Anyone who’s ever owned a pet will have thought at one time or another that their beloved cat, dog, hamster or lizard, like the playthings in Toy Story, has another life beyond the one we are privileged to witness. Once we walk out the door, we muse, Fifi the Continue Reading
Haha it’s the undead! Z Nation gets ready to ironically laugh its way into a third season
SNAPSHOT Z Nation starts three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood. Although the antibodies he carries are Continue Reading
Now this is music #75: The Lemon Twigs, Mwansa, Crystal Castles, LEAGUES, Middle Kids
Slowing things does a lot of good for the soul. It allows you time to think, to ponder … to feel. And to listen to music by fine, thoughtful artists who know it’s not enough to simply sound wonderful, though they do, but that you also need to speak Continue Reading
Feminism and journalism: Nora Ephron opens up in animated 1975 interview
SNAPSHOT “You know I have to say that I’ve never believed in objective journalism and no one who is a journalist in his or her right mind does because all writing is about selecting what you want to use. As soon as you choose what to select you’re not Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Do Not Disturb” (S2, E10 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND THE WORST WEDDING RECEPTION EVER* There’s nothing quite like a wedding is there? Love is in the air, happiness reigns, there’s laughter, drinking, heartfelt speeches and a wedding cake with enough calories to feed a small winter through a particularly harsh winter. Time’s are Continue Reading
Yes I can! Channel 4’s inspiring ad celebrating the athletes of 2016 Paralympics
The Olympics is an impressive display of sporting prowess in anyone’s language. But while I enjoy the daring exploits of Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps, even more impressive for me are the achievements of the athletes who compete in the Paralympics every four years. They are superhumans in every Continue Reading
Book review: The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North
You’ve met Hope Arden a thousand times before. You simply don’t remember. Examining themes of identity, memory, self-awareness and the commodification of humanity, The Sudden Appearance of Hope by British writer Claire North (a pseudonym for Catherine Webb) goes to the very heart of what it means to be a person. Continue Reading
Divorce: Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church call it quits on HBO
SNAPSHOT Sarah Jessica Parker returns to HBO in the new comedy series, Divorce. Parker stars as Frances, a woman who suddenly begins to reassess her life and her marriage, and finds that making a clean break and a fresh start is harder than she thought. Other series regulars include Continue Reading
Book review: The End of All Things by John Scalzi
Ending up smack bang in the middle of a book series when all you thought you were doing was buying a standalone volume can be disconcerting. But now when it’s John Scalzi and not when you’ve picked volume 6 in the Old Man’s War series, a space opera that spans Continue Reading
Think, again: Expansive new game Obduction challenges what you know
I was never of a video game player growing up. Mostly that was the result of growing up in the ’70s and ’80s when board games were the diversion of choice, and all you really electronic games-wise were the likes of Pong and Space Invaders which, while fun, were Continue Reading