Television

Stranger Things has always worn its ‘80s influences on its sleeve, so what better way to scale up the action than to throw in one of the staples of any other respectable ‘80s action sequel: evil Russians! Move aside Ivan Drago, we’ve got a new Russian threat in town. And with this third season released […]

  Divas. Heroes. Icons. Whatever you call them, they’re found in every community: individuals who inspire and captivate, who break barriers and shine like a guiding light in the darkness, who act as touchstones for their fans. We stan. Like, by definition even! And nobody stans like LGBTQ+ fans of science fiction and fantasy. We […]

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR GAME OF THRONES FINALE EPISODE: THE IRON THRONE Wow – it is finally over. The Hodderscape Team are mostly in shock after the last episode of Game of Thrones, but we have managed to gather ourselves together to write down some thoughts on the final divisive episode.    I definitely have mixed […]

SPOILERS AHEAD!!! Our office Game of Thrones fans have managed to pull themselves together long enough to write down some thoughts on this week’s epic episode…   I know many people have their reservations and doubts, which I understand – but I thought this episode was up there with the best of the Game of […]

The first episode of Game of Thrones final season has landed and the Hodderscape Team couldn’t be any more excited. We asked the team for their first reactions, favourite moments and want they want to see from the rest of the season.   BEWARE: BIG spoilers ahead Sam: My highlights: Finally, reunions everywhere!! – with […]

With loud, overly enthusiastic characters and simple tales, people (me) often mistake animated shows as a source of entertainment only for young children – think Dora the Explorer and Peppa Pig. However, Netflix’s animated series for adults have been on the steady rise, slowly challenging and changing previous misconceptions, particularly since their creation of the […]

When it comes to Christmas traditions I have found that every family has their own. Mine have changed quite considerably since I moved to the UK. Like every good European I still celebrate and exchange gifts at midnight on Christmas Eve, but have come to give a lot of importance to the meal on Christmas […]

Just don’t speak Latin in front of them.

From potion-brewing witches to robots gone rogue.

Objects (and people) will fly…

You might recall that the plot of Heroes works around a solar eclipse, causing certain people of the world to develop useful powers, like mind-reading and healing, and other not-so-useful powers, like radiation strong enough to turn into an explosion. When it first aired over ten years ago (my god, I feel old) it was heralded […]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Almost a decade late, I finally made it past the first arc of the animated Star Wars spinoff series, The Clone Wars. There are many reasons I never got on with the series on previous attempts: the borderline cutesiness of the first batch of episodes; the protagonist Ahsoka’s thoroughly Disney […]

Your 2017 to-watch list

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Occasionally you have to embrace a ‘shame’ book that should have been read decades ago. This was one for me: ‘the greatest haunted-house story ever written’ according to the Wall Street Journal, it has been made into two well-known movies (both titled ‘The Haunting’).  Sadly the book […]

Without further ado…     In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g. Then the magic started fading away. Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for soothsayers and sorcerers. But work is drying up. Drain […]