SNAPSHOT From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. The universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only Continue Reading
Movie review: Incredibles 2
Sequels occupy an odd place in the pantheon of Hollywood films, often eagerly-anticipated and existentially-dreaded in equal measure. They are usually, though not always, a response to a film making a cratering impact on the pop culture firmament, and while the studios make them because cash registers will likely Continue Reading
It’s a Jurassic World … or is it?! A professor weighs on the accuracy of TV and movie dinosaurs
Like many other people, I have long held a fascination for dinosaurs of all shapes and stripes. Doesn’t matter if its Stegosaurus or T-Rex, Velociraptor or a plesiosaur, dinosaurs captured my imagination very early on, and to my very adult joy, haven’t loosened their hold at all in the Continue Reading
Colony: “Lazarus” (S3, E8 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AS WELL AS DUPLICITY, ARROGANCE AND SOME UNNERVINGLY OPAQUE AGENDAS So how’s that whole Seattle as the promised land of post-grief/current-grief/no one is talking about the grief living going there Bowmans? I mean Daltons? Ah whatever the hell you’re calling yourself today. Not so great, I’d Continue Reading
HBO is hoping you won’t avoid these Sharp Objects
SNAPSHOT The limited series’ chilling new trailer follows journalist Camille Preaker (Adams) as she returns to her hometown to cover the story of two murdered young girls. (synopsis (c) Paste Magazine) You know how small towns are supposed to be warm, cosy bastions of love, acceptance and a surfeit Continue Reading
Retro movie review: The Incredibles
Being a superhero is, for the most part, a grimly singular endeavour. Sure, Marvel’s crop of cinematically-popular fighters of evil and catastrophe such as Thor, Black Widow, Iron Man and the like come together when needed as The Avengers, and even Batman, Superman and a cameo-like Wonder Woman have Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Reading books made quick and easy with abridged illustrations
I love reading books. Losing myself in books, long and short, big and small, has been a passion of time since I can remember but even I have to admit it’s well near impossible to read everything (not that I don’t give it a red hot go!). Riding to Continue Reading
Book review: The Lonely Hearts Cinema Club by David M. Barnett
Jenny Ebert is not even remotely comfortable in her own skin. That much is apparent from the get-go in The Lonely Hearts Cinema Club, the latest book from David M. Barnett (Calling Major Tom) in which the film nerd who won’t accept she’s a film nerd – she loves Continue Reading
It takes an arachnid to crush a village: Lucas the Spider in “Giant Spider”
Lucas the Spider is a sweetheart. True in the latest adventure from creator/animator Joshua Slice, Lucas, who is voiced by Slice’s nephew, he upends the lives of some fair wooden folk who he charmingly calls in on in the kind of sing-songy way people in musicals are wont to Continue Reading
Book review: LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff
When the cover of a book proclaims it’s Romeo & Juliet meets Mad Max meets X-Men with a little bit of Blade Runner cheering from the headlines” it’s either got a healthy sense of what makes it work so well or its hopelessly derivative and is hoping that bringing Continue Reading