Comic Review: House of El Book One – The Shadow Threat

In House of El: The Shadow Threat, the first in a new YA graphic novel trilogy from writer Claudia Gray and illustrated by Eric Zawadzki, we’re offered a grou... Read More...

Book Review: Light of the Jedi (Star Wars: The High Republic) by Charles Soule

Light of the Jedi (The High Republic) is a grand, heroic and acutely emotional novel. It neatly balances grounded adventures from the perspectives of a handfu... Read More...

Book Review: The Once and Future Queen – Secrets of the Starcrossed by Clara O’Connor

A good idea doesn’t ensure a great book. Such is the case with The Once and Future Queen: Secrets of the Starcrossed. Despite the promise of a grand romance, ... Read More...

Are We Lost Forever Review

Are We Lost Forever is an intriguing, loungy film about a breakup and the time it takes for each person in a couple to move on. There are moments of brillianc... Read More...

Book Review: Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

Ready Player Two is the slightly more mature, but no less blinkered, early years teen to Ready Player One’s enthusiastic and nerdy kid who can’t stop giving you... Read More...

Come Away Review

Come Away explores why Peter Pan and Alice decide to visit Neverland and Wonderland, and what events in their lives lead these children to escape into new wor... Read More...

The best books of 2020: The Glass Hotel, Hamnet, The Foundling and more

In a year that’s seen so many theatre productions shut down, close to all movie release dates delayed and fewer new TV shows on hand to offer a distraction, a... Read More...

Best TV characters of 2020

Human connection is so important, and in a year where we had very little of it, watching people interacting on screen – hugging, laughing, dating, just hanging ... Read More...

Best TV shows of 2020: The Queen’s Gambit, The Outsider, I May Destroy You and more

It’s been a great, strange year for TV amid a pandemic. Despite the shut-down for many shows, we’ve still been able to while away the endless evenings, hours of... Read More...

Best films of 2020: Babyteeth, Dating Amber, Da 5 Bloods and more

Few industries have escaped 2020 without suffering serious damage, and the film industry was not one of the lucky ones. With most cinemas shuttered for most of ... Read More...

Book Review: Dead Man in a Ditch by Luke Arnold

Dead Man in a Ditch is an addictive, thrilling foray through the messy, industrial city of Sunder. Luke Arnold’s sequel to The Last Smile in Sunder City conti... Read More...

Comic Review: Teen Titans – Beast Boy

Beast Boy, the second title in the DC Graphic Novels For Young Adults series from writer Kami Garcia and artist Gabriel Picolo, reintroduces the wise-cracking... Read More...