*SPOILERS … AND REDCOATS AND A DISTINCT LACK OF TWITTER OR TEXTING AHEAD* It’s been clear ever since Claire Randall Fraser (Catriona Balfe) stumbled through the stones at Craigh an Dun back in episode one of the television adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s sprawling historical novels Outlander, that the show was more Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Seth Boyden’s delightful animated film An Object at Rest
Time takes its toll on us all. Body parts sag, all those things we thought we’d get done don’t get done, or at least not in the way we envisaged, and we find ourselves tumbled along by life to places we never ever thought we’d be. It’d not necessarily Continue Reading
The road to Eurovision 2015: Semi-final 2 (part 1) – Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta
It’s Eurovision Song Contest time again folks! Let loose the glitter bombs of fabulous music now! So, in the seven weeks leading up to the grand final on Saturday 23 May 2015, I will be profiling the acts and reviewing the songs of 5-6 countries each week, giving my unvarnished, unguarded and Continue Reading
Just like me, they (don’t) long to be me, close to you: The trippy togetherness of Sense8 (trailer)
SNAPSHOT One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other’s lives, each other’s secrets, and in terrible danger. Ordinary people suddenly reborn as “Sensates.” (official synopsis via Blastr) There’s no escaping we now Continue Reading
Can you bear The Strain a second time? (Season 2 trailer + poster)
SNAPSHOT A plane lands at John F. Kennedy International Airport with the lights off and the doors sealed. CDC epidemiologist Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll), Dr. Nora Martinez, and their team are sent to investigate. On board they find 206 corpses (with no mark of blood loss) and four Continue Reading
Movie review: Clouds of Sils Maria
It is truth well-recognised that time passes quickly. What is often not so well recognised is that as it moves onward, ever onward, it doesn’t do so in a clean, uncomplicated way that leaves us unscathed; rather it leaves behind part of who we were which inevitably merges with who Continue Reading
There’s a lot of character posters for the new Peanuts movie, Charlie Brown!
SNAPSHOT In the film, Snoopy, the world’s most lovable beagle – and flying ace – embarks upon his greatest mission as he takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis The Red Baron, while his best pal, Charlie Brown, begins his own epic quest. The Peanuts Movie comes from Continue Reading
The road to Eurovision 2015: Semi-final 1 (part 2) – Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, The Netherlands
It’s Eurovision Song Contest time again folks! Let loose the glitter bombs of fabulous music now! So, in the seven weeks leading up to the grand final on Saturday 23 May 2015, I will be profiling the acts and reviewing the songs of 5-6 countries each week, giving my unvarnished, unguarded and Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The sugary sweet little film The Misadventures of Chubzilla
Ever had one of those dreams where your running happily through a kaleidoscopically-colourful wonderland made of meringue-topped cupcakes, chocolate towers, fields of cherry-red lollipops and upside down ice cream cones? It feels wonderful doesn’t it? While you might eat broccoli and tofu in real life, here in Mr Sandman’s domain, Continue Reading
Movie review: Samba
We all need to feel like we belong somewhere. It’s an extricable part of the human experience, the burning imperative to not just simply survive but to feel like there is a place where we are valued, loved and where we can rest and recuperate from the vicissitudes of life. But Continue Reading