Boy oh boy wasn’t Avengers Infinity War the funniest movie ever?! I mean, what a thigh-slapping, rib-tickling laughfest of galactic proportions! It was all I could do not to … OK, really, this was one GRIM, I say again, GRIM film and you were a cold person indeed if Continue Reading
Book review: Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater: Book One) by Christopher Ruocchio
Lord Hadrian Marlowe is, by his own admission, his own worst enemy. A patrician son of the cruelly authoritarian ruler of the planet Delos, Sir Alistair Marlowe, who does not share his class’s love of crowd-pleasing bloodsports, oppression of the poor or dismissive attitude of anything below their imagined Continue Reading
I’m gonna be! Join YouTube user The Usual Suspect and walk 500 Miles through 127 films
SNAPSHOT Bradford, UK film critic Ross Fearnley of The Unusual Suspect has created a wonderfully edited video of The Proclaimers classic song “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” being sung using clips from 127 movies. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) One of the most infectiously-catchy songs I’ve heard is “I’m Gonna Continue Reading
Movie review: Mission: Impossible – Fallout
All hail the saviour of the modern blockbuster action spy thriller! It may seem a bold claim to make in an age when James Bond and Bourne have proven you can have thrills and international spills and still say something, however fleetingly expressed, that’s meaningful and insightful about the Continue Reading
Are we going to back to Stars Hollow for more Gilmore Girls? Don’t pack your bags just yet
It has oft been said that you can’t go back, and while that’s true in lots of instances, it’s increasingly not the case when it comes to old TV shows. Why even Frasier might be coming back to our increasingly-crowded screens! Of course, Gilmore Girls has already returned to Continue Reading
Book review: Elefant by Martin Suter
Using a glowing pink miniature elephant as the vehicle through which to address the moral and ethical complexities of genetic research may not at first seem to be the most obvious idea in the storytelling book. But Elefant, a tale of one such quite unnatural, lovable oddity, the people Continue Reading
TV Trailer Trio: Maniac pops a pill, Kidding is definitely not and Outlander teases
So much TV, so little time. Honestly, while other people may fantasise about having lots of money and time to lie on a beach in the south of France, float idly on a riverboat down a quiet burbling river or indulge their love of extreme macrame-making (trust me, it’s Continue Reading
Retro movie review: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
We are an easily frightened species it seems. While we like to cloak ourselves in the spirit of the enlightenment and speak to our embrace of reason and logic – not everyone, of course, as current events in certain countries give confronting testimony to – it doesn’t take much Continue Reading
You can ask Saoirse Ronan 73 questions! Well, vicariously anyway
SNAPSHOT While packing for an Ireland-bound flight, Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan answers 73 questions from Vogue. Saoirse talks about her famously difficult first name, the causes closest to her heart, and best advice she’s ever received. (synopsis via Laughing Squid (c) Conde Nast Entertainment) You only have to see Continue Reading
Colony: “What Goes Around” (S3, E13 review) #seriesfinale
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND NO FURTHER STORYLINE OF ANY KIND, THUS UNDERSCORING HOW STUPID THE WHOLE TV SYSTEM IS, PERPETUALLY LEAVING US WITH HALF-TOLD STORIES The making of TV shows is a curiously cruel business. Unlike books, which arrived fully formed, or movies which come with a complete narrative Continue Reading