Life is a messy business. That would be a self-evident truth to most people but not to Maggie (Greta Gerwig), who, despite being highly intelligent and an accomplished professional whose job involves bringing together arts graduates and businesses, can’t quite come to grips with the fact that life doesn’t confirm to Continue Reading
Simon’s Cat and Elmo together? Sounds absolutely purr-fect!
SNAPSHOT A playful cat teaches Elmo all about cats. “Play like a Cat” is one of two episodes made in an exciting collaboration with Sesame Street. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) I am a cat person; specifically a Simon’s Cat person. And I am also, if you’ve been paying attention Continue Reading
New Batman LEGO movie trailer: Life doesn’t give you seatbelts! #SDCC
SNAPSHOT In the irreverent spirit of fun that made The LEGO Movie a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble – LEGO Batman – stars in his own big-screen adventure: The LEGO Batman Movie. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to Continue Reading
Poster me this! The Walking Dead characters posters radiate dread (+ trailer)
So the big question as we are await the start of The Walking Dead season 7 in three months time is … Who shot JR? Wait, wait, no … wrong decade and wrong show … BUT essentially the same dynamic – yes I have found a way to link Continue Reading
Colony: Welcome to season 2 of your occupation
Aliens huh? Nothing better to do it seems than spent eons crossing countless galaxy so they can invade Earth, enslave us and do with us as they will. It’s happened time and time again, fictionally at least, and you couldn’t be blamed for wondering if there is anything really Continue Reading
Movie review: Star Trek Beyond
Picturing the crew of the USS Enterprise sitting around bored out of their 23rd century skulls may not the first thing that springs to mind when you hear the words “To boldly go where no one has gone before” but if we are to believe Kirk (Chris Pine) at Continue Reading
A trio of TV trailers: No Tomorrow, Downward Dog, Frequency
We are officially in the new Golden Glut of TV. Yes I know I am supposed to say “golden age” and yes it is in many ways, but when your cable PVR and Netflix (and in Australia) Stan are crying out for viewing attention to the point where you Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Ice Cream Books proves reading and dessert go sweetly together
Granted it’s winter in Australia but such are our mild temps at the moment – it was 25 degrees Celsius in Sydney yesterday just to give you some idea of how un-Siberia-like things are at the moment! – that these wonderful suggestions from Instagram account Ice Cream Books can be Continue Reading
Now this is music #72: Strong Asian Mothers, L U M E N, Phoria, Molly Moore, SLUMBERJACK
It’s the weekend! Well almost and in the midst of all that relaxing and chilling, you have a chance to think and ponder and wonder. And what better way to do that than with some awesomely good music that is deeply transportive but also richly intelligent? These five artists Continue Reading
Movie review: Ghostbusters
It is a rare moment indeed when considering the merits of a rebooted film in a much-loved franchise such as Ghostbusters than you can say with complete confidence and not a small amount of happiness that the re-imagined product is every bit a match for the original, if not in Continue Reading