Humanity has long been fascinated by the idea of what lies beneath, or just beyond, the limits of our perception. Anchored most firmly to the three dimensions of the physical world, and mired in the turgid everyday certainty of the banal and the ordinary, there has always been a Continue Reading
Now this is music #36: Buchanan, Mansions on the Moon, Generationals, Salt Cathedral, Javelin
Whoosh! Was that another second, another hour, another frantically busy day of life screaming on by? Yes it was, and while it is energising and thrilling to a point, and gets the blood pumping and the juices flowing, there comes a time when you need to ramp things down, Continue Reading
Movie review: The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Allan Karlsson (Robert Gustafsson) likes to blow things up. It doesn’t really matter where or when – at one point he fights against Franco’s forces in the Spanish Civil War simply so he can hear things go “Boom!”; his allegiance is to the explosion and only the explosion such Continue Reading
#Emmys2014: 5 things I loved about the 66th Primetime Emmys Awards show
Once more to the Primetime Emmy Awards my friend, once more! And once more, as seems to be the case every year, there is controversy aplenty but not this time, oddly enough, about the content of the show itself , but rather the style of the annual awards ceremony, which was described Continue Reading
Hello Girls! Lena Dunham, a wayward bike and the season 4 teaser trailer
For all her narcissism and the resulting social blindness it engenders, there is still something inherently likeable about Hannah Horvath, the wanna-be successful writer/great friend/stellar lover and partner portrayed by soon-to-be published author Lena Dunham in HBO’s Girls, a show she also writes and produces. It has a lot to Continue Reading
Doctor Who: “Deep Breath” (S8, E1 review)
You could be forgiven for expecting Doctor Who, newly moved on from massive 50th birthday celebrations last year, and about to induct a new Time Lord occupant of the TARDIS, Peter Capaldi, as the 12th Doctor, to lay on the gravitas and serious drama for “Deep Breath”, the first episode Continue Reading
FUNX3 with Parks and Recreation: Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Nick Offerman
I know someone, somewhere rather sagely once noted that all good things must come to an end, and while I appreciate the logical sentiment embodied in this, let’s be fair, rather obvious observation (no points for originality there buddy) and its universal truth, it still saddens me to think Continue Reading
Book review: The Long Mars by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
If there is one thing that defines humanity, it is our capacity for optimism, the seemingly endless capacity we possess for believing that despite all the wars, repressive regimes, famine and natural disasters, poverty and starvation, and whole host of other societal and personal demons too numerous to mention, Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Rocket and Groot (Guardians of the Galaxy) find new life in inspired fan art
It’s clear by now that Guardians of the Galaxy is a phenomenon. Back on top at the U.S. box office, and benefiting from strong word of mouth and stellar reviews, this is the movie that keeps on keeping on, the film that dared to play hard and fast and Continue Reading
Falling Skies: Till Death Us Do Part (S4, E9 review)
* Duck! Beamers above you and spoilers ahead of you if you dare* There was a lot of gazing at the moon in this week’s episode of Falling Skies, and in marked contrast to the title which seemed to promise the sort of wholesale death and destruction we’ve become accustomed Continue Reading