More Posts By Robin
Review: District 9 – Neill Blomkamp
A mothership full of aliens in desperate plight arrives on earth, and society responds as it always has to the arrival of outsiders: the aliens end up in a slum on the edges of Johannesburg..
Curator Question: What is the last piece of media you didn’t finish, and why?
Our curators discuss the latest pieces of media they didn’t finish, as well as the reason they didn’t.
Review: Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
On the night a deadly flu pandemic hits the city of Toronto, famous actor Arthur Leander suffers a heart attack and dies on-stage during a performance of King Lear. Twenty years later Kirsten, one of the child actors who witnessed Arthur’s death, travels between settlements in the post-pandemic world together with a company of actors and musicians.
Review: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke
In 19th century England, magicians who are capable of performing actual spells are a thing of the past. Until two magicians are discovered who are destined to bring magic back to England.
Collected: Pacific Rim by Guillermo del Toro
COLLECTION: When giant monsters attack planet earth, what else can you do but build giant robots to fight them? This is humanity’s very last stand. Will we succeed?
Review: The Wheel of Time – Amazon Prime Video
The lives of five young people are changed forever when a powerful woman called Moraine arrives at their village. She tells them that one of them is the reincarnation of ‘the Dragon’, a powerful sourcerer who will play a vital role in the fight against the Dark One.
Curator Question: The new Rings of Power teaser trailer, yay or nay?
Our curators discuss the new Rings of Power teaser trailer: yay or nay?
Curator Question: Do you prefer Fantasy or Sci-Fi?
Our curators discuss which genre they like best: fantasy or science fiction?
Review: Exhalation – Ted Chiang
A merchant in ancient Baghdad discovers a time portal which allows him to revisit his past mistakes. A former zookeeper takes a job raising digital lifeforms. A new technology enables people to communicate with alternate versions of themselves, and to see how their life would have turned out if they had made different choices.
Review: A Deadly Education – Naomi Novik
Part 1 of The Scholomance – In the Scholomance, students are trained to defend themselves against the hordes of deadly monsters that are constantly trying to eat them. They either graduate… or die.
Curator Question: 2022 Resolutions
What are our curators’s resolutions for 2022? Which media on their to be read/watch/listen/play piles will finally get the attention they deserve?
Collected: Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
COLLECTION: Do these books even need an introduction? They are the famous story of an eleven-year-old orphan who finds out he is a wizard and becomes a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Seven books filled with exciting adventures await…