After the news that she has a rare and terminal health condition, Sarah (Karen Gillan) allows a salesman to talk her into being cloned, to 'save her love ones from pain'. The clone (also Gillan) will spend Sarah's last few months with her, learning to duplicate her in every way - or so goes the … Continue reading Dual (2022)
"Dear Reader, Do you know how wise you are?" This book is a collection of short 'pearls of wisdom', quotes from all manner of people - religious figures, politicians, sportspeople, and more - with a brief 'thought of the day' or mini-essay by the author after each. You are encouraged to start a 'Wisdom Journal', … Continue reading Wisdom for Living – Reynold Ruslan Feldman
"Reynard Shotwood, no longer a boy, not yet a man, had pushed the last of his dead shipmates overboard two days before." Reynard is a young lad on his uncle's fishing boat, pulled into duty to help protect England against the Spanish Armada. We meet him after things have got astray, his crew and family … Continue reading The Unfinished Land – Greg Bear
"Do you ever wish you could talk to someone who asked the right questions about every part of your life and being - every single time?" What's Your Story promises to provoke self-enquiry by asking the 'right' questions, ones that will "push you beyond who you are right now", hard questions that will ultimately help … Continue reading What’s Your Story – Rebecca Walker & Lily Diamond
Dani Moonstar (Blu Hunt) loses her parents in some strange and horrific event one night. She awakens in a secret facility led by Dr Reyes (Alice Braga), where several young mutants - because yes, this is the X-Men universe - are either being helped, or held prisoner - or both? They are a danger to … Continue reading The New Mutants (2020)
If you're going to watch a movie with an extinction threat in this cursed year, it has to have something other than a virus threatening humankind. In 2067, it's the loss of all plant life on Earth. 'Fake' oxygen now has to be provided for survival, but illnesses that stop even that working are rife. … Continue reading 2067 (2020)
As more and more of the 'big' movies are pushed back for a 2021 release, Friday night movies are tending more towards the low-key. Things like this: another adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's Secret Garden. Mary Lennox has grown up in luxury in India, but when her parents die she's sent back to England and the … Continue reading Secret Garden (2020)
"Harry Roberts describes a shallow valley, like an indentation in a quilt, with green pastures and tress on either side." When a 23rd century historian discovers journals from two people writing about each other and the same events in 2016, she's inspired to try to tell their story, pieced together from writings and an abundance … Continue reading Two Tribes – Chris Beckett
Artemis Fowl (Ferdia Shaw) is a 12-year-old genius, who's about to find out that his father (Colin Farrell) might not be all that he seems. Can he use his over-sized brain to rescue Fowl senior when he's kidnapped? More to the point, can he do so when it turns out dad's stories of fairy folk … Continue reading Artemis Fowl (2020)
"Insomnia is one of the most common sleep complaints, chronically affecting between five and ten percent of Americans." If there's one thing that would help my - and most of our! - health more than anything, it'd be improving the quality of my sleep. I struggle to nod off, wake early, and am generally just … Continue reading Learn to Sleep Well – Chris Idzikowski
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