Warning: Contains Spoilers! It’s pretty well known that Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp is the book upon which the film Die Hard (1988) is based, but even if you were blissfully unaware of that fact, it’s plastered all over … Continue reading ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ by Roderick Thorp: Review
This world can be kind of heavy, Sweet,Torment at the corner of every street,Lies, diseases, crime that squeezes every single drop,Of energy from your body till you could drop. Helping people’s a noble quest,But sooner or later you have to … Continue reading Amy and Ivory
In the darkness, Night-time’s cloaked disguise, I can recognise you by the whites of your eyes, Just the whites of your eyes, And your porcelain smile, And the chains at your hip, Set me silver awhile. Chain baby, midnight child,As … Continue reading Chain Baby
Here’s a classic from the archives of Strange Skins Magazine, as our raving reporter Claire ‘Moth’ Harris takes a look at Gerry Anderson’s assorted Supermarionation series. Here’s a little story for you. When I was 18 years old, my friend … Continue reading Stand By For Action! Claire ‘Moth’ Harris’s Supermarionation Odyssey
It’s been nearly half a century since the Sea Devils first appeared in Doctor Who during the reign of Sir Jon of Pertwee and with only a single largely unloved reappearance in the Peter Davison story Warriors of the Deep … Continue reading Doctor Who – Legend of the Sea Devils: Review
There’s a problem with the way in which we consume music these days. The problem is this: back in the days when you listened to a vinyl LP, a cassette or a CD, you tended to listen to it beginning … Continue reading SCANDAL – Mirror: Review
Sci-Fi Scarborough is back! And not online either, this time it’s IRL, as the kids say. Or perhaps that should be IRS – In Real Scarborough? The excellent independent sci-fi con has had a rough ride of it over the … Continue reading Sci-Fi Scarborough 2022: Review
Superheroes, here we come,A bunch of weirdoes, they’re so dumb!Superheroes, not Mickey Mouses,How come you wear your underpants outside your trousers? This piece of timeless prose from the lyrics of The Firm’s 1987 flop Superheroes is a prime example of … Continue reading Kryptonian Chic: The Origins and Meaning of Superman’s Costume
Warning: Contains Spoilers! M. Night Shyamalan is surely one of Hollywood’s most inconsistent directors. In a career with more peaks and troughs than a pig farm in the Andes, he’s directed everything from solid gold classics like The Sixth Sense … Continue reading Old: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! Like most kids who were into Star Wars, I loved Boba Fett in the 1980s. Unlike most kids, it was the sparseness of his big screen appearances that attracted me to him. He’s such a cool character, … Continue reading The Book of Boba Fett: Review
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