What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Book review: In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
There’s something innately beautiful about each and every book that TJ Klune releases. That beauty comes from the fact that he infuses every single novel, from The House on the Cerulean Sea to Under the Whispering Door to Wolfsong, all of which occupy a quirky, cosy slice of fantasy-goth/dystopian-apocalyptic literature, Continue Reading
66 million years ago is closer than you think: Prehistoric Planet season 2 trailer’s epic new past worlds
SNAPSHOTPrehistoric Planet, from executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton, and narrated by Sir David Attenborough, combines award-winning wildlife filmmaking, the latest paleontology learnings and state-of-the-art technology to unveil the spectacular habitats and inhabitants of ancient Earth for a one-of-a-kind immersive experience. The series is produced by the world-renowned team Continue Reading
UPCOMING READS: Myriad by Joshua David Bellin
SNAPSHOTAgent Miriam Randle works for LifeTime, a private law enforcement agency that undertakes short-term time travel to erase crimes before they occur. Haunted by the memory of her twin brother’s unsolved murder at the age of six, Miriam thinks of herself as Myriad — an incarnation of the many lives Continue Reading
Movie review: Glass Onion – A Knives Out Mystery
Diving into a Rian Johnson mystery is like being plunged, in all the best possible ways, into a maelstrom of brilliantly executed ideas, fantastically well-realised characters who brim with flaws and vigour and a storyline so robustly intricate you glory in its enticing complexity and almost clap with glee as Continue Reading
Book review: Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Reading a romantic comedy is an almost sure-fire way to feel better about the world. What felt bleak now has hues of hope and vital possibility and that lingering sense you have that nothing good can come of this messy business of living suddenly feels faintly ridiculous. I mean, look Continue Reading
A tiny ton of TV trailers: The Muppets Mayhem, Florida Man and Never Have I Ever (final season)
If you’ve ever read this blog on more than one occasion, and if you have I thank you (and sorry again for all the typos), then you’ll be well aware that I am a strangely ambitious soul. Despite knowing deep down that I don’t have a hope in hell of Continue Reading
Book review: Descendant Machine by Gareth Powell
One of the biggest tricks of any massively overarching space opera premise is finding a way to deliver on it. Sure, the back blurb of the novel can sound like a thousand big and impressive elements, and hopefully some small and intimate (but emotionally powerful) human moments too, coming together Continue Reading
They’ll figure it out, maybe: Thoughts on Unstable (season 1)
There’s a moment when you’re watching the trailer for a promising sitcom, full of wry dialogue, sparkling quips and deliciously good comic timing that you hope and pray to whatever streaming gods are out there, that the resultant program will be every bit as good as its teaser taster suggests. Continue Reading
Higher. Further. Faster. Together. Galactically fun trailer lands for The Marvels
SNAPSHOTAfter the events of Ms. Marvel (2022), superheroes Carol Danvers, Kamala Khan, and Monica Rambeau begin swapping places with each other every time they use their powers, and must team up to determine why. The Marvels is directed by acclaimed American filmmaker Nia DaCosta, director of the films Little Woods Continue Reading