A Most Deliberate Swindle: How Edwardian Fraudsters Pulled the Plug on the Electric Bus and Left Our Cities Gasping for Breath
Book
'That London could have had electric buses a hundred years ago is extraordinary enough, but as Mick...
Buenos Aires: The Biography of a City
Book
Buenos Aires, recognized for its European-style architecture and lively theatre scene, is a truly...

Stuart Braithwaite recommended Scenes from the Second Storey by The God Machine in Music (curated)

Space Girl Salon - Makeup and Dress Up Kids Games
Beauty, Entertainment and Games
App
Join the astronaut girl on an awesome adventure through space! Space girl travels through...

Environments, Natures and Social Theory: Towards a Critical Hybridity
Alan P. Rudy, Damian White and Brian Gareau
Book
From climate change to fossil fuel dependency, from the uneven effects of natural disasters to the...

Zombie Gunship Survival
Games
App
Survive a zombie apocalypse and protect the human race from the gunner seat of an AC-130 gunship!...

Galaxy on Fire 3 - Manticore
Games
App
SHOOT DOWN SPACE PIRATES IN THE #1 SCI-FI ACTION SHOOTER! ► "Galaxy on Fire 3 - Manticore is one...

David McK (3562 KP) rated Snowpiercer (2013) in Movies
Aug 12, 2020
The movie on which it is based.
If I'm honest, I didn't even know that there was such a thing, until I saw it pop up on Amazon Prime after having seen the trailer for the series on Netflix.
After a bit of research did nothing but say good things about both (movie and series), I thought I would give the movie a go first.
Set in the not-too-distant-future, where a science experiment to stop global warming has instead resulted in a new Ice Age, the film (and series) posits society surviving on a train that is circling the globe in perpetuity, with those in power at the front of the train (living in the lap of luxury), whilst - the further back you go - the worse conditions get. And it's at the very back of the train that we pick up, with Chris Evans (here, no Captain America!) about to lead another revolt five years after the failure of the last.
It's an interesting set-up, with some impressive (if improbable) special effects as we move up the train (and see the outside world through the windows), with Tilda Swinton stealing the show as the loathsome Minister Mason.
Now I'm off the (maybe) see what the series is like ...

It's Not Like It's a Secret
Book
This charming and bittersweet coming-of-age story featuring two girls of color falling in love is...
LGBTQ Young adult

Honest Life by Courtney Marie Andrews
Album Watch
After a decade spent at the height of the music industry, touring solo and with large pop bands,...
folk