There’s no getting around it – life in the 21st century is frenetic and only gathering steam as it powrs along like a bargain hunter at post-Christmas sales. It wasn’t supposed to be like this of course – thanks to the marvels of technological advancement, we were supposed to Continue Reading
Dial it up again! Stargate Origins takes us on a grand new adventure (trailer)
SNAPSHOT In 1939, Professor Paul Langford and his daughter Catherine are still grappling with the mysteries of the ancient relic they discovered in the Egyptian desert more than ten years ago. With war looming in Europe and funding running out, these brilliant minds are approaching their lowest ebb. Little Continue Reading
Book review: The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach
We are all, for better or worse, heavily influenced by the environments in which we grow up. Whether we remain captive to those influences is another matter entirely and the subject of an entirely different article possibly; but suffice to say, what happens to us in our formative years Continue Reading
Walk Like a Panther: You shall all be warriors once more!
SNAPSHOT Walk Like A Panther revolves around a group of ’80s wrestlers who are forced to don the lycra one last time when their beloved local pub is threatened by closure. Led by the father-son duo, Mark (Stephen Graham) and Trevor Bolton (Dave Johns), this unlikely bunch of underdog Continue Reading
Now this is music #102: Troye Sivan, Pond, TRACE, Nilüfer Yanya, Frills
Let’s be honest, there’s a lot of follow-the-leader music out there, bereft of distinctive identity, an assembly of parts that belies its lack of one-of-a-kind inspiration. Thankfully there are an awful lot of immensely-talented people out there creating music that is anything but beige and uniformly the same, and Continue Reading
Josh and Scout: The power of animals to save and transform a life
Ask anyone who has ever owned a pet of any stripe and they will tell you that they’re furry/scaly/rodent-y companions play a far bigger role than simply that of an amusing companion. Whether it’s us projecting or not, or anthropomorphising our animal-loving hearts, or the animals are really relating Continue Reading
Glitter and glam! 100 days to the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
On the night of 13 May 2017, with the cheers and encouragement of the packed International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine ringing in his ear, and the landslide votes of Europe propelling him to a resounding victory, Salvador Sobral secured an historic first victory for Portugal in the Eurovision Continue Reading
Scary or lovable? Either way, Smallfoot is coming your way
SNAPSHOT An animated adventure for all ages, with original music and an all-star cast, “Smallfoot” turns the Bigfoot legend upside down when a bright young Yeti finds something he thought didn’t exist—a human. News of this “smallfoot” brings him fame and a chance with the girl of his dreams. Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “What’s Past is Prologue” (S1, E13 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SOME SHONKY MYCELIUM NAVIGATION … SHOULD’VE BOUGHT THE SPORE TOM-TOM UPGRADE PACK … It has long been said – well since 1918 anyway when Senator Hiram Warren Johnson reportedly made the sage observation – that the first casualty of war is the truth. It sadly Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The burning irony of TIMBER
SNAPSHOT A group of logs is about to freeze to death in a cold, icy desert. When they realize that the only fuel for a warming fire is their own body, things start heating up. (synopsis via Vimeo) This is such a clever short film. What it accomplishes in Continue Reading