SNAPSHOTAfter the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “You’re Still Here” (S5, E11 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … ARBOREAL ART GALLERIES, FISH FRYING AND UNPUBLISHED AUTHORS KILLING FOR AN AUDIENCE … Is art dead in the zombie apocalypse? You’d have every reason to think so since let’s face it, there’s barely enough time to stay alive, let alone do some tasteful painting or film people Continue Reading
The sustaining power of friendship: Iphigenia Murphy finds herself in ’90s Queens
SNAPSHOTIt’s 1992. Leaving home hasn’t solved Iphigenia Murphy’s problems–she suspects it’s really just a matter of time before they’ll catch up with her. Iffy is searching for her long-lost mother, and urban camping in a Queens park is safer than living at home. Iffy discovers her own resourcefulness living in Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Felines and Hollywood meet in Moviecats
SNAPSHOTTwo beautiful cats named Tara and Willow have a very silly human named Dave who, with his partner Sarah, likes to recreate famous movie scenes with them, post the photos on Instagram and then have their many followers try to figure out from which film the scene came. In an Continue Reading
Book review: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
If you’re reading a romantic comedy, such as the utter delight that is The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman, you are meant to sit back happily, watch love unfold through quirky and lovingly flawed characters and wait expectantly for the inevitable happy ever after. It’s also quite Continue Reading
Simba! The Lion King gets an inspired cartoon recap
Apparently, The Lion King is a big thing. Everyone supposedly LOVES the original 1994 animated version and adores the 2019 completely unnecessary live action remake – they must do; it’s taken in over $1 billion worldwide – and so, The Lion King is close to becoming the biggest animated film Continue Reading
The surreal wonder of Phantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon
SNAPSHOTFantasmagorie is a short silent animated film created in 1908 by French caricaturist Émile Cohl that is considered the world’s first animated cartoon. The film follows the surreal adventures of a stick figure and is just over a minute in length. (synopsis (c) Laughing Squid) Where dd Mickey Mouse, Betty Continue Reading
Book review: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong is a rare and special thing. A book that is so exquisitely and gorgeously well-written, that possesses such a richly-poetic and tender soul that you gasp again and again as you read its transcendantly beautiful writing and yet, which feels deeply emotionally Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: New luscious Wizard of Oz posters #Happy80th
I have read, watched and generally taken in a great of fantasy storytelling in my time. And yet for all the wondrous tales I have read, the one that sticks with me, and many others, is the one that takes me far away from the everyday while still validating the Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #13: Demob Happy, TR/ST, Mabel and Jax Jones, Oliver Tree and Whethan, Zak Downtown
Feeling things deeply Feeling things deeply can be hard but it can also be amazing. For all the dark and awful feelings that weigh down the soul, there are those moments that elevate it, that send it soaring, the duality representative of life in all its contrary, messy glory. These Continue Reading