(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe story revolves around the annual Christmas pageant in a small town, which is turned upside down by the arrival of the Herdman siblings. Known as “the worst kids in the history of the world,” the Herdmans bring unexpected mayhem to the rehearsals and the performance itself. Continue Reading
Fun and darkness in time and space: The cosmic joyride of Doctor Who S14 (review)
(courtesy IMP Awards) Doctor Who S14 aka S2 Do not let the bright and breezy, Roxette-ish tagline on the promo poster fool you! Season 14 of the revived Doctor Who series – also treated as season one or two (honestly who can tell?) for the purposes of the show’s new Continue Reading
Book review: The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George
(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Positioning a novel right at the heart of supernatural whimsicality can either work an absolute treat or come across as a little twee and a tad syrupy and corny. Thankfully, The Little French Village of Book Lovers by Nina George (The Little Paris Bookshop) hits just Continue Reading
One-episode review: Star Wars: Acolyte (S1, E5) and a big Sith reveal!
(courtesy IMP Awards) The storySo that was a LOT! Still on the largely jungle planet of Khofar where the bugs are so big you’d need a lorry full of insect repellent to keep them away, and yes, a lightsaber or two, we witnessed the arrival of Mae’s master who came Continue Reading
Book review: Birding by Rose Ruane
(courtesy Hachette Australia) How often do you wonder, as you life races with thoughtless heed and speed on, where all those innocent hopes and dreams of your youth disappeared to? Even if you have had something approaching a charmed existence, there are moments when the shape of life around you Continue Reading
Movie review: A Quiet Place – Day One
(courtesy IMP Awards) If you have had the hushed, if terrifying, pleasure of sitting through either A Quiet Place or A Quiet Place 2, you will be well aware that this is a franchise with one eye very much on the humanity of what it means to be plunged into Continue Reading
UPCOMING READ: Cover reveal for The Relentless Legion (a novel of The Divide) by J. S. Dewes
(courtesy J. S. Dewes / Macmillan Publishers) SNAPSHOTJ. S. Dewes is back with her acclaimed and action packed Divide series (The Last Watch, The Exiled Fleet) where The Expanse meets the Night’s Watch. The Sentinels have rallied under the leadership of Adequin Rake, and Cavalon Mercer has uncovered the horrifying Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #108: Orla Gartland, Elderbrook, Foster the People, Orville Peck and Florrie + ABBA’s Summer Night City is given a bright new video clip sheen
(via Shutterstock) You need an end of the week musical pick-me-up? Of course you do, and these five artists, all of whom have married great lyrics with compulsively listenable music, are serving up songs that not only make you want to get up and dance but also feel #allthethings and Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Paper Girls 5 & 6 by Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang
(courtesy Image Comics) On the face of it, time travel seems like one of the most fun idea out there. What’s not to like about the chance to zap anywhere in history and see dinosaurs or kill Hitler or see what the Earth looks like in 1.2 billion years? But Continue Reading
Christmas preview: Hilariously merry and snarkily bright trailer lands for kidnapped Santa caper film Red One
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTAfter Santa Claus (starring J.K. Simmons as the Big Man) – Code Name: RED ONE – is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security (Dwayne Johnson) must team up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter (Chris Evans) in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas. Red Continue Reading