Star Trek Continues continues with E06: “Come Not Between the Dragons”
This one features Farscape’s Gigi Edgley in a significant guest role, for that extra geek kick.
Year: 2016
London photos: the Queenhithe mosaic
A newish (circa 2014) installation on the north bank of the Thames, on the what is apparently the only remaining Anglo Saxon dock on the planet.
Victoria movie review: no cutting to the chase here
The two-hour-plus single-take gimmick disappears into the background as the implausibility and the flatness of the protagonist come to the unfortunate fore.
London photo: civic pride in North London
So, there’s at least one person who loves Wood Green…
Alice Through the Looking Glass movie review: a mirror cracked
Believes six impossible things — like implausible character motivations, or big emotions — because they’re in the script, without bothering to earn them.
London photos: Turner’s Richmond
The view hasn’t changed much in almost 200 years since it inspired the painter…
Welcome to Happiness movie review: leave it in the closet
Its self-conscious eccentricity is so banal that it feels like a parody of “the American indie.” Behold magic rocks and a Significant fortune cookie!
Sculpting Time: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky movie retrospective review: tragedy, trauma, and torment, Russian-style
A significant new retrospective of the legendary and hugely influential Russian filmmaker is a fresh opportunity to see some gorgeous films on a big screen.
X-Men: Apocalypse movie review: everyone knows the third movie is always the worst
About precisely nothing other than pure pulp comic-book soap-opera rigmarole, overshadowed by clichés, implausibilities, and missed opportunities.
London photo: the Royal Arcade
Near swanky Bond Street.
