Graphic novel review: Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures by Jason Pamment

(courtesy Allen & Unwin Book Publishers) I can still remember how incredibly isolating and alone it felt to be bullied continuously and mercilessly during 13 long years of school. Like anyone under constant attack by bullies, I alternated between crushing despair, near-palpable loneliness and a sense that no one would Continue Reading

Look me in the eye and, uh, tell me that you didn’t kill her?” Poker Face 2 has a full, very truthful trailer

(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTA “mystery-of-the-week” series streaming on Peacock. Charlie has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. Season 2 takes Natasha Lyonne as Charlie’s existential road trip to new heights, tracking lies and solving crimes in the most unexpected places – from a minor league baseball field Continue Reading

Road to Eurovision 2025: Week 4 – Armenia, Australia, Austria, Czechia, Denmark (semi-final 2, part 1)

What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading

Trailers upon trailers upon … The Life of Chuck, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, 28 Years Later, Thunderbolts* + Jurassic World: Rebirth …

(via Shutterstock) Whenever I see a blockbuster movie trailer, and this post is packed to the epic rafters with them, I am immediately taken back to being a wide-eyes kid who would see trailers for the likes of Star Wars: A New Hope and E.T. and get a visceral, fizzy Continue Reading