(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT[In Borderlands] Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Edgar Ramírez), the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected Continue Reading
Book review: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
(courtesy Hachette Australia) Humanity, for all its curiosity and insightfulness, is not that good, by and large, at seeing anything that doesn’t sit well within its established physical frames of reference. Thus, while we happily explore the implications of a multiverse, which has its roots in actual physics, we tend Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The soul-reviving tenderness of Soft Rain
(courtesy Omens Studios) SNAPSHOT[Soft Rain is] an award-winning short film by Sacha Goedegebure and Omens Studios about a man suffering from depression who is caught in a sudden downpour of pink, fluffy balls. At a crowded bus stop, a cheerful looking woman offers him a spot under her umbrella, and Continue Reading
Movie review: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
(courtesy IMP Awards) Adopting any book to film is a fraught exercise but especially so when it is as beloved and treasured as Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, a book about young gay love released in 2012 which has gone to become Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Indigo Children by Rockwell White and Curt Pires (writers) + Alex Diotto and Dee Cunniffe (artists)
(courtesy Image Comics) One of the rare thrills in life, which rarely is as exciting as we want it to be, is diving deep into a promising science fiction story and finding it is just as brilliantly engaging, if not more so, than you expected. Especially if the story in Continue Reading
Book review: Someone Else’s Bucket List by Amy T. Matthews
(courtesy Simon & Schuster Australia) If you have ever experienced the true cataclysmic abyss of grief, you will know, all too painfully, how completely it consumes you. You often have no choice but to get on with life but the truth is, for a good long while (let’s be honest, Continue Reading
Slightly late Valentines Day movie review: Fallen Leaves (Kuolleet lehdet)
(courtesy IMP Awards) In most romantic tales, love is writ big, large and heart-swooningly bold. We’re told that falling in love is the stuff of epic legend and transformative change, and true, it often can be, and so the stories we see, often on the big screen, are massive in Continue Reading
Rise from the fall: Thoughts on Halo season 2 (E1-3)
(courtesy IMP Awards) You can’t help but feel, as Halo sets out on its second season deep in the war-troubled depths of the 26th-century where humanity has colonised the stars and found that not all the neighbours are welcoming, that bad things are coming and they are coming up fast. Continue Reading
Welcome to Wonka Land: Go behind-the-scenes with 2023’s most deliciously fantastical film
(courtesy IMP Awards) “So quiet up, and listen down. Nope. Scratch that, reverse it.” When it comes to diving behind the scenes of a favourite movie or TV show, you either relish the chance to have the curtain pulled back or you blanche in horror at the idea that you’ll Continue Reading
Two friends, two worlds, one future: Full trailer debuts for Iwájú
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIwájú is an original animated series set in a futuristic Lagos, Nigeria, co-produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The exciting coming-of-age story follows Tola – a young girl from the wealthy island, and her best friend, Kole, a self-taught tech expert, as they discover the secrets & Continue Reading