(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT“It’s almost time.” The second season of Marvel’s series Loki sees the Asgardian villain Loki working with Mobius M. Mobius, Hunter B-15, and other members of the Time Variance Authority (TVA) to navigate the multiverse in order to find Sylvie, Ravonna Renslayer, and Miss Minutes. It is Continue Reading
Sci-fi review double: Star Trek – Strange New Worlds S2, E8 (“Under the Cloak of War”) and Foundation S2, E3 (“King and Commoner”)
(courtesy IMP Awards) If you ever wanted proof that the writers of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds are masters of a stunningly good variety of narrative approaches, then look no further than the fact that the seriously intense emotional drama of episode 8, “Under the Cloak of War” follows hard Continue Reading
“This musical resistance needs us, Ernest!” Trailer drops for the adorable Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (Ernest et Célestine: Le voyage en Charabie)
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTErnest and Celestine return in this delightful, joyous follow-up to their first Academy Award-nominated adventure, about a bear and a mouse as the unlikeliest of friends. Ernest remains an ursine troubadour dedicated to a life of music and art, and his constant grouchiness is softened by the Continue Reading
Book review: A Psalm for the Wild Built (A Monk and Robot Book) by Becky Chambers
(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) The age we live is in many ways not a happy one. Beset by war, climate change, microbial resistance, the rise of fascistic government and a host of other ailments, people feel beleaguered and exhausted and pessimistic about whether there are any ready solutions to any Continue Reading
Murder can be a real showstopper: Full trailer for Murders in the Buildings season 3
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe Only Murders in the Building season 3 news indicates the murder mystery will center around Paul Rudd’s Ben Glenroy. Introduced as a new character after the time jump in the season 2 finale, Ben Glenroy is an actor who works with Oliver on his Broadway return. On opening night, Continue Reading
#ChristmasInJuly special review redux: Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
(courtesy The Jim Henson Company) This was originally published on this blog on 21 December 2016. Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, a production of the Jim Henson Company based on Russell and Lillian Hoban’s 1971 book of the same title, is a delight in every sense of the word. Packed full Continue Reading
#ChristmasInJuly book review: There’s Something About Merry (Mistletoe Romance #2) by Codi Hall
(courtesy Sourcebooks Casablanca) When it comes to Christmas novels, and really many forms of festive storytelling, the much observed truism that there is nothing new under the sun is well and truly borne out. That’s not necessarily a criticism since those of us who love the season love the tropes Continue Reading
Movie review: Oppenheimer
(courtesy IMP Awards) As a general rule, we like to think of history as a thing of clean, linear beauty – x happens, y results and time marches inexorably and uncomplicatedly on, consequence following action over and over until fact stacks upon fact and the story of humanity is told Continue Reading
Existence is absurd: Trailer and poster arrive for the fabulous weirdness of Strange Planet
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTWhat happens when you mush the everyday and the extraordinary to the most absurd level? Based on The New York Times No. 1 bestselling graphic novel and social media phenomenon of the same name, Strange Planet is an hilarious and perceptive look at a distant world not Continue Reading
Decay is an ever-present constant on the human journey: Foundation S2, E2 review
(courtesy IMP Awards) As we wade further into the end of Empire (Lee Pace) and empire – the one rules, the other is ruled over but they are on and the same – it’s becoming increasingly clear that the purported saviours of humanity and its shaky grasp on galactic civilisation Continue Reading