December 6, 2012 – SparklyPrettyBriiiight

Zombies on deck chairs – “Walking Dead” takes a break till February 2013

Posted on December 6, 2012December 6, 2012 by aussiemoose

I watched the mid season finale this week, “Made To Suffer”, along with millions of others, and while it featured many of elements that have made this season must-see TV, even if you’re undead, it also exposed a few fault lines in the show such as its all too Continue Reading

First impressions: Wedding Band

Posted on December 6, 2012May 14, 2019 by aussiemoose

“I DO!” Wait … what was the question again? Oh yes, will I watch Wedding Band, which premiered on TBS on November 10 in USA, and just last night here in Australia, for as long as we both shall live or till falling ratings do us part? Why yes, Continue Reading

Book review: Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Posted on December 6, 2012December 13, 2017 by aussiemoose

We seem to live in an age where mystery is a rare and vanishing commodity. But just when it threatens to wink out of existence, a victim of a culture where everything appears eminently explainable, along comes Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robyn Sloan to the rescue, uniting Continue Reading

Feel good fabulousness with new trailer and poster for Paddington in Peru (Paddington 3)

(courtesy Bleeding Cool / © 2024 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.) SNAPSHOTPaddington in Peru brings Paddington’s story to Peru as he returns to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery Continue Reading

Post Halloween book review: Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning

If you have ever watched a slasher flick – think the Scream series or the Halloween franchise starring Jamie Lee Curtis to name just two of many – you will be well acquainted with the prevailing tropes and cliches of the genre. Eminently disposable characters suddenly find themselves stalked and Continue Reading

Halloween graphic novel review: The Stuff of Legend – Book 2: The Jungle by Mike Raight and Brian Smith with illustrations by Charles Paul Wilson III

Being afraid of the dark is one of those thing childish things we re supposed to put aside as we grow older. After all, the idea that evil and terrible things lurk in the places where there is no light, where our view is limited or outright obscured, is surely Continue Reading

Velma: This halloween needs to be more special! … and thoughts on seasons 1 and 2

(courtesy IMP Awards) VELMA 2024 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL SNAPSHOTWith just 24 hours to bring Velma back, the friends search for a dark spellbook while trying to avoid the wrath of a vengeful spirit. But as the annual Sexy Halloween party nears, Velma and the gang must face their biggest fears… if Continue Reading

Deep TBR Halloween book review: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

(courtesy Argyll Productions) If you have ever seen a medieval battle scene where an army of armour and arrows and trebuchets (great big wooden slingy things) is laying siege to a walled city or castle, you will be well acquainted with how these conflicts generally go. There are lots of Continue Reading

Scary haha! Triple animated Halloween specials review – Family Guy, Sing and Bad Guys

(via Shutterstock) Get ready to be scared! Or amused! Or both? Being animated specials aimed mostly, but not exclusively – see special #1 for example – at kids, the scares, such as they are, are lighthearted and funny, the perfect way to celebrate Halloween if, like this reviewer, you are Continue Reading

Book review: All the Galaxies by Philip Miller

(courtesy Allen & Unwin Book Publishers) After watching far too many books sit trapped in my To Be Read (TBR) pile for years and years, I decided it was high time a month was devoted to rescuing them from the reading void and diving into their promising stories. So, for Continue Reading

Christmas romance movie preview: The Merry Gentlemen + Hot Frosty

(via Shutterstock) It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and it’s beginning to look a lot like, you know, and yes, every single very Christmassy phrase is being engaged right now because the festive season is so close we can taste it (I mean, literally taste it; here in Continue Reading

Comedy mystery review round-up: Only Murders in the Building S4, E4-8 and Bad Monkey S1, 8-10

(courtesy IMP Awards) Only Murders in the Building S4, E4-8 What beautifully wrought five episodes. While the expected sleuthing twists and turns are well and truly present & accounted for, in almost gasp-worthy, cliffhanger number, what emerges quite powerfully, as it always does in Only Murders in the Building is Continue Reading

Movie review: From Hilde, With Love (In Liebe, Eure Hilde)

(courtesy IMDB) There has likely never been an age in which humanity hasn’t had to battle against some form of tyranny or another, but in 2024, the pressing need to take a stand against the monstrous autocracy of fascism and its barbaric intent to shape life in its own twisted Continue Reading