Back in the glory of days yore when TV series ran for multiple seasons and came with burgeoning episode counts, they made a lot of TV. I mean, a LOT of TV. Which is how Star Trek: Next Generation, which brought Gene Roddenberry’s utopian vision of the future back Continue Reading
Get going! It’s time for Asterix and the Chariot Race
Growing up, I was exposed, whether by design or accident – I suspect a mix of both – to a wide range of reading material from right across the globe. The inclination to read this widely came from both my parents but particuarly my dad, borne of a belief Continue Reading
Coco: A colourfully lush reminder that family and music is everything
SNAPSHOT Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead Continue Reading
Hamfam: A trippy porcine ride into a comic post-apocalyptic wasteland
SNAPSHOT Hamfam – a 25 page digital comic set within a dark, dangerous wasteland – following the exploits of a surreal and quirky pig! The World has ended, but the party has just begun!Hamfam is more than a pig, more than a place – it’s a way of life. Continue Reading
Movie review: Patti Cake$
People, against all odds, are born dreamers. There are a million reasons why they shouldn’t be, with life mounting plenty of compelling reasons why it’s a fools errand to think that anything but the beige-coloured, dead hand monotony of reality awaits anyone’s hopeful grip. Yet despite everything, that brass Continue Reading
Saturday morning cartoons: Mr Benn
Supposedly the much-revered ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle once said “Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man”. While it’s not absolutely true, of course, since life is way too messy and cruel sometimes to keep that 7-year-old in absolutely pristine condition, there Continue Reading
Now this music #96: Plastic Plates, Set Mo, Viceroy, NONONO, PNAU
Life got you down? Dragging your feet everywhere you go? Need some pep in your step? More than though, do you want to groove away to music that actually means something from artists who have actually stopped and thought about life a little or, I suspect in the case Continue Reading
All life is born from chaos: Star Trek Discovery tries to bring some order
SNAPSHOT Star Trek: Discovery will follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new lifeforms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself. The series will feature a new ship, new characters Continue Reading
Movie review: That’s Not Me
At one point in That’s Not Me, a marvellously entertaining comedy that gives an hilariously poignant thoughtfulness to the idea of an existential crisis, the protagonist, almost forgetting she is trying to impress a guy she’s met at a party, says something along the lines of “I don’t watch Continue Reading
Book becomes movie: All I Want For Christmas is You premieres first trailer
SNAPSHOT The animated movie tells the story of young Mariah, who wants nothing more for Christmas than a puppy and has set her eyes on a specific little pooch named Princess. Little Mariah is tasked with taking care of her uncle’s dog to prove her responsibility to get the Continue Reading