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I remember when Star Trek Generations hit cinemas. I bought everything—the book, posters, collectible cards, the lot. The film came out just a few years after the franchise’s 25th anniversary, right ...

I first saw Back to the Future in cinemas in 1985 at the tender age of six. It wasn’t my first movie, and clearly not my last, but something changed in me that day. My density had brought me to it. In ...

A grimly compelling dystopian tale that blends relentless tension with Stephen King’s mastery of raw human endurance. Dystopian fiction has a very different flavour in 2025. In THE LONG WALK, adapted ...

It’s a dangerous thing, moving to a small town. Or a cove. Lakeside communities aren’t much safer either—especially if someone there has a suspiciously keen interest in crosswords. In places like ...

Welcome back to The Read Goes Ever On: a casual and personal reading (and in some cases a very slow re-reading) of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Mourning a book is a real thing. Some talk about the ...

A little-seen Disney television adventure shot on location in Bahrain with a largely local cast. We all know Disney for their pirate adventures, from Treasure Island and Peter Pan to the monolithic ...

The Sydney Film Festival is over for another year. Long live the Sydney Film Festival. Like clockwork, the rain started on the opening nights of the festival. Nothing says film festival in Sydney like ...

It’s Sissy St. Claire’s big night, although things don’t go quite as planned. Amanda Kramer’s sharp dissection of the medium continues as she takes us back to an era of glitz, glamour and psychedelic ...

Before vinyl bars became the latest trend worldwide, Japan’s kissaten were quietly leading the charge, offering serene musical escapes for a century. If you’ve noticed more vinyl bars and listening ...

Welcome back to Inconstant Reader, the feature column that explores Stephen King’s books in the order they were published — sort of! Warning: this palaver contains spoilers, ya ken? “Roland of Gilead ...

Disney wasn’t just jumping on the Western wagon train either. From their animated shorts to live-action features and first forays into television, the Western was baked into the DNA of their output.