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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Becky Chambers) – book review

Becky Chambers burst onto the science fiction scene with her multi-species but intensely humanist spaceship adventure The Long Way to…

CLOSED: Win tickets to Cosmic Sin

- Cosmic Sin - Only in cinemas from 11 March 2021   We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to…

A Writer’s Odyssey – movie review

A Writer’s Odyssey is intriguing and a tad exasperating. This intricately woven crime fantasy explores power and loss ... and…

Boss Level – movie review

Boss Level, directed by Joe Carnahan, uses a video game framework to capture a fun, action-packed storyline. The film follows…

RUNT (fortyfivedownstairs) – theatre review

Patricia Cornelius is one heck of a writer. She doesn’t pull her punches. Her dialogue hits you between the eyes. And…

Firestarter – movie review

Not to be confused with the 1984 thriller that starred Drew Barrymore as a young girl who could start fires…

Blackbird – movie review

The controversial topic of euthanasia comes under the microscope in Roger Michell’s drama Blackbird. Lily (Susan Sarandon) is in her…

Open Water (Caleb Azumah Nelson) – book review

Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut novel Open Water is a deeply personal exploration of the connection between two people and whether…

Malcolm & Marie – movie review

Fight for what you believe in. Fight for decency. Fight for who you are. In fact, just fight. That is…

The Truffle Hunters – movie review

Documentary is a wonderfully flexible form, but paradoxically it rarely strays from a defined formula. You know - some establishing…