The undead just got a little festive. Now before you imagine zombies with party hats and bonbons, carousing with wine and human flesh mince pies, consider what might happen if The Walking Dead put on its very own 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special show, one complete with appearances by Continue Reading
Movie review: The Queen of Ireland
In this age of movie blockbusters, megaphone-loud social media outbursts and viral demagoguery, we have become accustomed to heroes, revolutionaries and agents of real and lasting change as being swashbucklingly larger than life. After all, anyone who is capable of accomplishing any kind of societal transformation must be someone Continue Reading
Find your flock: Storks (trailer + poster)
SNAPSHOT Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for global internet giant Cornerstore.com. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl. Desperate to deliver this Continue Reading
Movie review: Finding Dory
You could well argue that a film as beautifully made and emotionally impacting as Finding Nemo doesn’t require a sequel; that it is perfectly complete in and of itself. That argument would likely stand until you see Finding Dory, Pixar’s latest animation masterpiece which takes the forgetful Pacific Regal Continue Reading