I didn’t do a lot of reviews this past year. Fifty three in all. It was an election year and I write mostly about politics, and I have a backlog going into 2025. Also, if I think something is rubbish, I’m very unlikely to review it. And there was a fair old bit of rubbish that came out last year.
Month: December 2024
As with most of his work, Cawdron’s Love, Sex and the Alien Apocalypse is both riveting and sometimes harrowing, and at the same time thoughtful, meticulously researched, well-steeped in philosophy and science, and deeply humanitarian. Cawdron has the rare ability to be fun and intellectually satisfying at the same time, and Love, Sex and the Alien Apocalypse showcases that.
The Solstice Pieces Every December, I write a piece observing the winter solstice, that time of year when daylight hits rock bottom in the Northern hemisphere, and the days get longer. The theme, always, is that of hope. The sun will return. Some years, that can be a challenge, but I usually manage. Here are …
Also known as Arcane: League of Legends Genre Action-adventure, Adult animation, Drama, Science fantasy, Steampunk Created by Christian Linke, Alex Yee Based on League of Legends by Riot Games Showrunners Christian Linke, Alex Yee Directed by Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord, Bart Maunoury Voices of Hailee Steinfeld Ella Purnell Kevin Alejandro Katie Leung Jason Spisak Toks …
Bryan Zepp Jamieson December 21st, 2024 www.zeppscommentaries.online www.zeppjamiesonfiction.online Science may not have a hard-and-fast rule that stipulates when hominids became truly human, but if it was up to me, I would say it was the first a hominid raised his fists in the air and shouted, “We are all DOOMED!” Now, granted, science may find …
Directed & Screenplay by Chris Sanders Based on The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Produced by Jeff Hermann Starring Lupita Nyong’o Pedro Pascal Kit Connor Bill Nighy Stephanie Hsu Mark Hamill Catherine O’Hara Matt Berry Ving Rhames Cinematography Chris Stover Edited by Mary Blee Music by Kris Bowers Production company DreamWorks Animation Distributed by Universal …
Flow Directed by Gints Zilbalodis Written by Gints Zilbalodis & Matīss Kaža Produced by Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens, Gregory Zalcman Music by Gints Zilbalodis & Rihards Zalupe Production companies Dream Well Studio, Sacrebleu Productions, Take Five Distributed by UFO Distribution (France) Running time 85 minutes Countries Belgium, France, Latvia Budget €3.5 million Maybe …