SNAPSHOT In “War for the Planet of the Apes,” the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker Continue Reading
All the undead: #SDCC2017 trailers for The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead
After a very rocky season 7 in which I (a) seriously questioned my sanity and tolerance for torture-porn violence (damn near negligible) and (b) wondered if The Walking Dead had surrendered what was left of its once-philosophical soul to empty, ever-more murderous narratives, season 8’s trailer arrives with an Continue Reading
Book review: Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson
Childhood is, on a whole lot of levels, a time when we figure a whole lot of stuff out. It’s messy, it’s fun, it’s complicated, it’s not; what it is above all though is a training ground for the rest of life, figuring out who we are, what we Continue Reading
Droughtlander no more! Outlander debuts its achingly touching S3 trailer
SNAPSHOT The third season of Outlander picks up right after Claire (Caitriona Balfe) travels through the stones to return to her life in 1948. Now pregnant with Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) child, she struggles with the fallout of her sudden reappearance and its effect on her marriage to her first husband, Continue Reading
Parallel worlds: The commonality of Harry Potter and the deaf community by Nyle DiMarco
Being an outsider comes with a wealth of positives and a whole lot of negatives; pretty much like anything in life really. But as model, actor and Deaf activist Nyle DiMarco explains in this charmingly informative video, sometimes the latter can heavily outweigh the former, and you long for Continue Reading
Fight the unimaginable darkness: Stargate Origins #SDCC2017
It’s a good time to be a Stargate fan. Actually it’s always been a good time to be a Stargate fan but right now, it’s more wonderful than usual. Fresh from immersing ourselves in the series-completing comic book brilliance of Stargate Universe: Back to Destiny issue #1, there’s now Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: “Dragonstone” (S7, E1 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND DRAGONS, WEIRD MARRIAGE PROPOSALS, AND A REALLY POOR (OR GREAT, DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE) VINTAGE Game of Thrones has always been a BIG show. A big, epic, grand, expansive show that took in the entirety of the lands of Westeros and then some, a multitude Continue Reading
Special bonds live on: Big Hero 6 The Series set to launch
SNAPSHOT “The series picks up immediately following the events in the movie, and continues the adventures of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro and his robot Baymax. Joining the pair on their journey is control freak Wasabi, scientist Honey Lemon, fanboy Fred and no-nonsense Go Go, who together form the Big Continue Reading
Saturday morning cartoons: Rocko’s Modern Life
I have always liked my cartoons larger-than-life, super-absurd, colourful, silly and full of clever ideas and witty oversized characters. In other words, just like Nickolodeon’s ’90s classic Rocko’s Modern Life. Created by Joe Murray, who originally invented the character of Rocko the wallaby for a comic book series that Continue Reading
Film review: Dunkirk
War is, by any estimation, a harrowing and horrifying experience. There is nothing edifying or life-affirming about it in any way, but as Christopher Nolan’s latest, and you could well argue, greatest masterpiece Dunkirk demonstrates with engrossing intensity, the actions of people within that macabre theatre of human misery Continue Reading