The Expanse is a brilliant TV series, at least from the seasons I’ve watched so far. It’s full of intricate plotlines, impressive visuals as well as a bunch of compelling characters. It sits between Firefly and the remake of Battlestar Galactica, in that its narratives are grimmer than the former while not diving quite as deep into dark depths of the latter. One of my favourite characters is a woman called Anna Volovodov. She’s a Reverend, a mother and a wife who provides consolation and empathy to just about everyone around her, no matter what planet they come from (the overarching narrative centres on the threat of war between Earth, Mars and a middle world known as The Belt).
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Has there been a bit of drama with the Oscar nominee announcements? Of course there has. Read on.
Continue reading “Review: Oscar Nominees 2024”Double Review: Poor Things, Priscilla
Two films beginning with P, two films that need a film review, especially considering I saw Poor Things about ten days ago at a preview screening. Anyway, better late than never, eh? And I saw Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla several days after, so that gets a look too. Two for the price of one, if you will. Except there’s no prices or monetary exchanges involved here. Anyway, onwards…
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Another year, another awards season. The one happened recently, so here’s some quick thoughts on the champions.
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After the glorious goofiness of Thor Ragnarok and the TV adaption of What We Do in the Shadows, Love and Thunder came as a disappointment. Some of Taika Waititi irreverent spirit was in there, but the whole product just didn’t come together, with characters that were hard to find a character to root for and a cancer subplot that just didn’t gel.
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