We all need to feel like we belong somewhere. It’s an extricable part of the human experience, the burning imperative to not just simply survive but to feel like there is a place where we are valued, loved and where we can rest and recuperate from the vicissitudes of life. But Continue Reading
Outlander: The Watch (S1, E13 review)
*SPOILERS AND LIFE NOT AS WE KNOW IT, JIM AHEAD* Ah life pre-Outlander the TV series was a kinder, gentler time. Many of us assumed, rather naively, much like Claire Randall Fraser (Catriona Balfe) herself even, that life in the eighteenth century was impossibly, delightfully romantic*, a near bucolic blur of Continue Reading
Come on a fantastical journey with The Little Prince (trailer)
SNAPSHOT The story centers on a fearless and curious child prodigy (Mackenzie Foy) who lives with her equally academically talented yet overachieving mother (Rachel McAdams). After moving into a new neighborhood, the girl meets her next door neighbor “The Aviator” (Jeff Bridges), an old yet eccentric and mischievous man. Continue Reading
The road to Eurovision 2015: Semi-final 1 (part 1) – Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia. F.Y.R. Macedonia, Finland
It’s Eurovision Song Contest time again folks! Let loose the glitter bombs of fabulous music now! So, in the seven weeks leading up to the grand final on Saturday 23 May 2015, I will be profiling the acts and reviewing the songs of 5-6 countries each week, giving my unvarnished, unguarded and Continue Reading
New aliens, philosophising and vengeance oh my! Falling Skies season 5 teaser trailer
“A man walks through his life. He stumbles, and he falls. At times, he thinks he cannot get up, but he does. Over, and over, until one day, when the man cannot hold up the sky falling all around him anymore. Then, he reaches his journey’s end. But there Continue Reading
#allthefeels: The emotions of Inside Out let it all out watching the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer
This is pure genius! Some very clever people in the marketing department of Disney New Zealand have combined the current Marvel juggernaut Avengers: Age of Ultron with its upcoming Pixar blockbuster Inside Out to create the trailer to end all trailers. OK that might be going a tad overboard but Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: The many colourful faces of R2-D2 at the #R2ME2 exhibition
SNAPSHOT The Force is strong with this collective of creative minds from across the galaxy! Starting with a blank prototype of our Deluxe R2-D2 Sixth Scale Figure, Sideshow invited over 90 friends and fans to participate in customizing the iconic droid with a brand new look. Check out a Continue Reading
Movie review: Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Life is a thousand shades of muted beige for the titular lost soul of director David Zellner’s deftly-crafted idiosyncratic search for meaning Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter. Trapped in a dead end job working as an Office Lady, well past the age of 25 when most of these women either marry Continue Reading
Zoom! Fast and Furious and Pixar’s Cars get their revs on in IGN’s inspired mash-up
“The most important thing in life will always be the people right here, right now. That’s what real.” Those touching words are lifted verbatim from Fast and Furious 7 (uttered by lead character Dominic Toretto played by Vin Diesel), the latest instalment in a franchise that seems to go Continue Reading
Now this is music #49 – Planet Parade, Sekuoia, Salt Ashes, Waldo & Marsha, Inni-K
Life hey? It’s bland, it’s crazy colourful; it’s predictably the same, it’s a thousand kinds of different; a multitude of unceasing demands, an oasis of calm. However it plays out for you, and if you’re like most people no two days are ever truly the same, it’s good to Continue Reading