It’s a mixed bag this week. We get chill, we hit the dancefloor, we develop an obsession with dogs literal and metaphorical and we in fact develop a fear of water. Or perhaps not. Either way, these five songs conjure a distinct sense of time and place, proof that true Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: “Acorn” goes searching for his place in the world
SNAPSHOTCalArts student Madeline Sharafian, whose work we’ve previously posted, has created Acorn, a short animated film that tells the story of a tiny acorn who was ripped from the loving limbs of a giant oak by strong wind and forced to make his own way to find a place in Continue Reading
Book review: The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner
If you have even a shred of your humanity intact, you cannot help but be deeply and profoundly moved by the emotionally powerful but nuanced storytelling in Jennifer Rosner’s debut novel The Yellow Bird Sings. Told with an elegant simplicity that belies its complex, at times (many times) heartbreaking material, Continue Reading
SDCC trailers (mostly)! Woke, Truth Seekers, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Lovecraft Country, Utopia
Goodby San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) in real life! Hello SDCC online! In common with many other COVID-19 unfriendly, crowd-heavy events this year, SDCC has let slip the bonds of convention facilities and hotels, and gone online with a host of panels and trailer reveals. It may not quite be Continue Reading
Time to start singing with Fa-la-la-la-llama by Alix Bosco #ChristmasInJuly
If you haven’t noticed yet, Christmas books for kids are the absolute, creative best. All those hilariously quirky permutations of festive language use that we have known and loved since we ourselves were kids, find their way into these books and with a talented writer and inspired artist working together, Continue Reading
Book review: Every Sky a Grave by Jay Posey
Is there anything more compelling to read than imaginatively conceived, well-written expansively sprawling, blockbuster-inclined sci-fi? There is, actually. Sci-fi with all of the above very welcome attributes that also has a heart and soul embedded into the very DNA of its beguiling narrative, a sense of humanity and crackling intelligence Continue Reading
The zombies are back in (what’s left of the) town! Trailers and release dates for Fear the Walking Dead and TWD: World Beyond
Uncertainty thy name is COVID-19. One of the many side effects of the pandemic has been the way it has upended all kinds of schedules and plans, including which TV shows would land on our favourite streaming platforms and when (or, even if they could be made now at all), Continue Reading
Heartbreak, humour and freedom: Thoughts on the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 1)
Big, epic, life-changing crossroads in life are, by their very status quo-shaking nature, profoundly dramatic events. No matter how you slice it, and whether they represent a positive or negative shift in a person’s life, they have an innate capacity for upending life as you know it. And yet for Continue Reading
Book review: TRUEL1F3 by Jay Kristoff
Sticking the landing is the thing. Not just in gymnastics but in trilogies, whatever medium they occupy; you can have the most glorious story unfurl with grace and fury over two gripping first instalments but if you don’t land the finale just so, all anyone will remember is how you Continue Reading
Hello Odo and Kira my old friends! Time to go back to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with new comics series
SNAPSHOT“Death casts its shadow as Constable Odo searches for truth amid a web of treachery and lies. Everyone on the Promanade has a motive for this murder, be it vengeance, justice… or old-fashioned greed.” (synopsis courtesy TrekMovie.com) If you ask most Star Trek fans which series they love above all Continue Reading