Charlie: You’re working on an atomic bomb. Akley: We prefer to call it a gadget. I’ve got a thing for 20th century history. In fact, I think my favourite works of fiction revolve around recent history: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and […]
Before you start thinking this is the blog post in which I finally snap, pull out my mile-long shit list and start insulting everyone who’s ever wronged my poor snowflake writer’s soul, let me put your mind at ease: You’re the worst […]
Imagine you have a crazy scientist grandfather. A bit of a boozer, and a borderline asshole, but in his own quirky way, he loves you and you love him. Now, you’re thirteen, hormones are dancing around in your pants, and you’re in […]
When was the last time I binge-watched an entire series in a day? Well, the day has come, and the show is Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. To be honest, I’d been looking forward to it for quite a while. The reason: This Netflix […]
So the almighty John Oliver got his own show on HBO. That’s a good thing.
Remember when Netflix decided to make its own programming and we were all like “OMG House of Cards” or “WTF Arrested Development”!? Turns out we were all stupid idiots – because the digital station’s real ace up the sleeve was going to […]
A gloomy laketown where people are lit on fire on a daily basis. A run-down motel where Asian sex slaves are sold. Fields upon fields of weed. And smack in the middle: The kid who will grow up to be Norman Bates […]
Imagine you are waiting for the train. Suddenly, in front of you, you notice a person looking a little off. As the train rolls into the station this person turns around and looks at you. Shock sets on your face as you […]
When you spend your day writing, all of a sudden something weird can happen: You watch fictional people lose babies, limbs or each other and you just shrug it off cynically. You start to hate stories. My last couple of weeks were […]
“War has a way of distinguishing between the things that matter and the things that don’t.” (Matthew) Well, we’re back. The year is 1916 and we’re in the middle of the first World War. The stakes are high but still everything has […]