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Apologies to all for my prolonged absence. I’m absolutely maxed out in my day job, plus I now find myselfContinue Reading
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Apologies to all for my prolonged absence. I’m absolutely maxed out in my day job, plus I now find myselfContinue Reading
If you have an interest in cult television and cinema can I suggest that you try the Benji and NickContinue Reading
A little something to take your mind off the doom and gloom all around us with a couple of videosContinue Reading
Judging by the reaction of critics and long-time fantasy fans I suspect I wasn’t the only one to lose interestContinue Reading
The film critic and cultural commentator Lindsay Ellis has published a pretty good take on The Game of Thrones, HBO’sContinue Reading
While there is some contention and uncertainty over the precise figures, authors and researchers generally agree that just over 35%Continue Reading
Like many other television viewers I was pretty saddened to have reached the final season and episode of the GameContinue Reading
From before the era of tent-pole summer blockbusters and superhero extravaganzas, comes The Rocketeer, one of my favourite genre moviesContinue Reading
I think most readers are aware of my interest in prehistoric, Classical and Medieval military history. Body armour and helmetsContinue Reading
In an era of peak television drama and comedy, when it sometimes feels like there are almost too many goodContinue Reading
Was the British fantasy author JRR Tolkien a racist? That is the issue being debated in the wake of lastContinue Reading
A few weeks ago I received a rather beautiful blu-ray boxset from Japan of the 1984-94 adaptation of the SherlockContinue Reading
Aside from a few minor quibbles about pacing, I really enjoyed the second season of Westworld, the HBO television dramaContinue Reading
Despite my fascination with JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth canon, or “legendarium”, I am fairly critical of the well-known “barrel scraping” whichContinue Reading
Like most Gen X men, in my early childhood I spent a lot of time playing with physical toy soldiers beforeContinue Reading
I’m not a great fan of the zombie sub-genre, whether on television or in the cinema. That said, I didContinue Reading
Wynonna Earp, the contemporary dark fantasy drama co-produced by the Space and Syfy networks in North America, has received someContinue Reading
I know that some readers share my passion for the pulp art of the 1930s to early ’60s, particularly theContinue Reading
I have a long list of television programmes bookmarked on my Netflix profile which fall into the category of deferredContinue Reading
One of my favourite fantasy movies of the last two decades is the Russian release, Night Watch, by the writer-director TimurContinue Reading
This is a post that will likely appeal to only truly obsessive fans of JRR Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy, The LordContinue Reading
JRR Tolkien’s admiration for the historical romances and epic poems of the late 19th century British writer and illustrator, WilliamContinue Reading