Every family has its secrets. Some are earth shattering, some most assuredly not, but all of them are held close to the chest of their keeper/s for fear of what they could do to the family itself and to those outside looking in, who seldom let a sound perspective or Continue Reading
Movie review: Top Gun – Maverick
Dipping back into the well of nostalgia is always a tricky exercise, fraught with the unwelcome peril of finding out those backward-looking rose-coloured glasses you wear obscured one too many unsettling facts, and that perhaps there is truth in the adage that you can never really go back. Faced with Continue Reading
A grave terror approaches … say a supernatural hello to the mysterious world of Wednesday
SNAPSHOTWednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting 16-year-old Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Season One will follow Wednesday as she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the murder mystery that embroiled Continue Reading
Movie review: C’mon C’mon
Every single film you watch, for better or worse, should be able to take wholly and completely into the world it creates. Sometimes that is not a good thing but in the case of films as luminously moving and meditatively complex as C’mon, C’mon, written and directed by Mike Mills Continue Reading
“I never imagined any of this”: Meet the cast of Ms. Marvel
SNAPSHOTMs. Marvel, launching on Disney+ in [U.S.] Summer 2022, is a new series that introduces Kamala Khan—a 16-year-old Pakistani-American growing up in Jersey City. A great student, an avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe, she has a special affinity for superheroes, particularly Captain Marvel. But Kamala struggles to fit Continue Reading
Working their class off: Thoughts on Abbott Elementary (S1)
When first you dive into the delightful surrounds of workplace sitcom, Abbott Elementary, which wholeheartedly embraces the “situation” part of the abbreviated genre name, it is easy to assume that you’re in for another light, fluffy, feel good show. Nothing wrong with that at all; while the TV snobs among Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti
It is rare, so supremely rare, to find a story in any genre or format, that feels as if it simply cannot be improved on. Many come close but few feel so immersively perfect, so vividly alive with character, narrative and faultless execution, that you can truly say they are Continue Reading
Weekday streaming poster art: New characters posters for Obi-Wan Kenobi
SNAPSHOTThe story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. The series stars Continue Reading
Book review: Murder Most Fancy by Kellie McCourt
It’s time to get your Maple on! Or is that Marple? It is, in fact, Marple, but in the gloriously funny sleuthing world of loaded-to-the-gills heiress Indigo-Daisy-Violet-Amber-Hasluck-Royce-Jones-Bombberg, what passes for classic detective work, and classic detectives of the Agatha Christie kind for that matter, are played fast and loose with Continue Reading
When life is broken and you’ve lost it all … or have you? Thoughts on Obi-Wan Kenobi (S1, E1-2)
There’s a point in the opening episode of any new TV series where you discover whether you are going to be watching a pedal-to-the-metal affair, where things move fast and really stop to collect their breath, or whether you will be treated to a far more thoughtfully meditative affair, one Continue Reading