Whoosh! Movie posters are on the move, quite literally, with Paramount leading the way with a, dare I say, futuristic – a wonky term at the best of times since if something doesn’t happen right now or in the past, it is by definition “futuristic” but I am going Continue Reading
“The Walking Dead”: Episode 10 ‘Home’ (review)
* Spoilers ahead * Kaboom! That deafening sound you just heard was the last of whatever passes for peace in the god forsaken, walker-infested apocalypse that the ragged remnants of humanity call home, shattering it into a million jagged, bloodied pieces. It was not so much that we didn’t Continue Reading
Farewell Richard Briers, a man who lived a very good life indeed
For anyone growing up in the 70s and 80s, with even a passing affinity for British sitcoms, which were by anyone’s reckoning experiencing a golden age of sorts, it was hard to miss the irrepressible presence of Richard Briers. Through series like The Good Life and Ever Decreasing Circles, Continue Reading
Sneak peek: If you go out in the woods today, you’re in for a “Dark Skies” surprise
I am not normally someone who even contemplates watching a horror movie. While my housemate happily watches all manner of frightening films, sometimes before bed which even he admits is not the wisest course of action, I wisely steer away from them largely because (a) I hate being scared Continue Reading
All that glitters is Oscar: This year’s amazing Academy Awards poster
I am duly impressed. Rightly or wrongly, most people have an impression of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the august body behind the Academy Awards (this year’s event is on Sunday 24 February US time, hosted by Seth MacFarlane) as a staid body that values Continue Reading
Lessons well learnt: Pixar and the art of storytelling
When I am not indulging my expansive and ever growing love of pop culture, I am working at a writers centre in Sydney where one of my tasks is to gather all manner of articles on the art of writing, storytelling and creating beautiful written art and then tweet Continue Reading
Love, true fictional love: My favourite couples from the pages of literature
* This post originally appeared on writingbar.com* Love, it has been said, is a “many-splendoured thing”, and while that sentiment was uttered in the context of the 1955 film and song of the same name, it holds true for literature too. With the exception of dystopian storytelling, where romance Continue Reading
A gorgeous bunch of pixelated roses: my 5 favourite sci-fi/fantasy TV couples
Ain’t love grand? Well for the most part. Granted in real life, it has its moments when real life rather rudely gets in the way, and instead of endless bouquets of roses, and chocolates flown from a small chocolatier in Paris, we get re-heated leftovers and a few M Continue Reading
“The Walking Dead” mid-season return: ‘The Suicide King’ (review)
The Walking Dead returned from its mid-season hiatus with an episode, “The Suicide King”, which was equal parts bang, and unfortunately, for some of the characters and situations, whimper. While Glen Mazzara has now shuffled off his showrunner coil – it seems that he and AMC parted ways over Continue Reading
Sneak peek: Mike and Sully do some learnin’ at “Monsters University” (trailer + poster)
I am a huge Pixar fan. Ever since my all time favourite animated film Toy Story premiered way back in 1995, triggering a renaissance in animation that hasn’t abated since, I have been in love with the gorgeous look, intelligence and humanity of Pixar movies. Though the production house is Continue Reading