SNAPSHOT The best intentions often come back to haunt you. “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team (Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames) along with some familiar allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time after a mission gone wrong. Henry Continue Reading
Book review: The Lido by Libby Page
We live in a world of constant change. That’s not a newsflash to anyone who’s paying even the smallest bit of attention to the fast-moving pace of the modern world, but if you compare it to the relative slow unfolding of history, where major innovations took decades to take Continue Reading
Slack Wyrm: Subversive philosophy, dragons and hilarious volcano cakes
SNAPSHOT Slack Wyrm – the ongoing comic story of unconcerned dragon in an uncaring world by Josh Wright. Set in an ill-conceived medieval/fantasy realm of fabulous monsters, princesses, towering castles, creepy woods and houses made out of confectionery. There are witches and wizards and talking animals who sometimes wear Continue Reading
R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Murphy Brown makes her triumphantly sassy return
SNAPSHOT Multiple Emmy Award winners Candice Bergen and series creator Diane English reunite for Murphy Brown, the revival of the ground-breaking comedy about the eponymous broadcast news legend and her biting take on current events, now in a world of 24-hour cable, social media, “fake news,” and a vastly Continue Reading
Colony: “Puzzle Man” (S3, E2 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND MISTRUST AND GUNS AND A DISTINCT LACK OF FRIENDLINESS … So … NEWS FLASH! Even with aliens laying waste to us, our planet and and any sense of integrity we had as a species – did we have any? If we did, the likes of Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: What’s on the other side of famous album cover photos?
SNAPSHOT “In between dismantling of an AK-47 assault rifle and training of the home bear, I like to listen to music and when I peer into the cover of the album I find a place for myself there. I have decided to make a small selection of interesting covers Continue Reading
Movie review: Deadpool 2
Subversion, thy superhero name is Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds). Well, more currently at least, Deadpool 2, which has roared into cinemas, dragging the entrails of its genre conventions, social niceties and a truckload of witty oneliners and devastatingly clever pop culture references in its sassy, and oft times, surprisingly heartfelt wake. Continue Reading
‘Schlager’, Scandi-pop and sparkles: your guide to the musical styles of #Eurovision (curated article)
The Eurovision Song Contest may be over for another year but its music lives on. This is a great, accessible guide to the music of Eurovision so you’re all prepared for next year! Oh hey, why not download a lot of this music now and get your pan-European vibe Continue Reading
Movie review: Outside In
Life is never as easy as it seems, an unsettling truism that is grappled with in different but sometimes overlapping ways by the three central characters in Lynn Shelton’s film Outside In. Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017, this hauntingly low-key and engagingly-nuanced film looks Continue Reading
Off he goes! All the times Rick went rogue #RickandMorty
SNAPSHOT Part of what makes Rick who he is, is by doing whatever he wants when he wants. Here are all the times Rick went rogue in Rick and Morty! (synopsis (c) GameSpot Universe) Let’s face it – apart from the clever writing, outrageously imaginative stories, gobsmackingly creative world-building and Continue Reading