More of the same, which is fine in itself, but the emotional resonance for the main characters and their relationships is insufficient.

Pacing is not bad but the antagonists are oversimplistic and the worldbuilding is clumsy.

Sacramento, CA – A 48-year-old midget is glad that he is way older than the cut-off age under which one will be required to pass the “5-Step test” regarding seatbelts as outlined in AB 435. “I’d fail that test,” said the midget. “Either way, I refuse to use a booster seat.” He is also suspicious of the government’s motives for passing this kind of legislation. “I don’t know if they want revenue from fines,” said the midget, “but since when did they care about children? Maybe

Interesting enough premise but clumsy plotting. Visually cheap. It may work in a game but not so much as a 12-episode series.

A few weeks ago, Kyrylo Budanov of Ukraine admitted to needing no “fewer than 30,000 people a month” to maintain their numbers for the conflict/war with Russia. On Thursday, Polish PM Donald Tusk revealed in a speech in parliament that Ukraine has suffered 27,000 casualties per month. “Recently, 27,000 people have been killed and wounded per month, and these are, of course, unfortunately, in the saddest sense of the word, records in this war. With this trend, winter in Ukrain

Frankfort, KY – A man has been fired after turning up to the office on a stretcher. “It’s not that he turned up barely conscious in a stretcher,” said the manager, Mick. “It’s the fact that it’s his first appearance in like three months. He didn’t even call in sick.” The man is “pretty sure” that his wife did inform management but he admitted that she was out of the country “so she probably forgot”. Management is adamant that the man has been grossly negligent. “This is an of

Decent sequel. Plot can be more complex, but solid production and visually excellent.

To those who believe western lamestream media that keep on propping up that Ukraine is gonna win, there is more good news. Rah! Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President, reportedly said the following regarding mobilization: “Unfortunately, we have to accept it as it is. We cannot do otherwise. We have to find the courage and honestly say: we cannot mobilise fewer than 30,000 people a month. This is the minimum number needed to maintain what we have.” Thirty thousan

Sydney, Australia – A corporate minion was given a reprimand for “not being a team player”. Last week, John Lee was told that he had failed to meet one of his key performance indicators (KPIs). He contested that decision because his position is a core function of the company. “I only get to do the work that comes to me,” said Lee. “You can’t do the work if people don’t give you work. It’s not like the support departments where you can just keep shuffling paper as long as the

Mostly looks good and mostly enjoyable.

This article aims to defend ecclesiastical (church) authority. This is not an apology for whoever is currently at Rome as that is another topic in itself, but rather for authority conceptually, including the papacy. As usual, the matter is not that complicated. It is made complicated by over-simplifications and ambiguity, deliberately or otherwise. This is a three-part series, moving from the general to the specific. Part I is a brief overview of authority in the Old Testamen

Amusing main character who has delusions of grandeur and wants to play hero. But he is actually very capable and what he thinks is a fictional cult is real. Moderately intriguing and entertaining comedy that mildly parodies the fantasy genre.

Tel Aviv, Israel – Beloved Knesset member Lindsey Graham, who moonlights as a US Senator, has sadly passed away on Saturday evening, aged 71. “I just had a 20-minute phone call with Senator Mitch McConnell,” said an aide, “and on behalf of the senator, we express our condolences. We just lost a great Israeli flag kisser.” In other news, online betting platforms are currently withholding payments regarding the bet “Mitch McConnell or Lindsey Graham: Who Dies First?” due to a l

Washington DC – Senator Mitch McConnell’s staff has reassured that the 84-year-old is recovering and intends to return to work “but probably needs to first ask his Chinese wife when she gets back from her trip”. “I think this cardiac arrest has done him good,” said one staffer. “He managed to fit a hundred 20-minute conversations in a 24-hour period, which I thought was impossible.” Despite doing more work from the hospital bed than he had ever done before, that was not his m

Follows the same template as the first film, which is fine in itself. It’s not bad but it is nothing special, so it comes across as an unnecessary sequel.

Good production. Looks good. Amusing. But the satire is not clever enough and for a black comedy, it is not black enough.

Pope Pius X (b. 2 June 1835 – d. 20 August 1914), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, began his pontificate on 4 August 1903. He is known for opposing modernist thought and as a bishop proposed a new catechism for laymen in 1880. After his elevation to the papacy, he worked on that and released a catechism. It was, however, only used in the province of Rome and other parts of Italy and not the rest of the world. The encyclical “Vehementer Nos” was published on 11 February 1906. I

Sacramento, CA – Although too early to call according to some commentators, the California Governor race took a dramatic turn at 2 AM. Steve Hilton was leading at 27.5% when Ben Israel surged to 168.1% and Joe China to 164.2%. Neither candidate was initially on the ballot. It is claimed that black vans and heavy-lift helicopters arrived at various vote centers across the state with forklifts unloading numerous pallets. These reports are unverified. Local law enforcement has s

Washington DC – President Trump and the Secret Service have denied that they again just wanted to have a group hug on stage during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. “We did that at Butler,” said President Trump. “I just wanted to bail on the dinner this time… I mean, I love some of these people but some of them are fake news. And the bread wasn’t that good.” The president added that he “also really wanted to have that big, beautiful ballroom” but has d

Nicely shot satire. Could be more biting but still funny and enjoyable.

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick was first published in 1962 and won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963. It was his first novel to win a major award. The story is mostly set in San Francisco, about 15 years after the end of World War II in 1947. Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan had won the war and jointly run the world. This includes the US, which has been partitioned with the East Coast under Japanese administration. The narrative is written in third-person om