Looking Forward: Guinan In Picard
Guinan, to me, was always an asset in Star Trek, that was never quite used to her full potential. I loved what she did do and who she was in Next Generation, but I am hoping this will see some Read more…
Looking Forward: A New Hayao Miyazaki Movie
The Wind Rises had looked to be the last thing that we were going to get from Hayao Miyazaki, after his retirement was announced. He had been involved in the slightest of ways in the “planning” of his son, GoruMiyazaki’s Read more…
Filmhick: The House
I love stop motion animation. I was raised on the works of Oliver Postgate, and I love the Quay Brothers, so darkness in animation is not that new to me. It is such a versatile corner of the medium of Read more…
Film Hick: Old
I read some reviews of this movie that said that it moves too quickly for you to feel anything for the characters. I think that speed of storytelling dumps you right there on the beach with the characters of the Read more…
Film Hick: Prisoners Of The Ghostland
When you let Nicholas Cage loose and he in scene-chewing mode you need something solid for him to connect with. If Cage swings and hits against nothing substantial then the whole act feels just as paper-thin. This seems like something Read more…
Film Hick: No Time To Die
I for one will be sad to Daniel Craig hang up the role of Bond and walk away. I think he managed to straddle the line of making him feel realer and remaining true to the character. Previous to that, Read more…
Rebellious Jukebox: We Are Lady Parts
I have to admit I discovered the music through Spotify and wasn’t aware that they were a band from a sitcom. Based on that knowledge the music here isn’t bad. The first song I heard really made me think of Read more…
Rebellious Jukebox: FKA Twigs (feat. Central Cee) — Measure of a Man
This is the best Bond theme not for a Bond movie. FKA Twigs creates a sexy and sophisticated song that is a real earworm. I hope the movie The King’s Man is good, but even if it isn’t this song Read more…
Rebellious Jukebox: Adele 30
On first listen I found this sonically more interesting than the last record, but it was not an easy album to listen too. I heard Adele talking to Zane Lowe about some of the influences on the sound, and I Read more…
Film Hick: The Sparks Brothers
This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us — that is pretty much all Sparks meant to me before this dictionary; that and Ron Mael’s moustache. I had been teeing it up to buy a lot of their Read more…
Television Whitenoise: Somebody Somewhere
Bridget Everett as Sam is great and Jeff Hiller as Joel is her perfect sidekick. I like this kind of low-key comedy. It is a little like mumblecore with the pacing and the way the laughs are pitched. The way Read more…
Television Whitenoise: Insecure
I love this show. I have landed on these seasons and binged them as soon as they land. Issa Rae is amazing. I love Issa, Molly, Kelli, Tiffany, Lawrence. I love all the characters.The show is able to be both Read more…
Television Whitenoise: Cowboy Bebop
I wanted to like it. I wanted it not to be an empty bit of shininess like Ghost In The Shell. It looks good. Mostly. But that really does seems to be it. I’m going to add a disclaimer — Read more…
Television Whitenoise: Doctor Who — Flux
I have enjoyed Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor. I think that whenever you try and do something new you are going to upset people who only want to subsist on a diet of same ad infinitum. I hope that the supposed freefall Read more…
Daredevil Season 3
It is a real shame that this series is not continuing. It was interesting to see the opposition of motion versus stillness in this season as an indicator of who was winning. When Kingpin is on top he is calm, Read more…
The Iron Fist Season 2
The Iron Fist has obviously had one of the more problematic journeys to the small screen. Was it less problematic when it was created? Maybe. It was created at a point when there was a huge interest in martial arts, Read more…
Shipwreck by Warren Ellis & Phil Hester
I was sold on the book from the first image I saw of it. I buy and read pretty much everything Warren Ellis writes, so I would have found it anyway, and I subscribe to his letter, which is an Read more…
Comicsphere: Firelight Isle by Paul Duffield
Paul Duffield, the great artist that worked on Warren Ellis’s Freakangels is working on this great new project, which you should go and check out.