It was a cold and terrible day in January 2019, the 25th to be exact, when the final six episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt dropped on Netflix and Titus (Tituss Burgess) barked his last defensive pun, Lillian (Carol Kane) had to forgo fighting the gentrification of her belovedly raggedy slice Continue Reading
Train to Busan: Peninsula ponders: Is it possible to escape the apocalypse?
SNAPSHOT“Four years after South Korea’s total decimation in Train to Busan, the zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide, acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho brings us Peninsula, the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world. Jung-seok, a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation Continue Reading
Book review: Revenger by Alastair Reynolds
At the heart of every space epic, the really good ones anyway, there has to be a thread of vibrant, affecting humanity. Being taken to strange and exotic worlds in the midst of enticing galaxies far beyond the banality of 21st century day-to-day life is a compelling reason to read Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Speedy the Turtle becomes a town’s newest hero
SNAPSHOTWakiki island is in peril by the destructive powers of the evil tiki god Tori, only one turtle is brave enough to stop him: Speedy the Turtle! (synopsis courtesy YouTube) What is it with Big Bads and their love of world-enslaving bling? They crave the stuff and it’s always up Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #28: Remi Wolf, RAC, Brye, Woodkid, San Holo
Heartbroken? Sitting down too long? Longing to head home and live life on your own terms? Need an escape into a lushly cinematic landscape? Today’s five artists can be with you in all those situations, offering up solace, empathy, melodic diversion and a sense that for everything in life there Continue Reading
Book review: The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna
There are books you read and appreciate, ones that draw you in and compel you to finish them but which for all their narrative appeal and readability, don’t really grab a hold off your heart in ways so profound you are thinking about them long after you have finished them. Continue Reading
One Zoom to Rule Them All | Reunited Apart “Lord of the Rings” edition
This is going to be one of those occasions where you feel old, really old. It’s now almost 20 years since the first film in the fabled Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings, was released to an eager public eager to Continue Reading
Comics review: Beyonders (Volume 1) by Paul Jenkins and Wesley St. Claire
We are, for the most part, a very curious people. Not everyone grant you, but enough of us dare to ask the big questions and push the boundaries of what is known and what’s possible that humanity has been able to push forward, ever forward to some very cool and Continue Reading
Book review: The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold
Coming up with an approach to fantasy storytelling that is so compellingly fresh that you spend much of a story excited about where it’s all going to lead is a very rare thing indeed, especially given the explosion in popularity of the genre over recent years. Actor (Black Sails, Never Continue Reading
Movie review: The Lovebirds
When most couples get into trouble, one of the first things they consider is possibly getting some professional help. It makes sense – bringing in someone with counselling expertise who has no subjective stake in the health of the relationship and the back and forth of who said and did Continue Reading