(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTA Quiet Place: Day One is an upcoming American post-apocalyptic horror prequel. A woman fights for survival during an alien invasion in New York City – the rest of the plot is being kept under wraps for now. A Quiet Place: Day One is directed by American Continue Reading
They hit different: Thoughts on Mr. & Mrs. Smith season 1
(courtesy IMP Awards) If the digital platforming age has taught us anything, besides of course the need to schedule healthy breaks between bingeing stints, it’s that any movie that has seen the light of cinematic day is fair game for platformers looking for a new property to add to their Continue Reading
Book review: Beyond the Burn Line by Ian McAuley
(courtesy Hachette Australia) There is a sumptuously imaginative expansiveness to science fiction which, if you’re willing to surrender to it, can take you to places and times and worlds so wildly out there that you gasp at the fact that this came from someone’s mind and feel so beautifully, almost Continue Reading
“Every life ends …” Facing death in the most unexpected way with upcoming film, Tuesday
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTA mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird. From debut filmmaker Daina O. Pusić, Tuesday is a heart-rending fairy tale about the echoes of loss and finding resilience in the unexpected. Tuesday is both written Continue Reading
Book review: The Good Woman’s Guide to Making Better Choices by Liz Foster
(courtesy Affirm Press) One of the happy lies we like to tell ourselves is that life as we have it right now is the best version of life it can be. It often isn’t and we know it deep down but either it’s too hard to change things or we Continue Reading
Welcome home, Franklin: New Snoopy: Presents special on its way
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe origin story for one of Peanuts‘ most beloved characters, the special follows Franklin as he moves to a new town and navigates new friendships. Franklin’s family is always on the move with his dad’s military job, and everywhere he goes Franklin finds support in a notebook Continue Reading
Book review: Meru (The Alloy Era #1) by S. B. Divya
(courtesy 47North) For the idealists amongst us, there is a seductive idea out there that the only way for humanity is up, and up and UP. No backward steps, no regression, no evolutionary slips down the hill from whence we came; it’s all forward towards better things and more progressive Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #101: K.Flay, Caravan Palace, Jacob Collier, Ida Just, Ariana Grande + Eurovision 2024 update!
(via Shutterstock) Welcome to the first music post of the year which is all about finding music and being changed by it. All five of these immensely talented artists or groups of artists have shown they are worth being found, marrying up lyrics that really hit home with music that Continue Reading
Movie review: Poor Things
(courtesy IMP Awards) Despite all the abundant evidence to the contrary, most people still adhere to the fairytale notion that life is orderly and predictable, a rom-com meets Hallmark card mentality that believes wholeheartedly that everything will work out just fine in the end, just believe. But of course, fervently Continue Reading
Who ya gonna … well, you know … Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire debuts full trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of Continue Reading