Well, the most important news of the day is that my Reading/Watching Log for June is finally UP! Hopefully you’ll understand why it took me so long once you see the size of it.
The very day after I thought to myself: “hey, it’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Laika’s Wildwood,” the studio goes and releases a behind-the-scenes promotional video. And damn, it looks gorgeous.
I’m so excited to see this one, and I have high hopes it’ll be a balm to my soul after being exposed to so much slop recently. Speaking of Laika…
Fifteen years after Paranorman, the studio is releasing a short film set in the same world, with Anna Kendrick returning as the voice of Courtney. Though it’s CG animated rather than stop-motion, it keeps the visual style of the original movie, and as a cute little bonus, we’re finally given a look at Mitch’s boyfriend (who was perpetually off-screen in the film itself).
Aww.
I can’t remember if I’ve posted this before, but Cartoon Saloon has a new animated short film coming up, called Éiru. As ever, it looks amazing, and very aesthetically similar to Wolfwalkers. Now the only question is: where can I watch it?
By the time this gets posted, most of fandom will have already absorbed the first four episodes of Stranger Things’ final season. I’ve got my viewing plans lined up, but I’m going to hold off commenting on it until I’ve seen every episode, which won’t be until the beginning of next year (the grand finale airs on New Years’ Eve). I’m casually looking forward to it, as it’s been a reliable source of entertainment since 2016 – yikes! – and I have faith that the Duffer Brothers will stick the landing. Of course, it helps that I’m not desperately invested, which means that if it does crash and burn, I can shrug it off and move onto the next thing. But I don’t think that will happen, and I’m ready for (as the trailers promised) one last adventure with these characters.
With the end of the year in sight, I’m looking ahead to more posts and projects. I’d like to write more about how our understanding of vampires has changed across the years, and continue my deep-dive into the portrayal of Rowena and Rebecca in various adaptations of Ivanhoe. Philip Pullman’s The Rose Fields is officially available, but I think I’m going to hold off reading it until I can read it in tandem with Philip Reeve’s Bridge of Storms, his new upcoming Mortal Engines book (and the third book in Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan trilogy). Those books just vibe so well with each other.
Come December, I’m reading my last two Babysitters Club books of the year, and am continuing my newfound fascination with Yuletide ghost stories: I’ve ordered a bunch of appropriately-themed anthologies from the library and downloaded a bunch of the most recent A Ghost Story for Christmas episodes. I’m also currently watching the latest season of Doctor Who, which ended up being the last for Ncuti Gatwa. It’s mildly devastating, but perhaps he’ll turn up again in future seasons. I mean, why not? David Tennant and Matt Smith have certainly done so!
And the Christmas festivities are in full-swing here in Christchurch. I took my nephew to the Santa Parade last Sunday, and this coming weekend is the annual Christmas in the Park (basically a lot of guest performers on a public stage – my friend and I usually head in a bit later just to watch the fireworks). Then there are the Christmas markets, and the carol singing at the local church, and the mall Santas, and the Christmas tree decorating… I’m getting myself into the spirit!
Oh, and my review for the latest episode of MGM’s Robin Hood is also forthcoming…
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