THE WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SCARY, CREEPY, GROWLY THINGS … Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night? If so, then (a) you shouldn’t be in the zombie apocalypse in the first place and (b) you don’t want to wander into the derelict, Continue Reading
#Halloween movie review: Happy Halloween Scooby-Doo!
Isn’t it scary being chased by monsters? You might think that question has an obvious answer, especially if you’re Scooby-Doo (Frank Welker) or Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and hiding from supernatural-looking trouble in the Mystery Machine is far preferable than actually facing it, but if you’re Velma, the brains of the Continue Reading
Comics review: The Orville – Launch Day by Goodman, Cabeza, Atiyeh
One of the most delightful surprises of the recent sci-fi cohort of Peak TV has been the emergence of The Orville, Seth MacFarlane’s irreverently affectionate look at what an alliance of Federation-like planets might be like with more whimsy, biting oneliners and a sense of the ridiculous. With its third Continue Reading
Star Trek: Discovery – “Far From Home” (S3, E2 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND PARASITE ICE! DON’T SWALLOW WHATEVER YOU DO… One of the standout elements that has elevated Star Trek: Discovery beyond a mere addition to an increasingly (and welcomingly) crowded franchise is its resolute focus on finely-realised and fully-formed characterisation. Whatever the merits of its narrative directions in Continue Reading
Book review: Sunday’s on the Phone to Monday by Christine Reilly
For many people, family is the prism through which much of life makes sense. We may not always love our fellow family members are fully and completely as Hallmark might suggest, but it is through our connections to our parents and siblings and uncles and aunts and grandparents and on Continue Reading
Go epic with Raya and the Last Dragon
SNAPSHOTLong ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, that same evil has returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down Continue Reading
#Halloween picture book review: Gustavo the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago
We all need friends. They are the people who are always there for you, love you regardless of your strange flaws and (hopefully endearing quirks) and who make your time here on this earth far more than just the sum total of what you bring to the table. But what Continue Reading
Time to get musically festive with Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square
SNAPSHOTThe upcoming musical … centers [sic] on Regina Fuller (The Good Fight‘s Christine Baranski), “a rich and nasty woman [who] returns to her small hometown after her father’s death to evict everyone and sell the land to a mall developer, right before Christmas. However, after listening to stories of the Continue Reading
Movie review: On the Rocks
Ah, the bright and fizzy effervescence of new love! When Cupid’s arrow does its much-romanced about thing, and we are swept up into the gushing thrills of getting to know that special someone, it’s almost impossible to believe that there will be any dimming of the ardour and the passion. Continue Reading
Book review: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
After what has been by any measure the year from hell, where reality’s failings have been laid bare without fear or favour and without the hint of an apology, you could be forgiven for wondering if there is anything good or just left in the world at all. Everywhere you Continue Reading