The first time I heard of Patrick Stewart, or heard that amazing voice was in 1988 when the VHS tapes of Star Trek: The Next Generation went on sale, the series having started airing in 1987. The first words spoken were Picard's monologue, the famous "Captain's Log" as he introduced himself to us and his crew as he familiarised himself with his new command, the USS Enterprise (NCC 1701-D). Growing up, I recall him being in 'I, Claudius' on the BBC but that was the "kind of st

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 5/5 Sixteen years ago, Portland-based animation studio LAIKA optioned Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis’s beloved fantasy novel Wildwood, setting in motion a creative odyssey that has finally culminated in a staggering cinematic triumph. In an era where mainstream animation often defaults to slick, computer-generated uniformity and the looming specter of artificial intelligence threatens the very concept of handmade art, director Travis Knight and his army of artisans h

★★★★☆ (4/5 stars) It is a curious thing to watch a comic book adaptation lean entirely into the squalid, fleshy realities of human suffering, bypassing capes and cowls altogether. Clayface, the latest entry in the unfolding cinematic landscape overseen by James Gunn and Peter Safran, arrives as an aggressive, body-horror-soaked venture. Directed by James Watkins from a story conceived by Mike Flanagan, the film attempts to ground a classic DC Comics rogue in a recognisable, a