A review by Nalini Haynes Tom Kirman (Keifer Sutherland) is no longer FBI agent Jack Bower. (Thank you! I was sick of the poor writing …
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Dark Matter Zine’s best of 2016
This is the best of 2016. This is what I consumed in 2016 not necessarily what was created in 2016. I’ve included a brief blurb to entice …
Trepalium season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes Trepalium is a short TV season from France with English subtitles, set in a 1984-style dystopian France where a wall …
Regression (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes A spoilery review. You have been warned. Regression begins with a note on screen stating that this story is inspired …
Godzilla — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Godzilla frolicks during summertime. Everyone is the hero of their own story. There have been remakes galore: Wicked tells the tale of the Wizard of …
Supergirl season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes Kara (Melissa Benoist) flees her home planet of Krypton in a space ship minutes after her cousin was launched, heading …
God’s snail — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
God’s snail is being developed in committee. I’m not sure if this angel is from the R&D department or marketing but he’s being creative. Ian …
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
A review by Nalini Haynes This is a spoilery review. You have been warned. Tis the season to go nuts because it’s Christmas. Christmas with …
Albinism representations
Updated preamble I’m still researching representations of albinism in popular culture. Now I’m no longer in the toxic waste dump that is academia, I can …
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
A review by Nalini Haynes Strange the Dreamer is Lazlo Strange’s nickname because his head is in the clouds and his research is in the …
Rogue One (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Rogue One is the latest Star Wars movie but this one is set just before A New Hope (1977), the …
Perfect Christmas (2012) aka Holly’s Holiday
A review by Nalini Haynes Holly (Claire Coffee) wants a perfect life with the perfect man and a perfect Christmas. She slips and falls on …
Rosehaven (TV series)
A review by Nalini Haynes Emma Dawes (Celia Pacquola) is getting married. You’d think it’s to Daniel McCallum (Luke McGregor) but no, they’re best mates. …
Goblin Prototype — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
This goblin prototype must have been in the backyard for a while. It’s been reduced to servicing the mundane. Mrs Goblin isn’t happy about the …
Mechanic Resurrection (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes The Mechanic, Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham), faked his own death in the previous Mechanic movie (that I haven’t seen). It …