Top Gear and The Grand Tour producer Andy Wilman gives his perspective on two decades of auto-motive chaos, endless quiche buffets, and a graphic warning about dodgy salad. His memoir is a deceptively simple nostalgic look at a cultural juggernaut that presented as chaos but was actually precision engineering, arriving regularly like a rusty VolvoContinue reading “Top Gear Producer’s Memoir Motors Along at a Safe Pace”
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Foundation Season Three: The Mule Rises, Dynasties Fall and Colour Palettes Riot
Three seasons, Apple TV+ The third season of Apple’s Isaac Asimov adaptation Foundation settles into cutting-edge filmmaking and beautiful colour design, quickly becoming compelling – if flawed – viewing. Foundation’s premise remains recognisable from Asimov’s books. In the far future, Hari Seldon, a mathematician, hits upon a method of accurately predicting the long-term future andContinue reading “Foundation Season Three: The Mule Rises, Dynasties Fall and Colour Palettes Riot”
Jumping aboard Singapore’s Knight Bus
Singapore’s Harry Potter: Visions of Magic dives into the world of the Daniel Radcliffe movies. With controversy surrounding the pending HBO remakes, fans should enjoy the nostalgia while the magic remains. By Lee Russell Wilkes I can’t shake noticing Harry Potter got into Hogwarts solely because of who his parents were. If the exclusive schoolContinue reading “Jumping aboard Singapore’s Knight Bus”
Lost on a Bloodless Barsoom: How Disney Butchered John Carter
Did Disney’s wildly expensive failure pave the way for a stronger vision of Dune? Many Marvellous Misfires What do The Marvels (2023), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), and Cinderella (2025) have in common? Three films. Three franchises. Three expensive Disney flops. Such financial disasters are sadly nothing new to Disney. In 2012,Continue reading “Lost on a Bloodless Barsoom: How Disney Butchered John Carter”
Revisiting Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom
John Carter reminds us how to deal with death cults. By Lee Russell Wilkes Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pulp fantasy John Carter series influenced everything from Crabbe’s Flash Gordon to Cameron’s Avatar and Herbert’s Dune – every chapter reveals a new world of wonder, kept moving with unending shameless cliffhangers. The story is told in aContinue reading “Revisiting Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom”
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