MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (2024)
A bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman who hoards snails, romance novels, and guinea-pigs.
THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (1995)
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his ageing process
BIGBUG (2022)
A group of bickering suburbanites find themselves stuck together when an android uprising causes their well intentioned household robots to lock them in for their own safety.
OUTLANDER, 2.7 – ‘Faith’
[usr 4.0] One of Outlander’s strengths is showing the emotional impact of life-changing events on its characters. And by show, I mean show rather...
OUTLANDER, 2.5-6 – ‘Untimely Resurrection’ & ‘Best Laid Schemes…’
After a week’s break, Frank Collins returns with a double-bill of Outlander season 2 reviews, covering the fifth and sixth episodes “Untimely Resurrection” and...
OUTLANDER, 2.4 – ‘La Dame Blanche’
[usr 4.0] Dinner parties. They don’t always go according to plan, and some of your guests never quite hit it off. Was it such...
OUTLANDER, 2.3 – ‘Useful Occupations and Deceptions’
[usr 3.0] If an episode title could some up the contrary nature of Outlander—jumping from time travel romance to 18th-century espionage thriller—then “Useful Occupations...
OUTLANDER, 2.2 – ‘Not in Scotland Anymore’
[usr 4.0] And so, rather like The Wizard of Oz’s Dorothy, Outlander’s Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) find themselves over the...