One of the comforting niceties we hang onto as we get older is that all those years of living will eventually add up, by sheer weight of life experience, to a near-zen state of having our shit together. We imagine ourselves sitting out on the deck of country home staring Continue Reading
Let’s sneak away: The muscular supernatural whimsy of Wendy
SNAPSHOTIn this wildly reimagined ragtag epic, Wendy is lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued. She must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up. The movie stars Shay Walker, Tommie Lynn Milazzo, Continue Reading
Book review: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
When first you pick up the definitively titled Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson, you may tempted to wonder just how many quirky books about characters encountering some great challenge and thus sweet victory or transformation in the twilight of their lives, one book market can take. Take a Continue Reading
Are you game? The Witcher is coming your way
SNAPSHOTHenry Cavill stars as Geralt, who is part of the Witcher class of beings. The Witchers are genetically enhanced individuals who are trained in the art of monster hunting and travel the world, hunting monsters for coin. Or, in the words of Henry Cavill himself at the SDCC Witcher panel— Continue Reading
Life gets bigger and bigger: Thoughts on Atypical season 3
Life is full of transitions. Every time we step out of the metaphorical door of life, everything that we are and want to be changes, as does the way we interact with those around us, in turn, altering the way their lives manifest themselves. By the very nature of these Continue Reading
Can you tell me how to get to The Late Late Show with Big Bird and Grover and …
Happy 50th birthday Sesame Street! It’s a milestone birthday for the much-loved, venerable children’s educational TV program, and amidst a slew of on-air and social media-centred celebrations including a big, fun TV special hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, everyone’s favourite counting and spelling Muppets found their way to James Corden’s The Continue Reading
Movie review: Charlie’s Angels
There is nothing really remarkable about the 2019 iteration of ’70s classic TV staple Charlie’s Angels. In overly-intimate trope-embracing fashion, it ticks all the boxes audiences either expect or have given up trying to expect a change from – expansive worldwide locations, mysterious bad guys (or women?), large-scale action pieces Continue Reading
Merry fiery Christmas! John Lewis/Waitrose introduces us to Edgar the Dragon
SNAPSHOTJohn Lewis is counting on an excitable baby dragon called Edgar to put some heat under sales this Christmas in its first joint festive advert with the retailer’s sister chain, Waitrose. The campaign is fronted by a 10-year-old actor called Ruby, who had to act alongside a stick or plastic Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #19: Ekali, Tei Shi, Halsey, Emotional Oranges, Astrid S + #Eurovision update
We are within 40 days of Christmas, and while I love this season far more than any other – the tinsel tattoos are a giveaway (I don’t really have them but I should) – it can get ridiculously busy. Manically, hectically, crazily, brain-numbingly, soul-sappingly BUSY. The best antidote? Some chilled Continue Reading
Book review: I Am C-3PO – The Inside Story by Anthony Daniels
Odds are that if you think of Star Wars, and particularly the trilogy that began it all (New Hope / The Empire Strikes Back / The Return of the Jedi), that your mind will first fall upon the unmissable trio of protagonists of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Princess Leia (Carrie Continue Reading