In this ever-more mobile digital age, where job tenure is fleeting, geographic locales are a home but for a moment, and social ties fray and fasten at the speed of tweet, we remain, as a species, heavily-dependent on a sense of place for our sense of identity. Even when Continue Reading
Can catastrophe be averted? Two brothers race to find out in Exit Strategy
SNAPSHOT A man in a time loop must work with his brother to prevent a catastrophic fire. (synopsis via Vimeo) Exit Strategy is one powerful piece of deeply-affecting storytelling that runs its entire length including a bittersweet emotional whammy, in the course of 15 tightly-plotted but deeply human moments. Continue Reading
Now this is music London: AJ Tracey, Nadia Rose, Girl Ray, S4U, Georgia
There are a few countries widely recognised as hotbeds of musical innovation, one of which is undeniably the UK from which has sprung major acts like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Coldplay and Arctic Monkeys to name just a few. If you thought for a moment, and for shame Continue Reading
Spock me! Star Trek: Discovery S2 trailer debuts at #NYCC
SNAPSHOT (SMALL SPOILER) That mantra will no doubt be put to the test, as the rest of the trailer is crammed with scenes of the Discovery and its crew embarking on dangerous missions. The overall mission seems to be to find the source and intent of seven signals that Continue Reading
Star Wars triple: Anime A New Hope + heroic C3PO + The Mandalorian
You can never, as I discovered way back in 1977 in a small darkened wooden cinema in Ballina, NSW, Australia, have too much Star Wars in your life. One trip to that galaxy far, far way and a long time ago and you will want to spend the rest Continue Reading
The sounds of Moominvalley will be international and up-to-the-minute
SNAPSHOT The Moomins are one of Finland’s biggest exports and have a global fan base. Moomins have enjoyed popularity since the 1950s, when the original Moomin comic strips were published in the Evening News newspaper. On the video below Marika Makaroff is speaking about building a new animated world Continue Reading
Doctor Who: “The Woman Who Fell to Earth” (S11, E1 review)
Doctor Who is back, baby! That may seem a little too irreverent a way to begin a review of the latest iteration of the venerable 55-year-old BBC sci-fi franchise, but I don’t think the Thirteenth Doctor, the first version played by the incomparably playful Jodie Whittaker, would mind one Continue Reading
Here comes The Food Thief with a fabulously fishy teaser trailer
SNAPSHOT The Food Thief is a 1,5 minute short-film by Mindbender Animation Studio that is currently in production. The film will be released on the internet later this year. (synopsis via Vimeo) I am usually a little indifferent to teaser trailers. They usually tantalise with atmospheric and thematic hints aplenty Continue Reading
Boo! Meow! Garfield goes BOOM! with new Fall comic book special
SNAPSHOT In Comedy of Terrors, the fan favorite Garfield: Homecoming team of writer Scott Nickel and Antonio Alfaro reunite for a frighteningly fun Halloween tale, as a creature reaches through the television and into Jon’s living room. Luckily, Garfield is as brave as they come…oh, wait. And in The Fall Continue Reading
Book review: The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted by Robert Hillman
We are so in love, as a species, with the admittedly very attractive idea of love that we often over-romanticise it. Decking it with roses and chocolates, viewing with rose-coloured glasses and Vaseline-tinted lenses, love is elevated as a warm-and-fuzzy ideal which can answer and make up for all Continue Reading