(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTWhen Apollo’s father disappeared, he left his son a box of books & strange recurring dreams. Now Apollo is a father himself–and as he and his wife, Emma, settle into their new lives as parents, exhaustion and anxiety start to take their toll. Apollo’s old dreams return Continue Reading
Book review: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (A Monk and Robot Book) by Becky Chambers
(courtesy IMP Awards) In our grim present day, it’s near-to-impossible to find anyone who thinks the future might be sunny and bright and that humanity, with its collective back against the wall, might find a way out of certain doom to somewhere sustainable and good for, not just us, but Continue Reading
A fresh bunch of shorts: I am Groot debuts season two trailer and poster
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe troublemaking twig returns to mischief in the second season of I Am Groot. This time, Baby Groot finds himself exploring the universe and beyond aboard the Guardians’ spaceships, coming face-to-face—or nose-to-nose—with new and colorful creatures and environments. Vin Diesel is back as the voice of Groot Continue Reading
Looney Tunes is total comic mayhem … and gorgeous, inspired background art too
(courtesy The Gaze/YouTube (c) Warner Bros. Discovery) SNAPSHOTWhen you strip Looney Tunes from all its characters and movement and music, you discover this hidden dimension filled with beautiful images that are abandoned, silent, and kind of creepy sometimes. It’s the complete opposite of what Looney Tunes is. Filled with life Continue Reading
Movie review: One Day This Will All Be Yours (En dag kommer allt det här bli ditt)
(courtesy IMDb) Getting through life is hard enough without carrying along a metric ton of long buried pain and blame which neither you nor your family acknowledges but which comes along for the ride anyway but that is where Lisa (Karin Franz Körlof) finds herself in One Day This Will Continue Reading
Book review: Duck à l’Orange for Breakfast by Karina May
(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) Can something that starts out as flirtatious and diversionary become something far more meaningful? If you believe romantic comedies, whatever the medium, and we want to, we really want to otherwise why watch or read them as obsessively as we do, the answer is most definitively Continue Reading
“It’s almost time.” Loki season 2 drops a trailer, a poster and rushes off to save time and space
(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