It was a terrible disappointment in 2020 when the annual Sci-Fi Scarborough convention was cancelled due to COVID-19, but we were far enough into lockdown for it to be not entirely unexpected. We hoped and dreamed that by Easter 2021, … Continue reading Sci-Fi Scarborough Online 2021
Summer holiday television is a thing of the past. Kids these days spend their annual 6 weeks away from school mainly playing computer games and any TV that they do watch is confined to digital or streamed channels dedicated to … Continue reading Summers of Love: The 60s in the 70s
The first Twilight Zone I ever saw was Twilight Zone – The Movie. Okay, don’t judge; I was born in 1970, before the age of even the domestic video recorder and the three TV channels that existed in Britain at … Continue reading Wanna See Something Really Scary? Revisiting Twilight Zone – The Movie
This is a revised edition of a review of Mad Max: Fury Road originally published in Strange Skins Digital issue two (2017). The star of the Mad Max films was never Mel Gibson; it was always, from the very beginning, … Continue reading Mad Max: Fury Road Retrospective
Warning: Contains Spoilers! Patty Jenkins’ 2017 Wonder Woman trashed all the DC Comics movies of recent years at the box office, exceeding the earnings of its nearest rival Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice by almost a quarter. This might … Continue reading Wonder Woman 1984: Review
When Warner Brothers, owners of DC Comics, decided to create an extended superhero universe to rival that of Marvel Studios, they brought in Zack Snyder, who brought with him the same dark ethic he had employed on 2009’s Watchmen. Unfortunately, … Continue reading Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Review
Welcome back, readers! The Universal Omnibus has been a bit up in the air over the past few weeks whilst I had a general clean-up, got rid of a few outdated or superfluous posts and corrected a few bugs in … Continue reading Normal Service Resumed
Warning: Contains Spoilers! Of all the series that have made it big in the era of streaming, none has been so suited to the new medium as the Disney+ series WandaVision. Although they may appear outwardly similar, network TV and … Continue reading WandaVision: Review
As beloved as Season 7 of Doctor Who is, there’s no doubting it’s a bit of a mish-mash; unlike the modern series, where a showrunner might be allowed a generous amount of time to work out how they want to … Continue reading You Will Obey Me: Season 8 Blu-Ray Review
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