A review by Nalini Haynes Stiletto is the sequel to The Rook, a first-class debut novel in the fantasy genre starring Myfanwy Thomas, a woman …
Speculative fiction
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
A review by Nalini Haynes This is a review of a speculative fiction thriller called Dark Matter by Blake Crouch with no actual dark matter: it’s …
Allegiant (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Allegiant is out on Digital and available on Blu-Ray and DVD from 27 July. Allegiant is the 3rd movie in …
The Returned s01e05: Serge et Toni
A commentary with some spoilers by Nalini Haynes 7 years earlier Toni shouts “Why did you let him out?” and tears off in his car, searching …
The Returned s01e04: Victor
A commentary with some spoilers by Nalini Haynes Two kids playing under the covers telling horror stories. One is Victor, dressed exactly as he is 35 …
The 100 s01e08: Day Trip
A commentary with some spoilers by Nalini Haynes It’s been a few weeks since I watched The 100 and today the next review is due …
The 100 s01e07: Contents Under Pressure
A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes Spoilers ahead. Run away, little girl, run away. Clarke nurses Finn who was stabbed by the Grounder when the …
The 100 s01e06: His Sister’s Keeper
A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes Spoilers are coming. You have been warned. Fly, you fools! ‘His Sister’s Keeper’ begins with a flashback to Octavia’s birth, …
Little Shop of Horrors (theatre)
A review by Nalini Haynes Last night I attended The Little Shop of Horrors at the Canberra Theatre Centre. This musical production is based on …
The 100 s01e05: Twilight’s Last Gleaming
A review by Nalini Haynes Raven comes in for a landing; with the whole planet to crash land on, she manages a site not too …
The Returned (Les Revenants) s01e01: Camille
A review by Nalini Haynes The Returned is a French TV series about a group of people, including Camille, who return from the dead to …
The 100 s01e04: Murphy’s Law
A review by Nalini Haynes Once upon a time there was a guy called Murphy who, common knowledge would have it (in spite of several other theories) was …
The 100 s01e03: Earth Kills
A review by Nalini Haynes Last episode was called ‘Earth Skills’, a reference to a class the teenagers took at school on the ark. This …
Containment s01e03: Be Angry At The Sun
A review by Nalini Haynes ‘Be Angry At The Sun’ begins with another quote but this one is less well-known. It appears the writers aim to …
Containment s01e02: I to die, you to live
A review by Nalini Haynes During the pilot (review here), Contagion repeatedly showed scenes in the future, of riots and infected people with blood and …